1930. Lipton commissioned Charles Nicholson to design his contender. Shamrock V became the first J Class yacht. She was designed by Nicholson and built at the family yard in 1930, and before she crossed the Atlantic to attend the Cup she had notched up more than 700 sea miles (1,296km), won 15 out of the 22 races she had entered and had been ...
J Class (yacht)
1930s sail plan of a J Class yacht. The J Class of racing yachts (sometimes called "J-boats") were built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule. ... J Class yachts Velsheda, Topaz and Svea downwind legs. The J Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in ...
The history of the J class
When the New York Yacht Club agreed to race against Lipton in J Class yachts in 1930, it heralded the beginning of the Bermudan rig as we know it, and an incredible thirst for innovation in ...
America's Cup
The J-Class was adopted for America's Cup competition in 1928, looking forward to the next regatta in 1930. The Class itself, though, dated back to the turn of the century when the Universal Rule was adopted though no J-Class yachts had yet been built. The Rule used a yacht's various dimensions to calculate an equivalent rating in feet.
1929
The sixth J-Class yacht to be built, and the second built on British soil was Velsheda. She was the only J not built as a contender for the America's Cup. Her owner, WL Stephenson, who previously owned White Heather II, the 23-Metre converted to rate as a J-Class in 1930, had Velsheda built in steel in 1933 at the Camper & Nicholson yard.
A pocket guide to the J Class yachts
J Class yacht Velsheda sailplan. LOA: 39.25m/128ft 9in · LWL: 27.8m/91ft 3in · Beam: 6.57m/21ft 7in · Disp: 180 tonnes. Original lines: Charles E Nicholson. Modified design: Dykstra Naval ...
The Rise of the J Class Sailing Yacht
Its first and most important rule was to restrict new J Class yachts to existing lines plans from the 1930s - something that instantly limited their number to 22 hulls. "Not all of the original lines are interesting," says Andre Hoek, the noted naval architect who was involved in updating the designs for the build of Lionheart, Topaz and ...
J Class: the enduring appeal of the world's most majestic yachts
The J Class - so named because it was the letter allocated to its particular size by the Universal Rule to which the yachts were built (K and M Class yachts were, for example, shorter on the ...
J-Class
The sixth J-Class yacht to be built, and the second built on British soil was Velsheda. She was the only J not built as a contender for the America's Cup. Her owner, WL Stephenson, who previously owned White Heather II, the 23-Metre converted to rate as a J-Class in 1930, had Velsheda built in steel in 1933 at the Camper & Nicholson yard.
Shamrock V, JK3
Shamrock V was built out of mahogany planking over steel frames and launched at the Camper & Nicholsons Gosport yard on 14th April 1930. She showed early promise on the British Regatta circuit winning 15 of 22 races and placing second in an additional four. She also underwent continuous upgrading with changes to her hull shape, rudder and ...
Enterprise (yacht)
Enterprise was a 1930 yacht of the J Class [1] and successful defender of the 1930 America's Cup [6] for the New York Yacht Club. [4] It was ordered by a syndicate headed by Vice-Commodore Winthrop Aldrich, [4] designed by Starling Burgess, [2] and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [2]She was named Enterprise in honor of the six commissioned warships of the United States Navy to have ...
Q&A: The owner of Shamrock V on restoring a J Class
J Class sailing yacht Shamrock V was built in 1930 for Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth and final America's Cup challenge. She is one of three of the original Js still around today and the only one to have been built in wood. While she has been restored many times in her life, Shamrock V is the only J that never fell into total disrepair. Now under new ownership, Shamrock V has begun the most ...
Lipton'S Last Hurrah and The First of The J-class
The four American J-Class yachts for the defence were launched in the spring of 1930 having each been built under a significant veil of secrecy. American designers at the time were extremely wary of designs and ideas being copied by the British (or other challengers) and at launch the disparity in design was apparent.
Return of the J Class Yacht
J Class yachts, which reigned supreme in the 1930s, are making a thrilling comeback, with restorations, new builds and the biggest fleet the class had ever seen at the America's Cup J Class Regatta.
The oldest video footage of J Class yacht racing
The oldest video footage of J Class yacht racing. The America's Cup starts next week so it is a good moment to dig through our huge video archive to see the oldest footage from the beautiful class used for this competition between 1930 and 1937. There are 32 videos from the years 1914 to 1937 but here we just list the top ten.
The History of the Enterprise J-Class Yacht
Of special interest is the J class yacht, because that was the class used for America's Cup criteria between 1930 and 1937. The Enterprise J Class Yacht. The J class yachts are some of the beloved of the America's Cup Wooden Sailboats because they represent an excellent compromise between seaworthiness and speed. As previously mentioned ...
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J Class yachts were originally built to the specifications of the Universal Rule. The J Class really represents the golden age of racing for the America's Cup in the 1930s when this Universal Rule was used as the determining measurement system. About Yachts History News Events Gallery Partners. Next event: 8 - 14 September.
Why the J Class yachts are more popular than ever
When you consider that there were only ever ten J Class yachts built originally in the 1930s, a maximum of four of which sailed together at one time, and that all bar three were destroyed for ...
History returns to the America's Cup
Published on September 6th, 2024. For three matches in the 1930s, it was J Class yachts that decided the America's Cup, and they will return for the 37th edition. Four stunning examples ...
1930 America's Cup
The 1930 America's Cup was the 14th challenge for the Cup. It took place in Newport and consisted of a series of races between the defender Enterprise, entered by a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Winthrop Aldrich, and Shamrock V, the fifth in Sir Thomas Lipton's line of Cup challengers. [1] [2]
Nalchik
Nalchik (Russian: Нальчик IPA: [ˈnalʲtɕɪk]; Kabardian: НалщӀэч, Nalṣ̂ăčʼ IPA: [naːɮɕʼakʲ]; Karachay-Balkar: Нальчик IPA:) is the capital city of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, situated at an altitude of 550 meters (1,800 ft) in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Beslan (Beslan is in the Republic of North Ossetia ...
The Little Prince Kabardian
The Adyghe (Circassian/Cherkess) language is, along with Abkhazian, Abaza and Umykh, part of the West Caucasian language group. The language is divided into two main dialects: Western Adyghe [адыгэбзэ] is spoken in the autonomous Republic of Adygeya while Eastern Adyghe/Kabardian [къэбэрдеибзэ] is spoken in the Republic ...
Visiting Russia
Visiting Russia - Nalchik. Nalchik is a small city of around 240,000 people and serves as the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, one of the lesser-known republics spread across the beautiful North Caucasus area of Russia, the mountain range that separates the former soviet states of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan from the Russian Federation.
Kabardino-Balkaria
Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рия), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, [note 1] [10] [11] [12] is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus.As of the 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. [13] Its capital is Nalchik.The area contains the highest mountain in Europe, Mount Elbrus, at 5,642 m (18,510 ft).
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1930. Lipton commissioned Charles Nicholson to design his contender. Shamrock V became the first J Class yacht. She was designed by Nicholson and built at the family yard in 1930, and before she crossed the Atlantic to attend the Cup she had notched up more than 700 sea miles (1,296km), won 15 out of the 22 races she had entered and had been ...
1930s sail plan of a J Class yacht. The J Class of racing yachts (sometimes called "J-boats") were built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule. ... J Class yachts Velsheda, Topaz and Svea downwind legs. The J Class is one of several classes deriving from the Universal Rule for racing boats. The rule was established in ...
When the New York Yacht Club agreed to race against Lipton in J Class yachts in 1930, it heralded the beginning of the Bermudan rig as we know it, and an incredible thirst for innovation in ...
The J-Class was adopted for America's Cup competition in 1928, looking forward to the next regatta in 1930. The Class itself, though, dated back to the turn of the century when the Universal Rule was adopted though no J-Class yachts had yet been built. The Rule used a yacht's various dimensions to calculate an equivalent rating in feet.
The sixth J-Class yacht to be built, and the second built on British soil was Velsheda. She was the only J not built as a contender for the America's Cup. Her owner, WL Stephenson, who previously owned White Heather II, the 23-Metre converted to rate as a J-Class in 1930, had Velsheda built in steel in 1933 at the Camper & Nicholson yard.
J Class yacht Velsheda sailplan. LOA: 39.25m/128ft 9in · LWL: 27.8m/91ft 3in · Beam: 6.57m/21ft 7in · Disp: 180 tonnes. Original lines: Charles E Nicholson. Modified design: Dykstra Naval ...
Its first and most important rule was to restrict new J Class yachts to existing lines plans from the 1930s - something that instantly limited their number to 22 hulls. "Not all of the original lines are interesting," says Andre Hoek, the noted naval architect who was involved in updating the designs for the build of Lionheart, Topaz and ...
The J Class - so named because it was the letter allocated to its particular size by the Universal Rule to which the yachts were built (K and M Class yachts were, for example, shorter on the ...
The sixth J-Class yacht to be built, and the second built on British soil was Velsheda. She was the only J not built as a contender for the America's Cup. Her owner, WL Stephenson, who previously owned White Heather II, the 23-Metre converted to rate as a J-Class in 1930, had Velsheda built in steel in 1933 at the Camper & Nicholson yard.
Shamrock V was built out of mahogany planking over steel frames and launched at the Camper & Nicholsons Gosport yard on 14th April 1930. She showed early promise on the British Regatta circuit winning 15 of 22 races and placing second in an additional four. She also underwent continuous upgrading with changes to her hull shape, rudder and ...
Enterprise was a 1930 yacht of the J Class [1] and successful defender of the 1930 America's Cup [6] for the New York Yacht Club. [4] It was ordered by a syndicate headed by Vice-Commodore Winthrop Aldrich, [4] designed by Starling Burgess, [2] and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. [2]She was named Enterprise in honor of the six commissioned warships of the United States Navy to have ...
J Class sailing yacht Shamrock V was built in 1930 for Sir Thomas Lipton for his fifth and final America's Cup challenge. She is one of three of the original Js still around today and the only one to have been built in wood. While she has been restored many times in her life, Shamrock V is the only J that never fell into total disrepair. Now under new ownership, Shamrock V has begun the most ...
The four American J-Class yachts for the defence were launched in the spring of 1930 having each been built under a significant veil of secrecy. American designers at the time were extremely wary of designs and ideas being copied by the British (or other challengers) and at launch the disparity in design was apparent.
J Class yachts, which reigned supreme in the 1930s, are making a thrilling comeback, with restorations, new builds and the biggest fleet the class had ever seen at the America's Cup J Class Regatta.
The oldest video footage of J Class yacht racing. The America's Cup starts next week so it is a good moment to dig through our huge video archive to see the oldest footage from the beautiful class used for this competition between 1930 and 1937. There are 32 videos from the years 1914 to 1937 but here we just list the top ten.
Of special interest is the J class yacht, because that was the class used for America's Cup criteria between 1930 and 1937. The Enterprise J Class Yacht. The J class yachts are some of the beloved of the America's Cup Wooden Sailboats because they represent an excellent compromise between seaworthiness and speed. As previously mentioned ...
J Class yachts were originally built to the specifications of the Universal Rule. The J Class really represents the golden age of racing for the America's Cup in the 1930s when this Universal Rule was used as the determining measurement system. About Yachts History News Events Gallery Partners. Next event: 8 - 14 September.
When you consider that there were only ever ten J Class yachts built originally in the 1930s, a maximum of four of which sailed together at one time, and that all bar three were destroyed for ...
Published on September 6th, 2024. For three matches in the 1930s, it was J Class yachts that decided the America's Cup, and they will return for the 37th edition. Four stunning examples ...
The 1930 America's Cup was the 14th challenge for the Cup. It took place in Newport and consisted of a series of races between the defender Enterprise, entered by a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Winthrop Aldrich, and Shamrock V, the fifth in Sir Thomas Lipton's line of Cup challengers. [1] [2]
Nalchik (Russian: Нальчик IPA: [ˈnalʲtɕɪk]; Kabardian: НалщӀэч, Nalṣ̂ăčʼ IPA: [naːɮɕʼakʲ]; Karachay-Balkar: Нальчик IPA:) is the capital city of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, situated at an altitude of 550 meters (1,800 ft) in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about 100 kilometers (62 mi) northwest of Beslan (Beslan is in the Republic of North Ossetia ...
The Adyghe (Circassian/Cherkess) language is, along with Abkhazian, Abaza and Umykh, part of the West Caucasian language group. The language is divided into two main dialects: Western Adyghe [адыгэбзэ] is spoken in the autonomous Republic of Adygeya while Eastern Adyghe/Kabardian [къэбэрдеибзэ] is spoken in the Republic ...
Visiting Russia - Nalchik. Nalchik is a small city of around 240,000 people and serves as the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, one of the lesser-known republics spread across the beautiful North Caucasus area of Russia, the mountain range that separates the former soviet states of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan from the Russian Federation.
Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рия), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, [note 1] [10] [11] [12] is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus.As of the 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. [13] Its capital is Nalchik.The area contains the highest mountain in Europe, Mount Elbrus, at 5,642 m (18,510 ft).