J-Class yachts like the Topaz and Velsheda are well over 100 feet, with masts much taller than that. Credit... Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex. By Kimball Livingston. Aug. 30, 2022.

J Class boats are different from the high-tech carbon-fiber catamarans used in modern-day racing. These long, wooden yachts are a throwback to the America’s Cup races of the early 20th century.

The yacht has won many races over the last five years, including this year’s America’s Cup J Class Regatta in Bermuda. Like the other yachts at Newport, Lionheart is a stately cruising yacht ...

In the long and storied history of the J Class, Newport Rhode Island is a very special place. It was when the event moved from New York City to Narrangansett Bay for the 1930 regatta that the ...

Along with Shamrock V, the other “original” built J Class yacht is the 1933 Charles Nicholson—designed Velsheda. Both yachts, have been substantially rebuilt and rerigged over the years ...

One of a handful of powerful, magnificent J Class yachts, "Rainbow" is a super hero in the sailing world based on a 100-year-old design. This 140-Foot Sailing Yacht Combines 1930s Design With ...

While the Maxi 72 class offers the regatta’s stiffest competition, the J Class yachts, ranging in length from 119 to 143 feet and built to the design rule that governed the 1930-37 America’s ...

An exhibition event will take place on Bermuda’s Great Sound, the venue for the 35th America’s Cup, from 12.00 to 12.45pm on Saturday 17th June when seven J Class yachts will stage an ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Special Report news every morning. Visitors touring the UK’s West Country in the summer will be in for a treat as the Cornish ...

Sometimes described as the most beautiful sailing yachts ever to grace the seas, the seven J Class yachts provided everybody with an uncommon sight, as even in their heydays in the 1930’s, when ...