Brown/Yellow Hull

Black Hull

J-Class boats are the biggest and most prestigious racers in the world. In all ten J-class yachts were designed, all of them with the aim of winning the America's Cup in 1930, 1934, and 1937. Six were launched in America, four in England. All those built in the US have today disappeared. The English yachts, however, are still in existence.

Black/White Hull

Today three of them are still sailing, Shamrock V, Velsheda and the Endeavour, the fastest, sail all over the world.

Endeavour was the British challenger in 1934, designed by Charles Nicholson. She was owned by T. Sopwith, an aviation magnate in Britain and a helmsman with many victories to his credit.

It was Elizabeth Meyer who bought the boat before Sopwith died, and had the crazy task of renovating the Endeavour. She emerged in spring 1989 and once more became the most formidable racing machine of her day.