Tag: Sailing History

This famous J-class yacht came up for sale in 2015, and is still for sale — it’s the Endeavor, the 1934 C.E. Nicholson-designed vessel made for speed. The man who commissioned the craft was aircraft manufacturer sir T.O.M Sopwith, who intended to challenge the American designs dominating the America’s Cup, like the Westward and Rainbow of Nathaneal Green Herreshoff. … Read more

Westward was an America’s Cup yacht that, which under the captainship of Charlie Barr defeated all challengers between 1893 and 1920, including Britannia, Lulworth and Meteor II. The yacht was the fastest in the world in the early 1900’s. This yacht pictured, the Eleonora, is an exact replica of the Westward, and is available to … Read more