Hanuman J Class

J class yacht Hanuman is the modern interpretation of Sir Tommy Sopwith’s 1936 J Class Endeavour II. Named after a Hindu monkey god descended from the wind god Pavana, this…

Rainbow J/H2

Replica of original Rainbow, designed by Starling Burgess in 1931 and hastily revisited for the 1934 America’s Cup Defence. Rainbow beat Endeavour, although she was acknowledged to be slower. Redesigned…

Endeavour J Class

Endeavour JK4 (original) Designed by: C.E. Nicholson, re-configured by Dykstra & Partners Build: Camper & Nicholsons, in steel, in 1934. Skipper: Simon Lacey Identifying features: Navy blue hull, Breton-striped crew…

Alan Buchanan, the celebrated naval archictect credited with designing the first glassfibre yacht in Europe, died peacefully in Jersey on Monday 26 January. Having trained as an aircraft engineer, he…

According to IPC President Sir Philip Craven, sailing, ‘did not fulfil the IPC Handbook’s minimum criteria for worldwide reach.” The official Paralympic website (see below) that reported the news said…