In her first season Endeavour II was dismasted off Plymouth, Devon on July 2nd, 1936, along with Velsheda. Then on August 4th Endeavour II was dismasted for a second time at the start of Cowes Week. It was this... facebook.com/K1Britannia/po…

More on Hanuman royalhuisman.com/dreams_fulfill… royalhuisman.com/dreams_fulfill…

Great shot of Topaz’s crew by George Beken’s facebook.com/story.php?stor…

The beginning of the J Class revival in the late 20th century has to be accredited to Elizabeth Meyer, a businesswoman who has been dubbed ‘queen of the J’s’, or Q to her friends. She began by... edition.cnn.com/2014/07/28/spo…

Velsheda had been rescued from a Hamble mud berth in 1984 by Terry Brabant, who fitted her with a new steel mast, gave her a stripped back interior and put... youtube.com/watch?v=xF1ndm…

Shamrock V is the only J Class boat that never fell into disrepair. She ended up in Italian ownership from 1937, where she was renamed Quadrifoglio, and from 1967 had a three year overhaul... america-scoop.com/index.php/en/3…

This is a very good account of the race between the three Js in the Solent in 2001, from Yachting World yachtingworld.com/news/endeavour… yachtingworld.com/news/endeavour…

Here is a short film about the reunion of the J Class in 2001 from Bennett Marine Video , along with a short piece of history, which includes footage from the race. youtube.com/watch?v=JsuTf_… youtube.com/watch?v=JsuTf_…

Velsheda in 1988 facebook.com/K1Britannia/po…

Something special for Saturday. T.O.M. Sopwith and his crew on board Endeavour in trials for the 1934 America’s Cup. facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Something of interest for Sunday... facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Are they all there? facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Velsheda came second in the St Barths Bucket yesterday... facebook.com/K1Britannia/po…