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Article: J-class yachts
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- The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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J-class yachts,
racing yachts built during the inter-war period to the American
Universal Rule
. They were 23–6 metres (75–87 ft) on the waterline, and so conformed to the New York Yacht Club's J-class. As a generic term, the J-class also usually includes those yachts which were built to another rule, such as the
International Metre Class
, but which were altered in 1931 to conform to the J-class rules for
Big Class
regatta racing in British waters (
Astra
,
Britannia
, and
Candida
).
When Sir Thomas Lipton challenged for the
America's Cup
in 1929 the New York Yacht Club chose the J-class for the races. None of the six J-class built in the USA—
Weetamoe
,
Whirlwind
,
...
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