Enterprise to Endeavour

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Enterprise to Endeavour The J-Class Yachts IAN DEAR Only ten J-Class yachts were ever built and they raced for the America's Cup and other trophies in British and American waters for a mere eight seasons between 1930 and 1937. There have been many yachts that have been larger and still others that have been faster but no one sailing class has ever gripped the imagination of the public at large as much as the 'Js' did. As a British magaziné of the day expressed it: They fill the more popular headlines; their photographs adorn almost every back page; the most domestic doings of their owners are news; we are made aware of their size compared to Trafalgar Square and St Pancras Station'. In fact the 'Js' were unique for their combination of size and speed, and for their owners and the social ambience in which they flowered and died so quickly. They dominated the yachting scene on both sides of the Atlantic for less than a decade before their fantastic cost, the death of England's 'Sailor... Tovább

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Enterprise to Endeavour The J-Class Yachts IAN DEAR Only ten J-Class yachts were ever built and they raced for the America's Cup and other trophies in British and American waters for a mere eight seasons between 1930 and 1937. There have been many yachts that have been larger and still others that have been faster but no one sailing class has ever gripped the imagination of the public at large as much as the 'Js' did. As a British magaziné of the day expressed it: They fill the more popular headlines; their photographs adorn almost every back page; the most domestic doings of their owners are news; we are made aware of their size compared to Trafalgar Square and St Pancras Station'. In fact the 'Js' were unique for their combination of size and speed, and for their owners and the social ambience in which they flowered and died so quickly. They dominated the yachting scene on both sides of the Atlantic for less than a decade before their fantastic cost, the death of England's 'Sailor King' and the approach of World War II banished them for ever. Astra, Britannia, Shamrock V, Endeavour: Enterprise, Yankee, Rainbow, Ranger... their very names conjure up an era of wealthy amateur owners, of splendour, beauty and expense which has disappeared for ever. In this book, lan Dear telis the story of an eventful decade and recaptures with a series of superb pictures, the elegance of that far-off yachting scene and the whole flavour of its social background. Vissza