J Class Regatta Newport 2011 Day 2 

Pretty much the most gorgeous sailboats ever built.

JK7 Velsheda (named for William Stephens daughters, Velma, Sheila and Daphne) is an original 129 foot 143 ton steel 1933 racing yacht built by Camper and Nicholsons though she now has a 173' carbon mast and carbon rigging. J5 Ranger is a replica of the 1937 Ranger, she was built in 2003 of aluminium and has a 177' carbon mast. Both masts by Southern Spars of New Zealand.

The royalty of yacht racing !

Beautiful wave making showing how the waterline lengthens with healing The hull design is probably the only shape that the economical speed is equal to the length of the vessel.

2 of the finest j class about

those boats are so bloody elegant.

Dude, it's VELsheda, not VALsheda.

Ate these j boats such as j105

I knew Ranger would win, she's very fast downwind.

If Audrey Hepburn and Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco were Yachts they would be J-Class Sail Yachts PERIOD.

@SailGroove894 "Ate" as in "hate"? The Johnstone J series of boats (22,24, 80, 105, 111, 120, etc.) have nothing to do with these J Class boats, it's just a coincidence in name.

"are" is a better guess, it makes more sense in the sentence and look how close r and t are on a qwerty ketboard

this is not a race it is a dual.

there were only 10 of those made

they are pretty nice boats, but they don't have a gaff rig....

Anyone own a J Class in Australia 🇦🇺?

@ 0:37 Maltese Falcon

Rich people...

..Typical contemporary mediocrity......all the crew and Tech......why not race schooner rig......know your stuff.....thx