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ENDEAVOUR J-Yacht model
Endeavour is a J-class yacht built for the 1934
America's Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport,
England. She was built for Thomas Sopwith who used his
aviation design expertise to ensure the yacht was the
most advanced of its day with a steel hull and mast. She
was 130-foot (40 m) and launched in 1934 and won many
races in her first season including against the J's
Velsheda and Shamrock V. She was the most
impressive sailboat that Britain ever built to race
in America’s Cup series. Endeavour was also
hailed as the most beautiful J-Class yacht ever built.
J-Yacht Endeavour had speed
as well as beauty. Built in 1933 by T.O.M. Sopwith,
the undisputed leader of the British aircraft
industry, Endeavour possessed many new and
innovative devices, including below-deck winches,
new sail designs, and an improved spinnaker. Even
with an amateur crew, she came closer to winning the
Cup than any other challenger up to that time.
The J-yacht Endeavour was a
faster yacht than her contender Rainbow. She beat
Rainbow the first two races. However, the American
team was a much finer crew and defeated Endeavour
all next three races by out-thinking her captain.
In the third race, as a direct
result of Vanderbilt (the skipper of Rainbow)
failing to pull away, the yachts almost collided
when Endeavour had right of way. Sopwith
raised the protest flag after the race in accordance
to British rules. The race committee however
dismissed the protest as the American rules stated
the protest flag is to be flown at the time of the
foul.
This prompted a
British writer to comment: "Britannia rules the
waves, but America waives the rules."
Following the
America's Cup, yacht Endeavour dominated the British
sailing scene until, whilst being towed across the
Atlantic to Britain in September 1937, she broke
loose from her tow. The hulk was eventually found
and returned to England, where she was laid up. In
1947, she was sold for scrap, saved only a few hours
before her demolition. In the 1970s she sank in the
River Medina, Isle of Wight. Endeavour was purchased
for ten pounds and patched up enough to refloat.
Until the mid-1980s she was on shore at Calshot
Spit, an ex-seaplane base on the edge of the New
Forest, Southern England. By this time she was in a
desperate state, with only the hull remaining.
In 1984
the hulk of Endeavour was bought by Elizabeth Meyer of
New Port, RI, who
undertook a five-year project to rebuild her. Meyer
described the rebuild not only as challenging, but also
beyond her financial means. In a 2014 interview with
CNN she said that she
"immediately went 'Oh no'" when she realized the
enormity of this task. Meyer
said she had to sell real estate investments to fund the
restoration and that Endeavour was chartered throughout
her entire ownership.
When
Endeavour sailed again, on 22 June 1989, it was for the
first time in 52 years. In September that year Meyer organised
the first J‑Class race for over 50 years, pitting
Endeavour against Shamrock V at Newport, Rhode Island. She needed 90 professional sailors to crew
the two yachts but could not afford to pay them. Despite
this, the appeal and prestige of the restored J‑Class
was so great that she was inundated with several hundred
applications.
Meyer sold
the Endeavour j-yacht to Dennis Kozlowski for US$15M in 2000. In
2006, she was sold again, this time to Hawaiian
resident Cassio Antunes. In 2011,
Endeavour completed an 18-month refit in New
Zealand, during which a carbon-fiber mast and
standing rigging were fitted. Today the J-yacht
Endeavour is one of the most
breathtaking sights on the water. To take helm of
such a yacht is to experience pure power, grace, and speed.
This Endeavour j-yacht model is
37" long x 15" tall x 8.5" wide. Only 3
models ever made. Once out, this model will never be
produced again.
$5,790
Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $300 flat rate.
This model is in stock
and can be shipped within five business days.
Learn more about the
Endeavour j-yacht here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endeavour_(yacht)
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