C/O J-CLASS ASSOCIATION NETHERLANDS J-class Rainbow is launched
The latest of the new breed of J-Class yachts was launched from the Dutch yard Holland Jachtbouw on 22 February. Rainbow is a recreation of the original, designed by William Starling Burgess, which won the America’s Cup against Charles Nicholson’s Endeavour in 1934. The new Rainbow, from the design office of Dykstra and Partners, is true to the original drawings in most respects – not least her flush
deck interrupted only by a skylight and deckhouse – but also different in several, like her superyacht interior and the fact that her hybrid propulsion and power systems mean she can be run entirely off her lithium ion batteries. Her mast was being stepped without any delay and sailing trials were set for March. This J actually belongs to her builder: she was commissioned by Chis Gongriep, owner of Holland
Jachtbouw. She is one of the six or seven J-Class yachts planning to visit the southern English coast this summer for a special series of regattas to celebrate the Olympics. There are now seven J-Class yachts
afloat: Shamrock V, Endeavour, Velsheda, Ranger, Hanuman, Lionheart and Rainbow. Atlantis is currently in build and plans have been announced to build Yankee, Svea and Enterprise.
WORD OF THE MONTH
Lunation “The period in which the moon goes through every variety of phase; that is, one synodical revolution.”
The Sailor’s Word Book of 1867
SS ROBIN Open for
Audifax First design 6-M
Audifax is a first-rule 6-M yacht drawn by Alfred Mylne in 1911 and built that year by A Malcolm Boatbuilders on the Isle of Bute. Design no 190, she is 32ft (9.8m) on deck with a 20ft 3in (6.2m) waterline and 5ft 6in (1.7m) in the beam. Today, she belongs to Jürgen and Renata Berg, and is sailed on Lake Constance in Germany.
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Olympics The world’s oldest complete steamship, SS Robin of 1890, will open in time for the Olympics in July. She will receive the final touches to her purpose-built pontoon at the Royal Victoria Docks in east London. A Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £1 million will create a visitor centre within the hull.
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C/O THE OWNERS
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