167 tonnes Original lines.

Rainbow j class. The award-winning J Class yacht Rainbow was launched at the Holland Jachtbouw shipyard in 2012. Holland Jachtbouw has exclusive ownership of the rights to build two J Class yachts J9 and Yankee which can be on the water in just under two years from now. One of the most recently launched J-Class reproductions Dykstra Naval Architects developed RAINBOW from the original plans of this 1937 Americas Cup winner and smoothed her lines to modern hydrodynamic standards optimized to the new J-Class Rule.

The J-Class sailing yachts have been captivating yachtsmen and landlubbers alike for decades and HJBs Rainbow continues that tradition. Reply to this topic. Designed by William Starling Burgess and built by Herreshoff in the USA the original J-class Rainbow won the Americas Cup in 1934.

On May the 15th 1934 the William Starling Burgess Design J Class Rainbow was launched at the Herreshoff Yard in Bristol Rhode Island USA. She has also been engineered with substantially reduced levels of sound inside and out for near-silent sailing. In 1940 Rainbow was sold for scrap.

Find out about the super yachts length build speed beam draft crew cabin cabin configuration communications guest tender and. Two J Class Designs Available for Build. Shes a replica of the same-named Americas Cup winner from 1934 and the 131-footer stays true to her original design the work of Starling Burgess.

Rainbow is the first J-Class to feature hybrid propulsion. After 78 years the famous J Class yacht Rainbow sails again. 3989m130ft 11in LWL.

She was built to defend the Americas Cup against Endeavour in 1934. Amati Rainbow J-Class 180 by Markus16. Lionheart Rainbow Nigel Pert.