New J Class yacht Lionheart now on the water
by J Class Association 9 Jul 2010 08:49 BST
The new J Class yacht Lionheart has been launched in Holland © J Class Association
The sensational new J Class yacht LIONHEART has now been launched in Holland.
LIONHEART is based on a RANGER design (77F Model) which was tank tested in 1936 but never built. Design work from the original hull lines was completed by Andre Hoek Naval Architects, with construction of the aluminium hull by the now famous Bloemsma Shipyard. She was then moved by barge to Claasen Jachtbouw BV for fitting out and completion with technical installations by Cornelius Jongkind Yacht Installations.
She is finished below decks to a very high standard, befitting a yacht of this calibre. Above decks she features the very latest technology in sailing systems - Harken winches, Hall Spars carbon mast, spars and rigging and North sails. Following sailing
trials she will leave for the Mediterranean.
This is now the sixth J Class yacht on the water.
Already afloat are:
SHAMROCK V (1930)
VELSHEDA (1933)
ENDEAVOUR (1934)
RANGER (replica 2002)
HANUMAN (replica 2009)
Two more yachts are currently under construction at Bloemsma, ATLANTIS and RAINBOW, both due to complete in time for the J Class Regatta programme in England (Falmouth June 2012, the Solent July 2012).
More information, as it becomes available, will be posted to the J Class Association.