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J Class

J Class racing photographs taken by George Corke or Capt. R. T. Dixon from Sea Crest

George Corke's view (1935)	Yankee, Marblehead	Yankee under steam-tug tow into Dartmouth Note the liner in the Dart
	Yankee & a dispirited crew
J's racing, Cowes 1935

"The Special Races for the "J" and 12-metre classes took place on 28 June, 1935. There were six competitors in the "J" class.

Astra (Hugh F. Paul) was the winner, Endeavour (T. O. M. Sopwith) 2nd, Shamrock V (C. R. Fairey) 3rd, Velsheda (W. L. Stephenson) 4th, Yankee (Gerard L. Lambert) 5th. Britannia (H.M. the King) gave up during the race." [ Mead, History of the RCYC 1871-1949, p.152 ]

J Class race, Torbay 1935

Sillouette of J's racing off Torbay Yankee, Endeavour, Shamrock, Velsheda, Astra. (crop of image by George Corke)

1935 - Yankee arriving dismasted in Dartmouth (S. Devon, UK)

Forlorn bowman on Yankee

Yankee in Dartmouth (dismasted)

Stern view of Yankee in Dartmouth, 1935

Yachting Monthly, May 1941: South Coast and Solent Notes.

Prospects of sailing in this area during the summer are nil. It was hoped the Admiralty would allow racing in the Medina River in the coming season. What privileges and concessions the Admiralty were willing to make, and had even planned, have now had to be abandoned entirely due to the grim necessities of our war effort. Solent yachtsmen, as indeed yachtsmen everywhere, applaud the genial United States sportsman and yachtsman, Mr. Gerard Lambert, rear-commodore of the New York Yacht Club, for his thoughtful act in selling his “J” Class Yankee and giving the proceeds of about £2,500 to Lord Queensborough, commodore of the Royal Thames Y.C., towards buying a Spitfire fighter plane.