Photo: © Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Mystic, CT, #39371F

Bystander - 1929, Greenport Basin & Construction Company,
Motor Yacht, 42’

J Class Management Inc. is currently restoring Bystander, a 42 foot power boat, built in 1929 for Mike Vanderbilt in Greenport, New York. Bystander was the towboat, tender and crew launch for six America's Cups: 1930 (Enterprise); 1934 (Rainbow); 1937 (Ranger); 1958 (Vim); 1962 (Gretel) and 1967 (Dame Pattie). J Class is restoring Bystander in partnership with Mike McCaffrey at Narragansett Shipwrights in Newport, Rhode Island.

Cangarda - 1901, Pusey & Jones,
Clipper-Bowed Steam Yacht, 138’ x 18’ x 7’8”

Cangarda is the most original clipper bowed steam yacht in the world. Every piece of her interior, deck joinery, funnels, scrollwork, skylights, interior joinery, plumbing fixtures, hardware and all seven of her original steam engines are in excellent condition. Cangarda was donated to J Class Management in 2000, when her steel hull was lying on the bottom of Boston Harbor and her engines, interior and deck joinery were disbursed to private collectors and in storage in various locations from Florida to New Hampshire. J Class raised Cangarda’s hull, located the missing pieces of interior and deck joinery and put them into storage in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. In 2003, J Class found the perfect buyer for Cangarda and is now consulting on her archival restoration. She was launched in August of 2007.

Photo: Benjamin Mendlowitz

Seminole - 1916, Lawley & Sons
Gaff Yawl, 58’

Seminole was designed by W.J. McInnis and was built at George Lawley and Sons in 1916. J Class bought Seminole for $1, sight unseen, at a police auction in California, trucked her to Maine and are now overseeing her complete restoration at Brooklin Boatyard. Although she measures only 46 feet on deck, she is, at 13' beam, very wide, and shallow, with a draft of 4'10" with the centerboard up. J Class provided a new interior layout that includes three double beds and a bathtub! We think Seminole will be the ultimate cruising boat, able to sail in thin water or across oceans. She was launched in May 2005. Since then she has sailed the East Coast, Pacific Northwest and La Paz, Mexico. For more information, visit www.YachtSeminole.com.