Newport is hosting a first in the sailing world this week: the J Class World Championship. J Class yachts are rare, and they’re huge. Picture a sailboat about as long as a basketball court racing ...

With their majestic sails billowed, six powerful J-Class sailing yachts glide past the manicured lawns of the New York Yacht Club summer clubhouse in Newport, RI. Jockeying for position, the long, ...

In the long and storied history of the J Class, Newport Rhode Island is a very special place. It was when the event moved from New York City to Narrangansett Bay for the 1930 regatta that the ...

These majestic boats, which were abandoned before World War II, are on the water again, built using old designs. By Kimball Livingston Falling off the deck of a giant J-Class yacht is not an everyday ...