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RAINBOW, THE NEW J-CLASS PROJECT FOR DYKSTRA & PARTNERS NAVAL ARCHITECTS

On May the 15th 1934, the William Starling Burgess Design J-Class Rainbow
was launched at the Herreschoff Yard in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. She was
built to defend the America's Cup against "Endeavour" in 1934. The first 2
races where tough for Rainbow but the last 4 races she beaded Challenger
Endeavour. Owner Vanderbilt laid Rainbow up in a dry dock and then refitted
her. In 1937 she was sold to Chandler Hovey and contended for defence of the
Cup. Sadly for her, Ranger won and became the new defender for the next Cup.
In 1940 Rainbow was sold for scrap.

Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects where chosen to give Rainbow a new life.
A repeat client, the former owner of Windrose of Amsterdam, showed his trust
in the Dykstra team to be the Naval Architects and designers for this new
J-Class yacht. The 46 meter schooner Windrose of Amsterdam set the Trans
Atlantic schooner record at 10,5 days in 2005, the previous record of 12
days was set by Charley Barr with Atlantic in 1905.

The 40 meter J-Class Rainbow will be built in aluminum and designed
according to the JCA (J Class Association) maximum performance rules. She is
expected to launch in 2010. Dykstra & Partners have gained over 20 years of
J-Class experience and where responsible for the rebuilds of the J-Class
yachts: Shamrock V, Velsheda, Endeavour, refit of Ranger and the new build
Endeavour II. Rainbow will be the 2nd new J-Class in order for the Dykstra
team. More new J-Class projects are in design for clients.

To keep the J-Class fleet and races alive and to encourage new build yachts
to enter the field, new JCA maximum performance rules have been developed,
including allowing aluminum as building material. The new rule is a VPP
(Velocity Prediction Program) based rating system which puts limits to the
performance. This new rule has been developed by the Dykstra & Partners
office and the Wolfson Unit in Southampton. The aim of the JCA, the Dykstra
team and the rule is to bring fair & close racing to the fleet and to give
all designs a chance of winning (on a handicap based system). Over the years
the Dykstra team gained an enormous amount of hands-on information by racing
on all the J's in the current fleet.

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Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects
Amsterdam, The Netherlands


For more information please contact Anneliek van der Linde at:
Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects
Kruithuisstraat 21
1018 WJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)20 6709533 / Fax: +31 (0)20 6753188
Email:
Website: www.gdnp.nl




About Dykstra & Partners

Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects was founded in 1969 by Gerard Dijkstra.
Up to 1979 the office was mainly involved with ocean racing.
The office specialized itself during these year to include yacht design and
the building supervision of ocean going sailing yachts and fast shorthanded
racers, using the experience of Gerard Dijkstra as skilled sailor. Much
attention is given to research and development. New designs are tested in
towing tanks and wind tunnels, strength of hull and rig is studied with
finite element analysis. Everybody onboard the Dykstra & Partners team is a
passionate sailor with experience on different types of yachts.

Since 1986 the re-design of the Big Class classic racing yachts of the
20/30s has become a major activity.

Major Big Class refits or reconstructions included famous names such as the
181 ft Schooner "Adela", 212 ft Schooner "Adix" and the J-Class yachts
"Endeavour", "Velsheda", "Shamrock V" and "Ranger". The success of these
projects resulted in a new class of new designed and built classic looking
yachts, also called the "Spirit of Tradition" class, such as the 152 ft
Schooner "Windrose of Amsterdam, 164 ft Schooner, "Borkumriff IV" , 169 ft
"Meteor" and the 295 ft three mast Schooner "Athena". Currently under
construction at Royal Huisman Shipyard is the new J -Class "Endeavour II".
Another major step is the design of the Panamax Ketch, the 200' ketch
currently under construction at Baltic, combining classic appearance with
high tech carbon structures.

Designing rigs and sail handling systems for even the biggest vessels became
another specialization. In 2006 The 3 mast Dynarig yacht 'Maltese Falcon',
built by Perini Navi was launched to the design of Dykstra & Partners.

The office also developed the Pilot Cutter type yachts in the range of
50-60', shorthanded performance cruisers for worldwide use, the first of the
series is sailed by Gerard and his wife.

"RtW" schreef in bericht
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www.gdnp.nl


Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects
Amsterdam, The Netherlands


For more information please contact Anneliek van der Linde at:
Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects
Kruithuisstraat 21
1018 WJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)20 6709533 / Fax: +31 (0)20 6753188
Email:
Website: www.gdnp.nl


Thanks René
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Greetings
Bouler (The Netherlands)

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:36:54 +0200, "Bouler"
wrote:


"RtW" schreef in bericht
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www.gdnp.nl


Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects
Amsterdam, The Netherlands


For more information please contact Anneliek van der Linde at:
Dykstra & Partners Naval Architects
Kruithuisstraat 21
1018 WJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)20 6709533 / Fax: +31 (0)20 6753188
Email:
Website: www.gdnp.nl


Thanks René
Yes, that is quite impressive. Thanks for the link.