# History returns to the America's Cup J Class

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**Created:** [September 7, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/history-returns-to-the-americas-cup-j-class/70618 "2024-09-07T10:44:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/history-returns-to-the-americas-cup-j-class/70618/1 "2024-09-07T10:44:34Z")

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> **[History returns to the America's Cup](https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2024/09/06/history-returns-to-the-americas-cup/)**
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> For three matches in the 1930s, it was J Class yachts that decided the America's Cup, and they will return for the 37th edition. Four stunning examples –

> Four stunning examples – Shamrock V, Velsheda, Rainbow, and Svea – will race on October 7-11 in Barcelona, Spain.

Didn’t know this was still going on, though it was all the [hydrofoils (AC75)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC75)

Yacht stuff shows up in my feed after I did a search for the yacht Ranger (build at Bath Iron Works in 1937).  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/4/4/446b3eb45f46446bc768ba38666cf0bb2553196b.jpeg)  
_Ranger_ replica at Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta April 13, 2005 (From Wikipedia)