The original Js were built according to the Universal Rule devised by American naval architect Nathanael Herreshoff.

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Ticonderoga, for example, is a 72-foot wooden ketch designed by famed naval architect Francis Herreshoff as an elegant family daysailer.

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Bassani now has under construction three boats longer than 120 feet, including a 148-footer designed by naval architect William Tripp.

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Gibbs, a naval architect responsible for nearly 5, 500 Navy vessels that helped win World War II, put everything he had into his ultimate ship.

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"The level of finishing and luxury of Hemisphere brings her to the category of a superyacht, " says chief naval architect Marc Van Peteghem.

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Thousands gathered for her launch but no-one looked upon her with greater admiration and pride than the eyes of her builder, the then 65-year-old naval architect William Francis Gibbs.

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New York naval architect Olin Stephens codesigned the last and perhaps most famous of the Js, 1937 cup champion Ranger, dubbed the "Super J" because she was built to the maximum specifications under the rules and won a 4-0 sweep of the America's Cup in 1937.

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