Endeavour (Yacht)

Endeavour is the name of two sailing yachts, with whom the British aircraft designer and racing yachtsman Sir Thomas Sopwith tried in 1934 and 1937 as challengers ( challenger ) to win the America 's Cup. The Endeavour and Endeavour II were part of the J- class. Both boats was defeated by the U.S. Defenders, in 1934 by the Rainbow 3-2 and 1937 of the Ranger 4-0.

1934, the victory of the Americans was very scarce and highly controversial, since the rule interpretation was biased in favor of the defenders Yacht Rainbow, there was talk at the time of rule bending. No challenger had been up to this point so close to winning the bottomless pot. The newspaper headlines read: " Britannia rules the waves and America waives the rules. " (Great Britain dominated the seas, and America waives the rules. ) This event prompted the U.S. America's Cup defending champion ( defender ) Harold S. Vanderbilt, 1934, the first race rules to formulate that are valid in their fundamental structures today.

The Endeavour has a very colorful history. She was decommissioned in 1938, after she had served as a training boat for the Endeavour II during the America's Cup 1937. Subsequently, she moved several times their owners without ever sail again. Between the years 1984 and 1988 it was restored under the leadership of the then U.S. owner of Elizabeth Meyer after only parts of the fuselage were obtained. 2001, a major overhaul took place. The current owner is the American L. Dennis Kozlowski.

The Endeavour II was after returning home from the competition in the U.S. also closed down and sold after the Second World War for scrapping. It was finally destroyed in 1968.

Under the name of Hanuman, the Endeavour II was rebuilt on the Royal Huisman Shipyard and completed in April 2009.

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