one of my favorite cars, things that inspire me.

J Boat Whirlwind project

I have been working on a project for a few years, not everyday but always keeping my ears open and when ever I find new info I like to add it to the file. My goal is to find as much info about the great J Class yacht Whirlwind built by Landon Thorne my great grandfather. I recently went to a J Class lecture hosted by Sail Newport, I was hoping the lecture would be about the history of the class and the boats built in the USA. But it was about current J Class boats and what it was like to sail them. I had the pleasure of talking to David Pittman and was supprised to find that the official J Class had all the drawings and good info about all the boats except Whirlwind.

Found this old pic from doing the One Lap Of America back in 2002, this was when Yarrowsport was just starting. Seems like that was a long time ago almost 10 years, if I could only go back all the changes I would have made.