My colorization of the J-class yacht Yankee, photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in 1937. Yankee was built in 1930 for John Slisbee Lawrence by Lawley & Son, Boston. The designer was Frank Cabot Paine. Yankee was sold to Gerard Lambert in 1935. It was scrapped in 1941 as part of the war effort.
The original picture is in the Maritime Museum archive in Stockholm (Fo134394).
The Dutch Dykstra design company, which has designed a copy of the Yankee, has this additional information:
"The Dykstra design for Yankee is a replica of the original, which participated in a round robin series to win a Defending spot for the America's Cup in 1930. She was a contender to be Defender in 1930, but lost out for not being quite as fine-tuned as her rivals. After modifications to her rig and bow, she proved more competitive and came back for the America's Cup 1934 trials. Sadly, the original J Class Yankee met her demise in 1941 as she was broken up as part of the war effort during World War II."