Another new J-Class launched

This time it is Atlantis - one of Frank C Paine's never previously built designs

The J Class Association have announced that the name of the new Frank C Paine ‘A’ design yacht will be Atlantis. This yacht has been commissioned for a Dutch owner from original lines plans designed by Frank C Paine in the 1930s.

Paine's J Class designs were never built although drawings for two designs were fully completed at the time. Over the past few months lines plans have been prepared by Andre Hoek Design from these original plans and approved by the JCA.

Frank C Paine was the son of General Charles J Paine of Boston, a three times
owner of the successful America’s Cup defenders for the New York Yacht Club,
Puritan in 1885 (as part of a syndicate) and later Mayflower (1886) and Volunteer
(1887). He was brought up in the world of yachts and was younger brother to an amateur yacht designer John Paine, who had designed Jubilee for a Boston-based syndicate for the 1893 defence when Vigilant had been selected by the New York Yacht Club.

Frank went on to become one of the most important designers during the first half of the
20th century. He worked alongside designers such as William Starling Burgess, and L
Francis Herreshoff (son of Nathanial G Herreshoff) and subsequently was famous for the design of Yankee (originally an R Class sloop), which launched in 1930 and was renowned for being fast in a breeze and the beamiest of her contemporaries.

Frank C Paine became President of builders George Lawley and Son for many years. He died in 1952.

Atlantis will become yet another step forward in the development of the JCA and experts will be keen to compare potential performance of this design and other new and
existing designs.