J-Class yachts, some of the most glamorous--and harrowing--racers ever built, are enjoying a minirevival.

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"They're not light at all, " says David Pitman, secretary of the J-Class Association.

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And the J-Class Association can change the rules whenever it wants.

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The former Saks vice chairman, who oversees a sprawling international fashion, retail and real estate empire from his base in Belgium, sails a restored 1933 J-Class called Velsheda.

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Five more are under construction or approved by the J-Class Association, which requires class members to build the boats according to pre-1939 plans with a few allowable deviations.

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Saks ( SKS - news - people ) vice chairman, who oversees a sprawling international fashion, retail and real estate empire from his base in Belgium, sails a restored 1933 J-Class called Velsheda.

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In the dash-cam video, Trooper First Class J.

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That didn't discourage Trooper First Class J.

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Tovah taught a memoir class at the J.

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Baldwin, 52, was first captain of the class of 1969, the same honor bestowed on Douglas MacArthur and John J.

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The J-boats, for example, were built to compete in the America's Cup and Big Class Circuit regattas off the coast of England in the 1930s.

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, of Louisiana, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Nancy J.

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