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The chapter tracing the J Class racing yachts of the early 1900s alone justifies the price—the archival photos are stunning. It’s the kind of anthology you leave open on the table just to flip through randomly.

Didn't expect a coffee-table book to pull me in like this, but the J Class racing yachts section had me flipping back and forth for an hour. The paper is heavy and the photos are sharp enough that you can make out the rigging on the old America's Cup ships.

The range here is wild — it opens with the 1851 America's Cup schooner and runs through the J Class racers of the early 1900s, and the photography does each one justice. I keep it on the coffee table and guests always end up flipping through it longer than they planned.