Sailors are not only rational people but have sentiments, too, and while many are drawn to ultralight IMS jerrycans, others wouldn’t go to sea in anything less than a heavy double-ender. But some sailors feel that the most attractive yachts were built between the wars when the perfect cruiser was at thesame time a flush-decked racing yacht. This was in the days when even cars and motor yachts had style and the owner of a major racing yacht would go to his office downtown in a Duesenberg or, in summer, in his fast commuter. In those days, around-the-buoys racing was performed in Dragons, IOD:s, 6-meter and 8-meter yachts. The Gold Cup was one of the most desired trophies, the racing grounds changing between Hankö, Long Island Sound, Genua and Sandhamn; while the America’s Cup was raced off Newport in the great J-boats, and later in 12-meters.