page_title: Elizabeth Meyer
section_title: Yacht Restoration
hierarchical_section_title: Elizabeth Meyer / Yacht Restoration
caption_attribution_description: English: Yacht Endeavour photo D Ramey Logan
context_page_description: Elizabeth E Meyer, was born in Baltimore in 1953. She was instrumental in the restoration of the J Class Yachts beginning with Endeavour in the mid 1980s. She is married to Michael McCaffrey.
context_section_description: In 1984 she purchased the J class yacht Endeavour and began the restoration. She was also instrumental in the restoration of Shamrock V another J, and more than 80 classic yachts. She is president of J-Class Management. She founded the International Yacht Restoration School in 1993 which has taught 400 students in yacht building and restoration.  For her efforts in building and yacht restoration she has received the president’s award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In 2011 she received the Don Turner Award from the USS Constitution Museum for her work in maritime preservation. From 1975 to 1993 she owned the Concordia yawl, Matinicus and has authored books on the Ray Hunt designed class. She now sails Seminole, a 1916 Lawley-built 47 ft (14.3m) gaff yawl,  bought in 1996 from California unseen for a dollar. She completed its restoration in 2005 and has sailed Seminole with her husband over 18,000 miles.
caption: Endeavour (1934), refitted 1984
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