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Here’s a starter for 10: which British designer drew Britain’s most influential post-war offshore racing yacht; the most famous post-war transatlantic 25ft (7.6m) wooden cruiser; the first aluminium-hulled ocean racer; the first motor sailers to really sail; the first small JOG yacht to cross the Atlantic; the most famous 20ft (6.1m) yacht to circumnavigate the globe (twice); the first trend-setting high-speed superyacht over 100ft (30.5m) long; and the top-selling GRP bilge keel cruiser of all time?

He’s called John

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