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    Nov 01, 2019 3 minutes
    By Peter Poland

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    In the immediate post-war years, two recent inventions provided a launchpad for an explosive growth in new dinghy designs: marine plywood and water-resistant resorcinol glue.

    Jack Holt led the charge, designing the Cadet (1947), GP14 (1949), Heron (1950), Enterprise (1956) and Solo (1956). All these top-selling dinghies were built using marine plywood, bent, glued and fastened around chines. They were fast and economical to build, and ideally suited to a new generation of DIY buyers.

    Ian Proctor joined the fray in 1950 with his race winning

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