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    Legends of the solent to return

    Aug 09, 2019 2 minutes
    Edited by Steff an Meyric Hughes

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    Email: steffan@classicboat.co.uk

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    On a sunny 8 July, one of England’s well-known post-war racing yachts rose into the air above a canopy of thick Cornish forest. She’s , named backwards after her famous skipper Ron Amey. She was and ), beat off America, Holland, France, Sweden and Germany to take the glory home. The 44ft 10in (13.7m), traditionally planked bermudan sloop was designed by Alan Buchanan in 1962, and bears all the designer’s hallmarks, and was built by William King of Burnham on Crouch.

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