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    AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Vertue

    Jun 05, 2020 3 minutes
    By Peter Poland

    In the pre-war years, Laurent Giles was already drawing successful ocean racers and cruisers. In 1936, John Illingworth dreamed up a concept for a new style of ocean racer and Giles turned the dream into reality, designing the 48ft (14.6m) Maid of Malham. She picked up pots galore before the war and introduced a new look to yachting – a look that was to later develop into the revolutionary Myth of Malham.

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