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LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY OLD PULTENEY WHISKY

Setting the Sunbeam record straight

Jim Hazel does well in his letter published in your September issue to clarify the issue of how it was Louis Jacobs not Harry Jacob that in 1924 designed the West Solent Restricted Class yacht [like Suvretta, featured in our August issue].

However, he goes on to get us somewhat

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