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Pilot cutter model

saw the letter from Ian Nash with his photo of asking for any information about the original vessel. As a retired naval architect, I recognised the vessel as a Bristol Channel pilot cutter and so looked it up in the authoritative book by the late Peter J Stuckey. While there is little information about , I have drawn together some facts that Ian Nash might find helpful

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