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A lateener from the drawing board of Antonio Dias

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Gavin Atkin

This intriguing drawing from the Antonio Dias Design weblog is of a trailer-sailing lateener he’s working up for a customer who intends to sail the boat around the Channel Islands of Southern California. Read all about it here. I think this very … Continue reading →

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Save Albert Strange’s Fastnet winner Tally Ho!

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Gavin Atkin

Tally Ho – one of the larger Albert Strange-designed boat and winner of the 1927 Fastnet race. She’s currently lying at Port of Brookings, Oregon If you’d like to sail a magnificent gaff topsail cutter from the early 20th century, and … Continue reading →

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Heritage Coast Sailing and Rowing start building their first lapstrake Mackinaw boat

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Gavin Atkin

Michigan-based Heritage Coast Sailing and Rowing members are constructing a 23ft lapstrake-built Mackinaw boat, with the aim of encouraging sailing and rowing on Lake Huron using the regional boat type. The project weblog is here. The Heritage Coast Sailing and Rowing project … Continue reading →

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