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2013 Finesse meet scheduled for Stangate Creek, 24th May

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Gavin Atkin

    Author and Thames Estuary sailor Nick Ardley tells me that Finesse yacht owners are planning a gathering for all sizes of the timber-built craft in the Medway area during the late May Bank Holiday weekend. Finesse builder Alan … Continue reading →

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Pierhead painter Dominique Perotin’s portrait of newly built Victorian racing yacht Integrity

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Gavin Atkin

French pierhead painter Dominique Perotin has produced this portrait of the newly-built Victorian gentleman’s racing yacht Integrity - and it seems to me that she has joined the wonderful yacht’s growing legion of admirers. (Click on the link to see her website.) … Continue reading →

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A regatta to celebrate 100 years of the International 12 Foot Dinghy Class

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Gavin Atkin

  Main photo: the 2011 International 12 Foot World Cup racing at Venice, attracted over 100 entries from 10 (photo: James Robinson Taylor); Sylvia, built in Switzerland in the 1920s; recent Dutch championships (photo: Hanneke Gilissen) West Kirby Sailing Club … Continue reading →

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