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Letter from Uffa Fox to Fred Shepherd, October 1946
Uffa Fox is a legendary boating character best known as a boat designer and builder. Websites uffafox.com and wikipedia provide good summaries of his life and achievements. An image of this letter is already included on this site. Unfortunately...
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1946: First yacht into Cherbourg after the 1939-45 war
Recounted by James Harries, grandson of Sir Ernest Harston, who kindly got in touch through the contact page: "There is a story in the family about the first Cherbourg race after the 39-45 war. Sir Ernest claimed that they were first into Cherbourg...
1947-69 Photos by ‘Beken of Cowes’
These photographs were taken by Beken of Cowes, the renowned marine photographers. Click on any image to see a larger version. The first shows Amokura competing in the 1947 Cowes to Cherbourg race. The photograph was taken near Cowes on 23 May...
