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A photograph of N419 in the 1959 book "The New Small Boat Sailing" by John Fisher.
The caption reads "In this race for the Henley Challenge Trophy N419 has already rounded the leeward mark to wards which the other boats are converging,"

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Boats / Re: N777 Little Lucky

Last post by edwillett - 20 Feb 2025, 12:31

N777 pictured in a photograph from the 1959 book "The New Small Boat Sailing" by John Fisher.

The caption reads "The start of a heat in the Bourne End Trophy for National 12ft Class. Shows only too well the danger of getting too far from the line in light airs."

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Boats / Re: N909 Rampant

Last post by edwillett - 20 Feb 2025, 11:30

N909 pictured in the 1959 book "The New Small Boat Racing" by John Fisher.
The image caption reads as follows "Close quarters during the Burton Trophy race at Weymouth (1952). Ian Proctor (N1000) in Stimulus had just got an overlap on G. Bull's Rampant."
Geoffrey Bull went on to finish 3rd with Proctor 4th.

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Boats / Re: N1009 Careful

Last post by edwillett - 20 Feb 2025, 11:18

Norah Fidler sailing "Quickly" in the Henley Challenge Trophy on Remenham Reach, Henley-on-Thames. A photograph in the 1959 book "The New Small Boat Sailing" by John Fisher.

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