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N150 Fiery Cross

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The life of N150 Fiery Cross. Design: Fiery Cross, designed by: Austin Farrar in 1936

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From an article by Austin Farrar in the November 13th 1936 Yachting World magazine entitled "A Racer on Passage" - "Fiery Cross (N150) was built to represent my idea of a twelve-footer fit to race in the fairly stormy seas met with in the Solent and has turned out so tough as to have been likened to an Ocean Racer. Built by Lidstone at Dartmouth she came up to Cowes to be rigged and was finished off amid feverish activity during Poole week...."

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