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| | Outer Harbour Centreboard Club |
 | | Dinghies of those days were lapstrake or carvel-built and were heavy, leaky and difficult to maintain (aside from using the less efficient gaff or gunter rigs). |
 | | Members of south coast dinghy clubs together with Fairey Marine engineers tried to develop a 15' dinghy, one that could withstand the strong winds and steep seas experienced in the English Channel, and was light-weight, rugged and stable with a planing hull. |
 | | The Mirror Group, from tabloids to glossy magazines, from sailors to land-lubbers, writers to publicity to marketing, were all roped in to launch, in the promotional sense of the word, this simple-to-build, simple-to-move and simple-to-sail pram dinghy. |
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