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Category: France 2015 & 2016

Dover, an appreciation, 1912

June 23, 2016 beverley yates France 2015 & 2016, Sailing for Pleasure, Solent & English South Coast

Alan Briscoe wrote and illustrated this article for ‘The Yachting Monthly’ in 1912. It is reproduced, and published again here[…]

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Les 50 ans de ‘Gwen-Bléiz’, 2013

October 6, 2013 beverley yates France, France 2015 & 2016, Round Britain 2013, Sailing for Pleasure, Solent & English South Coast

In this article, Jean Yvon Combot, a French participant in the OGA50 celebrations at Cowes, reflects on the event and[…]

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