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Are These The Same Boat? What Would Plutarch Say?

Are These The Same Boat? What Would Plutarch Say?

The Riddle of the Refit and How It Applies to Tally Ho

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Jun 26, 2024
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1910 Tally Ho competes in the Fastnet race in the 1920s. 2024 Tally Ho flies her topsail and flying jib for the first time earlier this month.

Credit Aaron Porter, editor of Professional Boatbuilder magazine and a classics scholar. This story was his idea.

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