L N SINKABLE YACHT.—Built-in buoyancy tanks and self-sealing lockers make this 12ft yacht unsinkable and therefore entirely suitable as a training craft for beginners. Recently the yacht was taken out on the Solent where every effort was made to sink it, but without success. The craft, made of fibreglass, was designed by two Oxford enthusiasts. One of them, Mr S. S. Wilson, is shown here with the yacht.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29016, 3 October 1959, Page 5
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68L N SINKABLE YACHT.—Built-in buoyancy tanks and self-sealing lockers make this 12ft yacht unsinkable and therefore entirely suitable as a training craft for beginners. Recently the yacht was taken out on the Solent where every effort was made to sink it, but without success. The craft, made of fibreglass, was designed by two Oxford enthusiasts. One of them, Mr S. S. Wilson, is shown here with the yacht. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29016, 3 October 1959, Page 5
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