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Oldest videos of sailing in Hornet dinghies

by Magnus Smith 1 Dec 2023 23:59 GMT

Our video archive is fully searchable, and linked to all the clubs and classes in our database. It is updated weekly with the latest videos of sailing, but here we delve into the past, and round-up everything that shows sailing in Hornet dinghies.

You can clearly see the sliding seats in this footage from Thorpe Bay YC in 1958 (plus airplane news from same year).

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