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    Posted: 13 May 10 at 9:11am

Sad to say that Charles Currey has died age 94. The was behind Fairey Marine post war, creating the Firefly, Albacore and others, and was one of the driving forces behind the Finn as an Olympic class.

Nothing on the main site yet, Mark?
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Fantastic man!  Encouraged my father to sail in the 1950's and the whole family has continued to be supportive ever since.

We will miss him!
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Charles was an inspiration to so many. His achievements
are so numerous which included a Silver medal in the '52
Olympics in the Finn class, 2nd only to the great Paul
Elvstrom! He will be missed by so many of us, a one off,
with great wit and humility. The world is, for sure, a
sadder place without him.

There were many times when we had sails spread across his
living room for measurement, with Bobbie in attendance
trying to keep him in control, and I always left feeling
better for the experience.

Rodney

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Originally posted by Rupert

Sad to say that Charles Currey has died age 94. The was behind Fairey Marine post war, creating the Firefly, Albacore and others, and was one of the driving forces behind the Finn as an Olympic class.

Nothing on the main site yet, Mark?



We have a short piece online - a full obituary will be in the magazine as soon as possible.
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