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    Posted: 26 Sep 05 at 8:23pm
First topper was built in 1975.In 1977 the Topper was awarded the Design Council Award and the Horner Award for achievements in plastics, according to the class assosiation

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We raced a 420 in the 10000s once, faired well against the squadies .... Could have been my crew helming though
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I occasionaly crew in a Fireball that is circa 1974, my mate also has number 198 which is around 1964 or so....

Horses for courses though, I don't imagine that there are many toppers that are as old as 26 (I seems to remember seeing that they were 'new' around 20 years ago).

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Was on the topper website the other day and they've got a descusion on the oldest topper. I've a 26yr old boat that i manage to race at national events, but can anyone beat that?

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