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Oct 10

Altair

Saint Tropez, France 43º16’42″N 6º38’48″E

Onboard Altair during “Les voiles de Saint Tropez”, France.
Commissioned in 1929 by Captain Guy H MacCaw whose brief to William Fife was simply: ‘build a sound, safe cruiser, safe to go to the south seas islands in with no anxiety’. Fife was then 73 years.