Nice story. Good on them bringing it home with such an old boat. Plenty of race specific experience in the boat having competed 51 times. Do I detect a hint of reverse sheer?
Not to mention the venerable Bluebird. Would guess the all ply boats are diminishing year by year but there are still some around. Of course they went to single skin grp also. Will never forget the ply Bluebird in the early 80s beating a Farr727 on scratch in a Wed night harbour twilight in a black noreaster - super effort right there and well acknowledged by the F727 skipper.
