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A slip-up in Classic Boat!

n your February issue, there is Yard News from the fantastic Stirling & Son in Plymouth. I read the article and then on the company’s website it says: “No 1 Covered Slip is the oldest remaining covered slipway in the World. Built in 1763 the slip was 250 years

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