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Express |
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| Number of Crew | 2 |
| Trapeze | |
| Length | 3.88m |
| Beam | 1.59m |
| Sail area (main + jib) | 8.92sq.m |
| Spinnaker | 7.8sq.m |
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| Designer & date | G. Harris in the early 1970s |
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| Notes |
Gordon Harris, MD of Pegasus Yachts,
designed the Express to avoid a 25% luxury goods tax placed by the
government. The new class was to be sponsored by Express Newspapers.
Boats obviously were seen as a bit of a luxury, but the raw materials not so. So the Express was designed to be built at home; having hired the moulds, owners layed up the glassfibre themselves. The mast was a tube, the fittings came in sets, and the wooden bits as wood not decks or transoms. Lots of schools built them as projects too. They reached about 8-900 in number, eventually being built by Anglo Marine. |
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