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Monthly Archives: May 2018

80 years ago May 1938 – Triune of Troy

31st May 2018

The Channel class was designed in 1937 and the list of owners of the third of class Triune of Troy is most distinguished: Triune was built in 1938 for Langley Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool, a lawyer by profession who became involved in investigating the sensational A6 murder in rural Bedfordshire in August 1961 […]

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50 years ago 1968 – Stormvogel wins the first Middle Sea Race

22nd May 2018

When three is not a crowd it is a triune According to Jack Giles dairy notes “the design team worked together extremely happily, Van de Stadt producing a very beautiful set of lines, and John Illingworth applying his practical knowledge to the sail plan, masting and rigging with, as results have shown, very easy and […]

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85 years ago May 1933

16th May 2018

Historic records refer to Rhakotis as a settlement on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast before Alexander the Great founded the famous Mediterranean port city of Alexandria in B.C. 332. Alexandria was an important city of the ancient world; for more than two thousand years, it was the largest city in Egypt and was its capital for almost […]

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About Laurent Giles

About Laurent Giles

The design practice developed 'between the First and Second World Wars' and 'post war' years into a thriving racing and cruisung yacht design house, specialising in sound design and engineering solutions to challenging client briefs.

At a time when the business of racing and cruising yacht design was developing... and throughout this important period the Laurent Giles design practice is recognised as being among the leaders, if not the leader in the development and use of new yacht design and construction technologies. Between 1939 and 45 he was first in charge of the Small Boats (up to 100ft) Design Section of the Department of Naval Construction, and later he served in Washington D.C. on aircraft construction.

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