Emma – 1870 New York Sloop Gaffer

Published on Mar 22, 2016

From wreck to racing. Her history and how old workboats like her developed into crazy sandbaggers – the forerunners of the modern racing dinghy..

Thanks to Peter Slack for clips of replica sandbaggers Bull and Bear, and to Warren Mangan for contributing this wonderful story for our readers

 

 

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