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Nautical Lore Capercast 1: Woody Brown and Modern Fast Sailing Boats

Friday, September 09, 2016 | By: Jim Brown

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Nautical LoreHow did modern, lightweight seafaring really begin? This first “Caper” identifies the legendary Woody Brown (no relation to me) as the true progenitor of the Post WW II sea change in marine architecture … and as a principal instigator of today’s entirely new attitude toward the sea.

In this, Part One of two Capers about Woody, I describe the unique combination of factors, the “alignment of stars” that Woody Brown personified and which initiated this revolutionary nautical phenomenon.

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