“We have an opportunity to secure two important boats for our archive of sailing dinghies. They are the Falcons 3 and 4, 12 sq meter Heavyweight Sharpies, one used by Rolly Tasker and Huck Scott to win the silver medal at the 1956 Olympics.”

This approach of building brand new boats to old designs can, I feel, sometimes fall between two stools, ending up with a boat without the functionality, systems, volume and performance of a modern yacht and yet lacking the “soul” of a yacht that has undergone a sensitive restoration.