The Duke of Edinburgh's Links to Irish Sailing Were Many & Varied
The Duke of Edinburgh's Links to Irish Sailing Were Many & Varied 12th April 2021 Bloodhound racing in Cowes Week, Duke of Edinburgh on helm. In theory she was the Royal Yacht, in reality she was the People's Boat When the Duke of Edinburgh died aged 99 on Friday, it took a while before the hundreds of public appreciations of his remarkable life began to mention the fact that sailing played a very important role in it. Yet although non-active in the sport for his last dozen or so years, he had continued to take a fatherly interest in both its general administration and the many technical...
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