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 52 footer SONYA rustles through the Solent under her spinnaker in 1905 with Captain Fred Stokes of Tollesbury at the tiller. She was designed by the American yachtbuilding genius Nathaniel Herreshoff for Mrs Turner-Farley to race in a keenly sailed class.

Picture used in The Salty Shore, page 110.

See also Courier article COR_015. 
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52 footer SONYA rustles through the Solent under her spinnaker in 1905 with Captain Fred Stokes of Tollesbury at the tiller. She was designed by the American yachtbuilding genius Nathaniel Herreshoff for Mrs Turner-Farley to race in a keenly sailed class.
Picture used in The Salty Shore, page 110.
See also Courier article COR_015.
Date: 1905      


Photo: John Leather Collection
Image ID BOXD_007_001_001


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This image is part of the Mersea Museum Collection.