Comments by "Fred Bloggs" (@fredbloggs5902) on "Inside The Real Story Of The Cockleshell Heroes Film" video.

  1. Blondie Hasler also originated the idea of the Single-handed Transatlantic Race and competed in it (the 1960 and 1964 OSTAR) in his junk-rigged yacht ‘Jester’.
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  2.  @TheHistoryChap Yes, he also came 5th in the 1964 race. The junk rig has poor upwind performance so he had to take the much longer trade-wind route rather than the more upwind direct route. He also pioneered the idea of a self-steering mechanism for yachts, variants of which are still in use today.
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  3. Just ignore the out-of-period helicopter!
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