PICTURES OF YESTERYEAR managed by PPL PHOTO AGENCY - copyright reserved PHOTO CREDIT: Ian Dear Archive/PPL Tel: +44(0)7768 395719 : ppl@mistr

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PICTURES OF YESTERYEAR managed by PPL PHOTO AGENCY - copyright reserved PHOTO CREDIT: Ian Dear Archive/PPL Tel: +44(0)7768 395719 : web: ***Circa 1969: Third in a series of 4 pictures capturing the moments when the 78-ft Canadian ketch rigged yacht MIR was dismasted close to the Diamond Head finish line during the 1969 Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Astonishingly, the crew were able to clear the wreckage and sail across the line – backwards! to finish 3rd overall

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