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    AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Wind Elf

    Jul 05, 2019 3 minutes
    By Peter Poland

    Back in 2018, an exciting email landed in my computer. It hailed from a cheerful sounding chap called Ben McMinn who was inviting me to come for a sail on Hightime – his Alan Buchanan-designed 25 footer.

    Ben had tracked me down as an ancient (in all senses of the word) owner of the same class of boat – a Wind Elf. Mine had been a Mk ll built in 1954 whereas Ben’s was a Mk l

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