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A quintessential English dinghy with a backdrop that shouts out its Englishness, with the Arch and hallowed turf of Wembley as a backdrop - British Moth 90th Anniversary open meeting
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Welsh Moths - The quintessential English boat at the quintessential English Club
90 years ago, just as now, the UK was being gripped by a financial crisis. A group of sailors based in Central London had been looking for a new one design dinghy to replace their collection of disparate boats that they raced on Regent's Park Lake.