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ERIC HARD AT WORK Octavia 1984

Capriccio 1985

Eight meter and
six meter designs
by Bruce Kirby were
built to take
advantage of wing
keel technology
introduced by
Australia II in 1983.
LONG VIEW
JESPERSEN CREW ADMIRING HANDIWORK Octavia went on
to win the Eight
meter world cup
in Toronto in 1984.  
Both boats are
laminated mahogany
hulls, without frames.
FROM ABOVE
OCTAVIA UNDER SAIL
 
THE BEGINING OF CARPRICCIO
ATTACHING THE KEEL Capriccio was shipped
directly to Cannes
for the six meter
worlds in 1985 where
she finished 14th.
  CAPRICCIO TRANSOM
. Keelson, clamps and deck beams of sitka spruce and decks laminated out of red cedar.
   

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