Boats - Sailing - Ships

Jan. 01, 1961 - The Girl with a Boat on her Shoulder it weighs only 40 lbs. and costs60: Twenty three year old Joan Anderson former ski-champion of Great Britain is the young lady carrying the boat on her shoulder at the International Boat Show- Olympia. Actually the craft is very much lighter than it looks. It is known as the Flite Fish and is swamp proof safe and unsinkable and is claimed to be the safest sailing boat in the world made of a special flotation material. Complete with sails drop keel and all fittings is cost60and weighs on 40 lbs. The two sails of the craft are made of a recently developed linear plastic which is completely non-absorbent-it can be immediately righted with little effort. Also the craft could remain in salt water for years on end without any maintenance whatsoever

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Actually Claimed Completely Developed Drop Fittings Flotation Immediately Keel Lighter Linear Maintenance Proof Remain Righted Safe Safest Sails Swamp Unsinkable Weighs Whatsoever

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