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Joe White Sailpast
Perhaps Charlie Peel did have a signature. The bow and forefoot line on Ack II at 25’ and Ack III at 50’ are remarkably similar. Pleasing curves are hard to draw and best reused even if Peel was mostly working the overall and waterline lengths to rule.