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    Jul 11, 2019 3 minutes

    Wanted: Colour photos of Cliperau

    In last month’s letters page, ‘Tragic tale of Cliperau’ Dan Tack asks for information about the boat lost at sea with his Grandfather on board as skipper. I once sailed on the boat and have an old photo. It is an image on slide film taken in 1968: this is a photo (right) of the projection I took on my iPad.

    Philip Hughes

    Wrexham

    In December 1972 I found. I Hope it might be of some help to Dan Tack.

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