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unusual facts about Merlin Rocket



Spud Rowsell

Rowsell has amongst many racing successes won the Merlin Rocket Class Championships at Abersoch Wales in 1978, crewed by Jon Turner, with a series of results which have never yet been surpassed by a later Champion of the Class.


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Jon Turner

Turner was originally apprenticed to 'Spud' Peter Rowsell, a boat builder in Exmouth with whom he won the Merlin Rocket Championships at Abersoch in 1978.

Rowan Ayers

Rowan Ayers was the father of Kevin Ayers, a founder member of Soft Machine and a very keen Merlin Rocket sailor in the 1960s.