1956 Jack Holt designs and builds Solo 1 at his boatyard on the embankment, Putney and so the story began. Rumour was that Solo 1 was lost in a fire some years later but Jack later commented that the first build had in fact been a bit heavy so when they built Solo 2 they swapped numbers, therefore Solo 1 does still exist but with it’s alias number. Tim Bass of Salcombe builds his own Solo ‘Tom Thumb’ Solo 20, painted white on one side, the other in red, to confuse the race hut. Paul elvstrom wins olympic gold in port Phillip bay, Australia.
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