74 CLASSIC BOAT NOVEMBER 2017
DAVID BOYD
Left: 55ft RORC
rating cutter,
submitted to
the Royal
Corinthian
Design
Competition
of 1932
Above: cutaway
drawing of
Sceptre by
James McAuley.
Above right: the
launch of
Sceptre in 1958.
Right: Sovereign
was drawn by
Boyd to race in
the 1964
America’s Cup
DAVID BOYD ARCHIVE
DAVID BOYD JR COLLECTION
BOYD FAMILY PERMISSION
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