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Tributes paid to boatbuilder Iain Oughtred

Tributes have flowed in for renowned boatbuilder and designer Iain Oughtred who died on the Isle of Skye in February, aged 84.

Born in Melbourne in 1939, Iain grew up in Sydney sailing, building and designing fast dinghies from an early age,

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