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- ↑ "Robert Tucker British Yacht Designer". ontonagon.com. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ↑ Robert Tucker sailboatdata.com, accessed 3 August 2022
- ↑ Wagers, Laurel (1999). Sailing Among the Stars: The Story of Tristan Jones' Sea Dart. Sheridan House, Inc. p. 1. ISBN 9781574090703.
- ↑ Bird, Vanessa (2013). Classic Classes. A&C Black. p. 146. ISBN 9781408158906.
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