John Spencer (boat designer)
- John Spencer (boat designer)
John Spencer (1931-1996) was a New Zealand boat designer.
John Spencer [ [http://www.sailingsource.com/cherub/test/doku.php/people/john_spencer John Spencer - a brief biography] ] (d 1996) was born in Melbourne in 1931 and spent most of his life in New Zealand. [ [http://www.firebug.co.nz/images/acrobat/download/js_obituary.pdf John Spencer - obiturary] ]
He was a well known designer of sailing boats of all sizes, including the Cherub, Javelin (NZ) [ [http://www.javelins.org/History/JohnSpencer.html Javelin class designer] ] and Flying Ant classes of sailing dinghies.
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