Boat and yacht builders

My friend L lives in Gosport and sent me this postcard of an an ealy 20th century watercolour showing the boat building company Camper & Nicholsons. This boatyard means a lot to me as my dad worked there for many years as a boatbuilder.
A couple of the famous yachts to come out of Campers were Gypsy Moth IV in 1966 in which Sir Francis Chichester single-handedly circumnavigated the Globe. It was restored in 2004 at the Gosport Yard. 
The other was Morning Cloud IV built in 1975 for Sir Edward Heath.

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