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Engineer Goes for Thistle Simplicity

Thistle No. 181 has been sold by boat builder Ralph Wiley to Colonel Winthrop W. Harrington of Gibson Island, Maryland. Harrington is well-known as Board Chairman of the Marmon-Harrington Company and a former President of the Society of Automotive Engineers, bringing his engineering expertise to sailing.

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  • boat sales
  • Gibson Island
  • Maryland
  • engineering
  • Ralph Wiley