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New at Kos: The Heritage Collection
Kos Pictures has acquired an historic archive of yachting, powerboating and superyacht material from IPC Media, owners of many sailing publications including Yachting World. The archive contains over 800,000 images dating back to 1928.
Press release: April 2012
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The large format glass plates are in the process of being scanned and uploaded to www.kospictures.com. The historic material features J-Class construction, sail making at Ratsey & Lapthorn, and J-Class and metre class racing on The Solent.

In addition, the IPC archive also features thousands of model and property released images taken aboard cruising yachts all over the world. These images are being uploaded and will form a key part of the Kos Pictures collection in the coming years.