Robert Aspin, a wealthy varnish manufacturer, was a member of all the leading yacht clubs on the Clyde. In 1908 he joined the crew raised by Thomas Glen-Coats at the Royal Clyde Yacht Club to sail Hera to victory in the 12-metre class at the Olympics. Aspin was elected a member of the Royal Yacht Association in 1926. He died in 1933 at Hunter’s Quay which, ironically, was the start and finish point of his Olympic triumph 25 years earlier. The start of the Clyde Fortnight Races on 29 June 1933 were delayed for one hour because of Aspin’s funeral.
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