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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread

#41 Post by EA01 » Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:51 am

Bone china tea service with finger sarnies.... :)
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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread

#42 Post by OneHungLow » Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:00 am

EA01 wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:51 am
 Bone china tea service with finger sarnies.... :)

“Believe me my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

As Ratty said to Mole in Kenneth Grahame's classic.

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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread

#43 Post by Hydromet » Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:08 am

OneHungLow wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 21, 2023 4:14 am
 On a lighter note I suggest that like Steinbeck, Timothy Shaddock should write a book about his experience. He could call it 'A Dog from the Sea of Cortez'.
How about "A Dog's Tail"?
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#44 Post by EA01 » Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:30 am

“Believe me my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”

As Ratty said to Mole in Kenneth Grahame's classic.
Love it! :)
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#45 Post by 1DC » Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:03 am

Nice posh sandwiches Fliegs!
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#46 Post by EA01 » Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:08 am

Thank you 1DC... :)
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#47 Post by EA01 » Fri Jul 21, 2023 11:15 am

Not all of us are uncivil Antipodeans.... :)
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#48 Post by John Hill » Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:14 pm

Waiting for a puff of breeze on Yvonne, 100+ year old triple planked kauri sloop..

https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/23/13/jUXjJgJR_t.jpg
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#49 Post by OneHungLow » Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:17 pm

John Hill wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:14 pm
 Waiting for a puff of breeze on Yvonne, 100+ year old triple planked kauri sloop..

https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/23/13/jUXjJgJR_t.jpg
I love you old gaff rigged blokes and your boats...

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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread

#50 Post by John Hill » Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:41 am

https://boatingnz.co.nz/wp-content/uplo ... 35-med.jpg
Yvonne in her younger days..


https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/49/40/GKeGUsE5_t.jpg
A slow afternoon in the Marlborough Sounds.


Read more about Yvonne on this site https://rpnyc.org.nz/blog/robert-julian-scott/
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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread

#51 Post by John Hill » Sat Jul 22, 2023 3:46 am

Yvonne, in her element, 2013.



It is a few years since I sailed on Yvonne but for several years the owner and I would catch the Picton ferry after work on Friday for a couple of days in the Sounds. Then back to the mooring near the ferry terminal before catching the late ferry back to Wellington.
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Re: The yachtsmen (and women) revolution thread

#52 Post by Hydromet » Sat Jul 22, 2023 3:59 am

Nice looking Yacht, John.
I've never built a boat, much as I'd like to, but a few years ago I was involved in a project where 30 of us woodworkers were given timber from an historical kauri tree to make anything we wanted. The commission on the sales went to raise funds for the Sydney Botanic Gardens. One of the makers made a kauri dinghy. Read the story at this link.
https://www.sydneywoodenboats.com.au/kauri/
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