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Written by Professional BoatBuilder Magazine. in .
Boats have sunk on their moorings from water first filling the engine, and then trickling out of engine apertures until the boat goes down.
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Written by KEN GOURLAY in Launceston.
Enjoy these extracts from "ONE MAN'S JOURNEY" - Ken Gourlay's book of his solo corcumnavigation. It is available for $29.95 plus $8.30 for package and handling (if required).
The book can be purchased by visiting Ken's website http://www.kengourlay.net/ or by phone on 0417 366 612.
Ken's circumnavigation raised $130,000 for the Clifford Craig Medical Research Trust, which has been established to facilitate the creation of a world class medical research institution in Northern Tasmania. [read more...]
Written by KEN GOURLAY in Launceston.
PART 2 of the extract from Ken Gourlay's book "One Man's Journey". [read more...]
Written by Bob Wonders in July 2009.
Evinrude outboard engines, have published a manual showing the right way to bring a dunked outboard back to life. The 'Roll Over Re-start Procedure' lists 13 step-by-step rules to follow when an outboard engine is swamped or recovered from the sea bed. [read more...]
Written by Uncle Al in March 2009.
In 55 years of racing, perhaps the most useful thing I have learned is that coming to a protest hearing with a version of the facts of an incident different from mine does not necessarily make the other fellow a liar.
For full details visit:
http://www.wayfarer-international.org/WIT/race.related/RacingRulesOfSailing/Rules.in.Pictures/Rules_in_Pics_index.html [read more...]
Written by JOHN YOUNG in JANUARY 2009.
In summer we run courses on Small Boat Cruising the Natural Way, which means by sail and oar, and camping overnight in favourite places.
Our whaleboat is increasingly busy training local crews from schools and workplaces, including the Huon Valley Council, for community events like the annual Swiftsure Regatta and Focus on Franklin, which looks like becoming a bienniel event. [read more...]