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Shaggy's Hump
A short piece on the reefs in the south-west corner of the bay, where Saggitarius once went to visit...
Posted 23 Sep 2011 00:29 by Paul Smithson
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Yacht News August.
Latest updates on the yacht section happenings will appear soon in Kaskazi and can also be viewed in the attachment below.
Posted 11 Aug 2011 03:26 by Paul Smithson
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Call me Ishmael.
Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation. Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately ...
Posted 29 Jul 2011 03:59 by Paul Smithson
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Rudderless!
An eventful sail back from Sinda on Sunday saw SWJ going around in circles before her eventual rescue by Mamba, skippered by Richard (thanks, Richard!). We were sailing 3-up, Paul/Gary & Sean, aiming to hit new top speeds downwind with the big kite, breeze 18kts and some nice swells. All was going nicely and the larger swells pushed us into double numbers, with a top speed of 10.7. From the ship anchorage we gybed back onto port, hoping to catch a long surf on the swells coming through the gap. Steering down a wave, the boat went sideways and it soon became apparent that the rudder was gone. Got the kite down ok, tried (unsuccessfully) to sail the ...
Posted 25 Jul 2011 00:19 by Paul Smithson
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