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Around the world with S/V Zephyr
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More Blogs and Photos. Around the world with S/V Zephyr. The adventures of Bill and Tracy as they fulfill their lifes dream of sailing the world. We've dreamed of this for years and now is the time while the health is still good and there is money in the kitty to make it come true. 21 August 2016 Secret Harbour Marina,Grenada. Worn out dock line. 21 August 2016 Secret Harbour Marina, Grenada. 15 August 2016 Secret Harbour Marina, Grenadac. 13 August 2016 Atlanta airport. 12 August 2016 Aurora, Colorado.
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35. Chapter 2. Sailing boats: 1. Sunfish
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35 Chapter 2. Sailing boats. Monday, August 01, 2005. My very first sail boat in 1979 was nothing much but a piece of plank with a sail on it. It was a. There was a centre board, rudder, a mast and one sail. It was even too small to be called a dinghy. The hull was made of fibre glass and it was small, meant for one person only. I first launched the Sunfish in the river near the Lutong bridge. Wed Jan 12, 01:36:00 AM 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Thank you for visiting.
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35. Chapter 2. Sailing boats: 2. Optimist
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35 Chapter 2. Sailing boats. Monday, August 01, 2005. The next sail boat I bought was an Optimist. From Peter Hammer for 1000 ringgit. He was overjoyed to have found a. That lousy pakeha (expatriate) did not tell me that the boat was suitable for kids only! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to my blog. Please feel free to browse and leave a comment. Thank you for visiting. View my complete profile. Around the world with S/V Zephyr: SailBlogs. Some rest and meet up with old friends.
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35. Chapter 2. Sailing boats: About Me
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35 Chapter 2. Sailing boats. I was born and brought up in Miri an oil town in Sarawak (Borneo). I attended Pujut Chinese Primary, St. Joseph's Miri and Tanjong Lobang School. (I was at Tanjong for two years as a boarder doing 6th form, 63/64) I worked for Shell Lutong for 23 years and have lived in NZ for 15 years. I am married to Christine Wong. We have 3 grown children: Kevin, Pearl and Eugene. Soon, in NZ I became a serious golfer. Again, playing 3 or more rounds a week. In the end, I found that t...
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35. Chapter 2. Sailing boats: How it all started for me in 1968
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35 Chapter 2. Sailing boats. Sunday, October 06, 2013. How it all started for me in 1968. This photo was taken soon after I landed in Sydney in 1966. On that Qantas flight the passengers were mostly Colombo Plan students. I climbed the Sydney bridge with a friend in 1968. We saw many things from up there.There was the Opera House nearing completion, a hydrofoil coming from Manly to Circular Quays. And most important of all, a yacht with full spinnaker, passing under the bridge! The hull of most yachts be...
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35. Chapter 2. Sailing boats: 4. 470
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35 Chapter 2. Sailing boats. Monday, August 01, 2005. The Panaga boat club was buying a whole new fleet of 470’s and they were selling their old boats in 1985 by auction. I entered a bid for 3 boats and was successful! All in all, including trucking, the 470’s cost me 2000 ringgit, a very reasonable price indeed. One fine day, I took all three children sailing with me. There was not much wind. The sea was very calm and I was able to raise spinnaker! The group consisted of my colleagues: Kho Boon Ming, St...
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35. Chapter 2. Sailing boats: 3. Yamaha Sea-hopper
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35 Chapter 2. Sailing boats. Monday, August 01, 2005. Was built by Yamaha. In Japan to similar dimensions as the Laser. It actually looked very much like a Laser. It cost me 2000 ringgit; but it was worth every cent because this sail boat some times forgot that it had no engine! At about 15 knot cross wind, it would plane and consequently, the speed would increase suddenly with most of the hull out of the water, behaving like a speed boat! After a while I was looking for an even faster sail boat. The...