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MARCH 2010
The Jester Medal, very kindly awarded to me by the Ocean Cruising Club
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FEBRUARY 2010
8th July 2009. We approach the mountains of southern Jan Mayen
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JANUARY 2010
26th July 2009. The Jordan Series Drogue in action in big seas off south-west Iceland.
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OCTOBER 2009
0730 hours, 8th July 2009. We arrive at Jan Mayen, with the slopes of Mt Beerenberg showing through the clouds.
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SEPTEMBER 2009
0300 hours, 28th June 2009. The sun rises behind Foula, the westernmost Shetland Isle.
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JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 2009
The new arrangement for Mingming's sweeps: solid fixings, stainless steel thole pins and rope grommets. The sweeps will be operated standing and leaning forward, fisherman style.
The new arrangement for Mingming's sweeps: solid fixings, stainless steel thole pins and rope grommets. The sweeps will be operated standing and leaning forward, fisherman style.
Inch thick plastazote foam and a carpet lining create the perfect padded cell for an unhinged sailor.
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MAY 2009
Mingming's series drogue. A serious bit of kit, as yet not used in anger.
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APRIL 2009
Here's my 1934 Gaff Cutter Mary Ellen. I spent many years restoring her. Sadly I will soon have to sell her. (Photo courtesy of Mick King)
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MARCH 2009
Mingming's new 10' ash sweeps pose with her 15' sculls.
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FEBRUARY 2009
Mingming leaves her mark on the sea wall at Praia da Vitoria, Azores.
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JANUARY 2009
A wave breaks on the Azores island of Terceira. A rocky volcanic coastline best kept clear of.
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DECEMBER 2008
Insulating Mingming. The section above the shelving is complete. Lower down the inch thick foam is in place and about to receive its carpet lining. The whole hull has been done in this way.
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NOVEMBER 2008
Thanks to fellow Jester Challenger Paul Mead (Indecision) for this extraordinary photo of Mingming off the Eddystone Rock.
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OCTOBER 2008
On a cold winter's day, what better place to do a bit of boatbuilding than a nice warm kitchen? Minging's hatch coamings under construction.
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SEPTEMBER 2008
Jester Challenger extraordinaire, Alexei Fedoruk, hand splices his own rigging. After the 2008 Jester Azores Challenge, Alexei was dismasted and lost his rudder on his way to Newport R.I.. He sailed six hundred miles in 25 days under jury rig with no rudder. Alexei is a proper seaman who does not assume the right to be rescued. I will tell his full story another time.
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AUGUST 2008
The start of the Jester Azores Challenge. Jester herself astern.
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JULY 2008
Thursday, 29th May 2008, Queen Anne's Battery marina, Plymouth. The Jester Challenge fleet at dawn.
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JUNE 2008
Sunday, 18th May 2008, Queen Anne's Battery marina, Plymouth. Mingming, all alone in the visitors' berths, awaits the rest of the fleet for the Jester Azores Challenge. Sail and self-steering gear are still to be rigged.
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MAY 2008
Winter 2005/6. Mingming is the sole yacht still afloat as a winter sunset settles on the River Crouch.
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APRIL 2008
Another scan of a newspaper photo from 1974, showing the high-tech yachting apparel of the day - anorak, home-sewn harness, jeans and bare feet.
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MARCH 2008
This is a scan of a newspaper photo from 1974. I have my first hot drink in a month as John MacFarlane, commodore of the Mooloolaba Yacht Club, welcomes Roc and me to Australia with a flask and sandwiches
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FEBRUARY 2008
A pilot whale sprays Mingming with a flick of its fluke
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JANUARY 2008
The Endeavour II aground on the bar of Parengarenga Harbour, northern NZ, February 1971. I was aboard her at the time. The story of this shipwreck forms one part of my book Voyages of a Simple Sailor (available for order here)
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DECEMBER 2007
A swallow hitches a ride, mid-Tasman, 1974.
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NOVEMBER 2007
Mingming drying out for a scrub-off at Osborne Bay, IOW, on her way to the 2006 Jester Challenge.
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OCTOBER 2007
A young pilot whale has a quick look at Mingming.What on earth does it make of her?
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