REPORT #44
REPORT #44
14th May 2024
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OFFSHORE SAILING TRIALS
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AS THE YEARS ROLLED BY, AND DURING THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK SCHEDULE, WE GOT BOGGED DOWN WITH “NUTS AND BOLTS” PROBLEMS. IT WAS EASY TO FORGET THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO BUILD A SAILING SHIP CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING THE RIGUERS OF THE SEA AND SAFELY CROSS OCEANS ONCE AGAIN.
READY-TO-GO.
THE NIGHT BEFORE…. ALL QUIET IN ANTICIPATION.
SUNRISE ON THIS AUSPICIOUS MORNING TO MARK CARIAD’S FIRST SAIL.
OUTWARD BOUND
UNDER FOUR LOWERS. TIME TO SET THE JACKBOOM TOPSAIL.
TRADITIONAL SAILING VESSEL WITH MODERN INSTRUMENTS
CREW ASSEMBLE TO SET JACKYARD TOPSAIL.
THE SAIL WITH BOOMS CONNECTED IS MADE READY.
WHEN ON DECK WE REALISED HOW LARGE THE SAIL IS.
THAI CAPT. TEE AND PAUL SPOONER, NAVAL ARCHITECT
MIKE HOWETT, PAUL SPOONER, GARRY KEALY, IGOR BJORKSTEN (SAILING MASTER)
IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN VIGILENCE AT ALL TIMES.
VIGILENCE AT ALL TIMES - NEVER RELAX YOUR GUARD.
UNDER FULL SAIL, INCLUDING JACKYARD TOPSAIL
FULL SAIL
BEAUTIFUL COUNTER STERN
SAILING AGAINST BACK DROP OF THAILAND’S OFFSHORE ISLANDS
A PAINTED SHIP UPON A PAINTED OCEAN
