"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
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For those that yearn to go a'boating in small boats see:
http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.p...page/0#1381661

This is a site discussing the Jester Challenge, a bi-annual event in
which boats of under 30ft compete in a single-handed race to Atlantic
destinations. In June 2008, the race was from Plymouth, England to the
Azores. In June 2010, it will leaves Plymouth, England for Rhode
Island, America.

For those interested, Jester is a 25ft. folkboat hull with a single
mast junk rig, oars for auxiliary power and a vane steered designed by
the original owner. she was built by Harry Feltham in Portsmouth in
1953 and sailed by Blondie Hasler.

Blondie Hasler died in 1987 and the present owner, who bought Jester
in 1964, has made ten transatlantic passages as well as a number of
other ocean voyages, including five from England to the Azores and
back.

For those sitting in a small boat, believing that "Your Boat" is too
small to go a'cruising the 19 ft. circumnavigator and Jester should
show you the errors in your way of thinking..

Who was it that said, "you have nothing to fear but fear itself"?
Cheers,


Even a 19-foot sailboat does a better job of sailing across oceans than that
dock of yours.

Wilbur Hubbard