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solo sailor's email
As this is a cruising group and contains little info on actual
cruising, to give those contemplating sailing off shore I am posting this email from a friend of mine who, like me, is also a solo sailor. Jack, a US citizen who originally hailed from California, is a retired deep sea diver who lives aboard his 40 foot ketch which has registration in Hobart, Australia and which flies the Australian flag - that's where his US registration expired during a circumnavigation with his family. He left Chaguramas in Trinidad mid May and sailed on the inside passage direct for Saint Thomas with a cargo of cheap jam made from real fruit for some friends. He prefers uncluttered destinations, always anchors out and has an aversion to what he terms as "water Winnebagos". He is one of the most practical and self contained sailors I know. So, if any of you chance to see his boat, call over and say hello. He will appreciate a friendly smile. subject: Greetings from the fairly far north G'day Peter, Arrived here at St Peters, Cape Breton Is., Nova Scotia on the 18th after 14 days of uneventful sailing from St Thomas. almost Virgin Islands. Nothing broken or major dramas. It was good to be at sea and now it is good to be here in a very different environment. Had one of the 2 to 3 days of summer the day I reached and it is lovely here with the sun shining. I will be moving across the lakes to Bedeck in a few days and am considering a frolllic to the S shore of Newfoundland and the French Islands for a baguette or 3. Will see how the weather develops. Expect to be raising sail for down island where the butter melts toward the end of October. So it is with me and Kulkuri. Hope this finds you well and doing well. Don't stay away to long -"Sailors and ships rot in port." H Nelson Take good care and be well. Fair winds and foul friends, Jack - Ketch Kulkuri QQ: "Not all who wander are lost." J R R Tolkien |
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