ABOUT TRUSTWORTHYNESS
Hi Peter, As we live in a strange world where trust is sometime flouted and to make it more real can you please send me a picture of the unit with you beside ready for dispatch in its boxe and I will proceed to the bank transfer.
Thank you for your understanding.
Best Regards
Olivier
SOON TO BE IN ST. KILDA? – IT COULD HAPPEN!
PROFESSIONAL SOLUTIONS – DIY – NO PLEASE NO
BIG STICK MARKETING – AND THE CONSEQUENCES BE DAMNED
MARKETING MIT DER BRECHSTANGE – NICHT UNBEDINGT ZUM VORTEIL FÜR SEGLER
SPREADING THE MESSAGE TO THE SAILING PUBLIC
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DER SCHLÜSSEL ZUM SEGLERKOPF INTERESSENLAGEN UND MISSLICHKEITEN
DEVICES AND BACKUPS – THE SHORT VERSION
DON´S PYRRHIC VICTORY – OR SHOULD WE CALL IT A “LEARNING OPPORTUNITY”?
DON´S PYRRHUSSIEG – ODER EINE LEHRSTUNDE?
18 BOOKS IN 24 MONTHS! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
A VERTUE EMERGENCY
ALUMINIUM WERFTBAU UNTER LIZENZ VON LAURENT GILES UK
Making a yacht a reality as a one-off takes great conviction and a dream inspiring enough to keep the principal enthralled until hull meets water. Deep pockets help too, of course: such projects almost always cost more than anticipated.
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REFLECTIONS AND THE INDIAN SOUL
HYDROVANE – JSD DROGUE – DON’S RUSSIAN ROULETTE?
HYDROVANE – JSD DROGUE – DON´S RUSSISCHES ROULETTE?
GROUNDHOG YEAR – REFLECTIONS – ARTISTRY
PUFFIN’S ANGEL IN PATAGONIA
REFLECTIONS, QUESTIONS AND ANALYSIS
BOB THE BUILDER COMES TO HAMBURG
20.000 SM OF SAILING – CAPE TOWN – LES SABLES – HOBART
SINGLEHAND ROUND THE WORLD – ONE ARM AND ONE LEG ONLY
A tragic yet inspiring story. On 18 October 2008, Dustin lost an arm and a leg in a traffic accident caused by a drunk driver in Hawaii. He didn’t let it get him down, and in the following years he took up sailing and made spectacular voyages with different boats (Alberg 35 and later Bristol 35) on a low budget and with sponsor support.
THE LOOSE ENDS OF A CHRISTMAS TALE
On 25 December 2021, I posted a Christmas tale about Michael Date on my blog following his decision to withdraw from the entry list for the GGR 2022. A year or so later, I would now like to share some information about what happened next.
Michael Date’s Windpilot Pacific has jumped ship to join Australian Mike Smith in Glen Oak, New South Wales, who will shortly be installing it on his newly built Eric 32 (readers may recall that Thuriya, the boat a seriously injured Abhilash had to abandon during the GGR 2018, was built to the same William Atkins design).
