The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
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Class Warfare & Gender Politics
“Nothing can be more ridiculous to my mind than our open boats here with their enormous sails and unseaworthy qualities, they are always on the brink of capsize and their owners seem to measure their sport to the nearness they can go to the inside of a shark.”