The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
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This Week’s Flotsam

Every week you’ll find snippets of stories from around the globe. This week in Flotsam - A library book is returned 33 years overdue.

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CRUISING, FLOTSAM Mark Chew CRUISING, FLOTSAM Mark Chew

Finding Aloa

ALOA has quite a special history. She was designed by AC Barber (perhaps most famous for designing the first Sydney Hobart winner RANI) and built in Berry's Bay just north of Goat Island in Sydney Harbour, possibly by Charles Pugh.

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