The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
The Ship Arrives- My Departure Awaits
All day the village worked, unloading everything imaginable for a settlement. There were building materials, outboard motors, bicycles and motorbikes, freezers, mattresses, and sacks of rice, flour and sugar - the essentials.
Island Happenings
The people of Penrhyn are not new to looking after stranded sailors, and there are often stories told about the odd Japanese fishing boat that has been wrecked on the island, the most recent of which was in the last 15 years.
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