The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
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CRUISING Mark Chew CRUISING Mark Chew

TANDANYA’s Dash to Devonport

On Sunday 17 December 2023, TANDANYA sailed south and down the Coles Channel to QCYC for the night. On Monday 18 December James Waters and James Spencer joined the crew as Mate and Sailing Master respectively. By some miracle the hoped for weather window presented itself.

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ADVENTURE, FILM Charlie Salter ADVENTURE, FILM Charlie Salter

ZACA & the FISH Templeton Crocker & Toshio Asaeda

While researching the elusive Errol Flynn and his yachts, see Hobart to Hollywood SWS 3rd June, we discovered Templeton Crocker, the original owner of Flynn’s schooner the ZACA. From 1929 during a global Depression, Crocker spent his huge railroad fortune building and fitting the yacht and embarking on scientific expeditions in the Pacific.

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