The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.

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Junk Branding

A few motorised tourist junks with fixed sails still confuse the credulous but – much like other endlessly recycled Hong Kong clichés – the obsolete sailing junk icon is decades beyond having any genuine symbolic purpose.

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RESTORATION, RACING Charlie Salter RESTORATION, RACING Charlie Salter

Cheoy Lee Shipyards

Cheoy Lee yachts have legions of fans and associations around the world. They are always advertised as a Cheoy Lee Robb or a Cheoy Lee Rhodes etc. and devotees are prepared to pay a premium. So what’s going on?

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