The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
The Life and Adventures of the Yacht FORTUNA
It happened in the early hours during darkness. Graham was below trying to sleep. They'd had little rest for three days and he'd just done 6 ½ hours on the helm. The first indication anything was wrong was when the seas suddenly changed, becoming very steep, and FORTUNA felt different.
“Arrived Newport in Fog.” WINSTON CHURCHILL’s 1967 circumnavigation.
We all know what happened to the WINSTON CHURCHILL. But her accomplishments in life have been eclipsed by her tragic demise. Many might not know of her whirlwind circumnavigation in 1967. A time in history when the word “laconic” began to be owned by Australians
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