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Boat fever

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Created by Jode5 > 9 months ago, 11 May 2017
Jode5

Jode5

QLD, 853 posts
11 May 2017 12:46PM
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I saw this on Facebook and thought how true

nswsailor

nswsailor

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11 May 2017 4:57PM
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Gosh, I read that in "The Wind and The Willows" as a small boy!! Long before facebook!

Bruski068

Bruski068

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12 May 2017 9:36AM
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I always thought that Ratty always was a pompous prig.

andy59

andy59

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17 May 2017 5:41AM
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So true

SandS

SandS

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17 May 2017 7:07PM
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yep ! "messing about on boats" great stuff !!! love it !!

Chris 249

Chris 249

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18 May 2017 1:09PM
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One of my favourite bits of the combination of sailing and literature popped up in the '70s, when some Irish yachtsmen named their world-class boats (designed by expat Kiwi Ron Holland) after parts of the Yeats poem "Song of the wandering aegus". The last two were 44' sisters; Golden Apple of The Moon and Silver Apple of The Sun. Silver Apple had the whole last stanza of the poem written on the transom;


One comment of the time was "try fitting THAT onto an entry form".

Ahhhh, you've got to love the colour schemes and graphics of the boats of the '70s and '80s. Too many all-white boats today.

Trek

Trek

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19 May 2017 9:01PM
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Chris 249 said..
One of my favourite bits of the combination of sailing and literature popped up in the '70s, when some Irish yachtsmen named their world-class boats (designed by expat Kiwi Ron Holland) after parts of the Yeats poem "Song of the wandering aegus". The last two were 44' sisters; Golden Apple of The Moon and Silver Apple of The Sun. Silver Apple had the whole last stanza of the poem written on the transom;


One comment of the time was "try fitting THAT onto an entry form".

Ahhhh, you've got to love the colour schemes and graphics of the boats of the '70s and '80s. Too many all-white boats today.




Bit of a mouthful on the radio too!

cisco

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20 May 2017 12:46AM
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Trek said..

Chris 249 said..
One of my favourite bits of the combination of sailing and literature popped up in the '70s, when some Irish yachtsmen named their world-class boats (designed by expat Kiwi Ron Holland) after parts of the Yeats poem "Song of the wandering aegus". The last two were 44' sisters; Golden Apple of The Moon and Silver Apple of The Sun. Silver Apple had the whole last stanza of the poem written on the transom;


One comment of the time was "try fitting THAT onto an entry form".

Ahhhh, you've got to love the colour schemes and graphics of the boats of the '70s and '80s. Too many all-white boats today.





Bit of a mouthful on the radio too!


I am quite partial to my yacht's call sign, WT691Q.

First you have a Whiskey, then you have a Tango, then you have a 69er, but 1 Question, when.

samsturdy

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20 May 2017 10:24AM
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You'll have to use your IQ to answer that Cisco.

boty

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22 May 2017 12:31PM
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Chris 249 said..
One of my favourite bits of the combination of sailing and literature popped up in the '70s, when some Irish yachtsmen named their world-class boats (designed by expat Kiwi Ron Holland) after parts of the Yeats poem "Song of the wandering aegus". The last two were 44' sisters; Golden Apple of The Moon and Silver Apple of The Sun. Silver Apple had the whole last stanza of the poem written on the transom;


One comment of the time was "try fitting THAT onto an entry form".

Ahhhh, you've got to love the colour schemes and graphics of the boats of the '70s and '80s. Too many all-white boats today.


saw Ron give a lecture in Hobart at the wooden boat show he waxed quite lyrical about golden apple

Jode5

Jode5

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27 May 2017 8:23AM
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Another one





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