https://www.ipernity.com/tag/gillianeverett/keyword/224569 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/101/D3/F4/324819.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/gillianeverett/keyword/224569 Wed, 27 May 2026 07:49:09 +0000 Wed, 27 May 2026 07:49:09 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51966592 tag:ipernity.com,2023-06-12,doc-51966592 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:20:17 +0000 1986-04-10T08:53:09+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51966592"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/65/92/51966592.61262cc4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Following on from bridges... Sunday Challenge<br /> <br /> ... now looking for a photo with a historical story - related to a building, statue, or something which will be of interest to fellow members.<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198446" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198446</a><br /> <br /> A paragraph, or two, describing your chosen subject, would be very welcome.<br /> <br /> It could be an artwork which has some historical significance.<br /> <br /> Have a great week! <br /> <br /> <br /> 1986 photo of La Chiesa delle Anime del Purgatorio, 13th Century Church in Lipari, Isole Eolie, Italy. More in comments...</div> SC50 post 18 June - History <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51966592"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/65/92/51966592.61262cc4.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Following on from bridges... Sunday Challenge<br /> <br /> ... now looking for a photo with a historical story - related to a building, statue, or something which will be of interest to fellow members.<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198446" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/group/daysincolour365/discuss/198446</a><br /> <br /> A paragraph, or two, describing your chosen subject, would be very welcome.<br /> <br /> It could be an artwork which has some historical significance.<br /> <br /> Have a great week! <br /> <br /> <br /> 1986 photo of La Chiesa delle Anime del Purgatorio, 13th Century Church in Lipari, Isole Eolie, Italy. More in comments...</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51693486 tag:ipernity.com,2022-12-05,doc-51693486 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:23:42 +0000 2015-09-12T17:12:45+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51693486"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/86/51693486.5f7ba4a3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">On catamaran "Set Sail at the yachtie" out of Mooloolaba, Queensland in 2015.<br /> <br /> Still cruising <a href="https://www.setsailcruises.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.setsailcruises.com.au</a><br /> <br /> 2022 Blue ropes</div> Sailing colours <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51693486"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/34/86/51693486.5f7ba4a3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">On catamaran "Set Sail at the yachtie" out of Mooloolaba, Queensland in 2015.<br /> <br /> Still cruising <a href="https://www.setsailcruises.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.setsailcruises.com.au</a><br /> <br /> 2022 Blue ropes</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682388 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682388 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:25 +0000 1994-09-16T07:43:13+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682388"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/88/51682388.4bf8979a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Great sail Force 4/5 en route to Panali/Pandeli Bay from Vathi on Kalymnos Island.<br /> <br /> Having fun, sailing in Greece.<br /> <br /> Hove to for lunch and a swim. Very deep water.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Dodecanese, Greece, Ian and Gill <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682388"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/88/51682388.4bf8979a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Great sail Force 4/5 en route to Panali/Pandeli Bay from Vathi on Kalymnos Island.<br /> <br /> Having fun, sailing in Greece.<br /> <br /> Hove to for lunch and a swim. Very deep water.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682398 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682398 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:34 +0000 2022-11-25T10:42:34+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682398"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/98/51682398.5b2bf4c8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Great sail force 4/5, 15nm from Kalymnos to Panali/Pandeli Bay past the small Piganousa Island. Moored alongside the quay in a picturesque harbour; white houses with blue shutters.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Panali Bay, Leros Island, Dodecanese <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682398"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/98/51682398.5b2bf4c8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Great sail force 4/5, 15nm from Kalymnos to Panali/Pandeli Bay past the small Piganousa Island. Moored alongside the quay in a picturesque harbour; white houses with blue shutters.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682396 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682396 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:33 +0000 1994-09-16T12:55:47+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682396"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/96/51682396.c93f1106.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Alongside the quay in the picturesque harbour of Panali or Pandeli Bay, white houses with blue shutters<br /> <br /> 'Leros Greece is part of the Dodecanese. The island lies in the south-east part of the Aegean Sea, between Patmos and Kalymnos. Used as a naval base by Germans and Italians and as a prison for political dissidents during the Greek dictatorship...'<br /> <a href="http://www.greeka.com/dodecanese/leros/news/news/501.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.greeka.com/dodecanese/leros/news/news/501.htm</a><br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Panali Bay on Leros Island, Dodecanese <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682396"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/96/51682396.c93f1106.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Alongside the quay in the picturesque harbour of Panali or Pandeli Bay, white houses with blue shutters<br /> <br /> 'Leros Greece is part of the Dodecanese. The island lies in the south-east part of the Aegean Sea, between Patmos and Kalymnos. Used as a naval base by Germans and Italians and as a prison for political dissidents during the Greek dictatorship...'<br /> <a href="http://www.greeka.com/dodecanese/leros/news/news/501.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.greeka.com/dodecanese/leros/news/news/501.htm</a><br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682400 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682400 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:36 +0000 1994-09-19T11:09:22+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682400"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/24/00/51682400.d9a1b9c2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A delightful, sheltered harbour.<br /> <br /> 'Arki (Αρκοί) is a small Greek island in the Dodecanese, situated three miles north of Lipsi and eight miles ENE of Patmos. The island has about 47 inhabitants, all in one hamlet in a deep inlet on the SW coast, where there is a small and rather shallow harbour, Port Augusta. It is not a very mountainous island, but very rocky and most of the inhabitants raise animals: sheep, goats, cows, and a few horses.' <br /> Source<br /> <a href="http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Arki_and_Marathi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Arki_and_Marathi</a><br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.<br /> <br /> 2022 Blue rope - jib sheets</div> Port Augusta, Arki, Dodecanese, Oceanis 350 &#039;Notos&#039; <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682400"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/24/00/51682400.d9a1b9c2.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">A delightful, sheltered harbour.<br /> <br /> 'Arki (Αρκοί) is a small Greek island in the Dodecanese, situated three miles north of Lipsi and eight miles ENE of Patmos. The island has about 47 inhabitants, all in one hamlet in a deep inlet on the SW coast, where there is a small and rather shallow harbour, Port Augusta. It is not a very mountainous island, but very rocky and most of the inhabitants raise animals: sheep, goats, cows, and a few horses.' <br /> Source<br /> <a href="http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Arki_and_Marathi" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Arki_and_Marathi</a><br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.<br /> <br /> 2022 Blue rope - jib sheets</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682402 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682402 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:37 +0000 1994-09-19T11:12:56+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682402"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/24/02/51682402.e6b8bf33.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The wind was quite strong at Maratho Island, rocking us and gusting all night Force 6-8. We went a couple of miles across to Port Augusta on Arki and tied up to the quay for the day. Relaxed, walking, swimming and reading. Numerous boats arrived later in the day, very cosmopolitan, French, German and English. About 9 boats in a very small harbour. Only two Sunsail boats, ourselves and the other Oceanis 350 'Boras'.<br /> <br /> Dinner at the local Taverna was very good – traditional Greek fare, fresh red snapper, cleaned on the beach. Tzatziki, garlic sauce, greek salad, meat balls, and fresh bread, washed down by white Makedonikus wine. A good night’s sleep in spite of the cockerels who started calling at 4.30am and carried on for another 5 hours.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Port Augusta, Arki, Jen, Gill, Ian and Pete on &#039;Notos&#039; <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682402"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/24/02/51682402.e6b8bf33.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The wind was quite strong at Maratho Island, rocking us and gusting all night Force 6-8. We went a couple of miles across to Port Augusta on Arki and tied up to the quay for the day. Relaxed, walking, swimming and reading. Numerous boats arrived later in the day, very cosmopolitan, French, German and English. About 9 boats in a very small harbour. Only two Sunsail boats, ourselves and the other Oceanis 350 'Boras'.<br /> <br /> Dinner at the local Taverna was very good – traditional Greek fare, fresh red snapper, cleaned on the beach. Tzatziki, garlic sauce, greek salad, meat balls, and fresh bread, washed down by white Makedonikus wine. A good night’s sleep in spite of the cockerels who started calling at 4.30am and carried on for another 5 hours.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682392 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682392 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:30 +0000 1994-09-17T12:53:48+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682392"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/92/51682392.cb5ae7a0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Sailed from Vathi, Kalymnos island to Panali/Pandeli Bay, past the small Piganousa Island, 15nm. Moored alongside the quay in the picturesque harbour; white houses with blue shutters, and the Castle on the hill.<br /> <br /> On the next morning we walked up to the Castle, 2 kms by road, and then back down steps 800m. Fabulous view of the island from the Castle.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Leros Island, View from Castle, Dodecanese <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682392"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/92/51682392.cb5ae7a0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Sailed from Vathi, Kalymnos island to Panali/Pandeli Bay, past the small Piganousa Island, 15nm. Moored alongside the quay in the picturesque harbour; white houses with blue shutters, and the Castle on the hill.<br /> <br /> On the next morning we walked up to the Castle, 2 kms by road, and then back down steps 800m. Fabulous view of the island from the Castle.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682394 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682394 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:32 +0000 1994-09-23T09:17:28+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682394"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/94/51682394.9eb75e22.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Gentle, downward roll to Ormos Xeros Kambos/Xerokampos on the South of Leros Island.<br /> <br /> Anchored with the help of Dazzer who dug in the main anchor and also put out the kedge. Holding is not good there. They had two moorings and apparently one guy drifted out to sea complete with the concrete mooring.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos. <br /> <br /> 'The Dodecanese islands are located in the southeast part of the Aegean Sea and consist of twelve major islands and a number of smaller islands. Some of those Greek Islands are located at the border to Turkey. They have everything to offer to the visitors: whitewashed houses, beautiful beaches with crystal waters, charming villages, exciting nightlife and more…'<br /> Description from<br /> <a href="http://www.greeka.com/dodecanese/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.greeka.com/dodecanese/</a><br /> <br /> Xerokampo/Xirokambos/Xirokampos<br /> <a href="http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/leros.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/leros.html</a></div> Ormos Xeros Kambos, South of Leros <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682394"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/94/51682394.9eb75e22.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Gentle, downward roll to Ormos Xeros Kambos/Xerokampos on the South of Leros Island.<br /> <br /> Anchored with the help of Dazzer who dug in the main anchor and also put out the kedge. Holding is not good there. They had two moorings and apparently one guy drifted out to sea complete with the concrete mooring.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos. <br /> <br /> 'The Dodecanese islands are located in the southeast part of the Aegean Sea and consist of twelve major islands and a number of smaller islands. Some of those Greek Islands are located at the border to Turkey. They have everything to offer to the visitors: whitewashed houses, beautiful beaches with crystal waters, charming villages, exciting nightlife and more…'<br /> Description from<br /> <a href="http://www.greeka.com/dodecanese/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.greeka.com/dodecanese/</a><br /> <br /> Xerokampo/Xirokambos/Xirokampos<br /> <a href="http://www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/leros.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.sailingissues.com/greekislands/leros.html</a></div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682390 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-24,doc-51682390 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 23:42:29 +0000 1994-09-15T08:06:05+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682390"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/90/51682390.be1166a0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The start of our charter of an Oceanis 350 Yacht from Sunsail at their base in Kos. The fleet of yachts, Oceanis 350 and Oceanis 390, had a Lead Skipper, an Engineer and Hostess.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Jen on &#039;Notos&#039; in Kos, Greece <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51682390"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/23/90/51682390.be1166a0.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The start of our charter of an Oceanis 350 Yacht from Sunsail at their base in Kos. The fleet of yachts, Oceanis 350 and Oceanis 390, had a Lead Skipper, an Engineer and Hostess.<br /> <br /> Sailing with Jen and Pete in the Islands of the Dodecanese, Greece. This was on an Oceanis 350 'Notos' with Sunsail, out of Kos in September 1994.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51680046 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-23,doc-51680046 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 01:08:13 +0000 2022-11-23T09:54:27+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51680046"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/00/46/51680046.bb9795ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="148" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We learned to sail in a 12 foot dinghy, racing on inland lakes around Johannesburg 1976-1979, then on a 14 foot Hobie catamaran, racing in Hout Bay, near Cape Town 1981-1982. <br /> <br /> After our return to England, we completed a Yacht Cruising Association course, in 1984, on the Solent in Hampshire, on a YCA 29 yacht, prior to our<br /> sailing holidays in England, and the Mediterranean from 1984-1987.<br /> <br /> The photo here is part of the Royal Yacht Association log books which we had for completing a Day Skipper Course and Coastal Skipper course, in 1986/7, to improve our sailing and navigational skills. The left log book shows my Coastal Skipper certificate. Having these certificates and log books made it easier to charter yachts in England and the Mediterranean. <br /> <br /> The right one is part of Ian's log of actual voyages, with yacht names, dates, days on board, etc. Mine is similar, although Ian had one extra trip when he sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in a Sadler 32.<br /> See my log book detailed entries, in my photostream.<br /> <br /> Before Examination for the RYA/DoT Coastal Skipper certificate the following sailing experience is required:<br /> 20 days living on board<br /> 400 miles logged at sea<br /> 12 hours night sailing<br /> <br /> When we moved to Australia we had sailing holidays in the Whitsundays, and other places, mostly chartering yachts. Then we had our own boats from 1991 to 2001.<br /> See album "Our Boats"<br /> <br /> In 2002 we moved to Noosa, which has a shallow river unsuitable for deep keel boats, so we chartered a few times, and did various day sails.<br /> <br /> Sailing is such a joyful experience, using the power of the wind, and enjoying the freedom of being out on the water. It does require a level of agility and fitness.<br /> Nowadays we are trying out large cruise ships, the last one being the Cunard Queen Elizabeth, a short trip from Melbourne to Brisbane, via Sydney.</div> Sailing adventures <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51680046"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/00/46/51680046.bb9795ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="148" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">We learned to sail in a 12 foot dinghy, racing on inland lakes around Johannesburg 1976-1979, then on a 14 foot Hobie catamaran, racing in Hout Bay, near Cape Town 1981-1982. <br /> <br /> After our return to England, we completed a Yacht Cruising Association course, in 1984, on the Solent in Hampshire, on a YCA 29 yacht, prior to our<br /> sailing holidays in England, and the Mediterranean from 1984-1987.<br /> <br /> The photo here is part of the Royal Yacht Association log books which we had for completing a Day Skipper Course and Coastal Skipper course, in 1986/7, to improve our sailing and navigational skills. The left log book shows my Coastal Skipper certificate. Having these certificates and log books made it easier to charter yachts in England and the Mediterranean. <br /> <br /> The right one is part of Ian's log of actual voyages, with yacht names, dates, days on board, etc. Mine is similar, although Ian had one extra trip when he sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in a Sadler 32.<br /> See my log book detailed entries, in my photostream.<br /> <br /> Before Examination for the RYA/DoT Coastal Skipper certificate the following sailing experience is required:<br /> 20 days living on board<br /> 400 miles logged at sea<br /> 12 hours night sailing<br /> <br /> When we moved to Australia we had sailing holidays in the Whitsundays, and other places, mostly chartering yachts. Then we had our own boats from 1991 to 2001.<br /> See album "Our Boats"<br /> <br /> In 2002 we moved to Noosa, which has a shallow river unsuitable for deep keel boats, so we chartered a few times, and did various day sails.<br /> <br /> Sailing is such a joyful experience, using the power of the wind, and enjoying the freedom of being out on the water. It does require a level of agility and fitness.<br /> Nowadays we are trying out large cruise ships, the last one being the Cunard Queen Elizabeth, a short trip from Melbourne to Brisbane, via Sydney.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51678402 tag:ipernity.com,2022-11-21,doc-51678402 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:36:53 +0000 2022-11-22T09:36:53+11:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51678402"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/02/51678402.0af4dfab.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">at RQYS Manly, Queensland, Australia<br /> Our previous boat, the Cole 23, with its lifting keel, proved to be slow in the choppy waters of Moreton Bay in Brisbane, so we moved on to a deep keel boat, which would handle the conditions better.<br /> <br /> We sailed "Blue Bonnet" 1994-1996, cruising from RQYS Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Manly.<br /> <br /> Clansman 30 - Built by Bruce Fairly at East Coast Yachts<br /> <br /> The Clansman 30 is a 30-foot class of narrow-beam full-keel yacht manufactured on the New South Wales Central Coast of Australia. Production ran from 1965 through 1985, with hull numbers from 1 to 108. The last Clansman was launched in 1994.<br /> The Clansman was one of the first fiberglass production yachts in Australia and arguably was one of the strongest.<br /> It is an exceptional sea boat that has stood the test of time in performance in adverse conditions, with one of the class (hull number 7) having been sailed from Australia to the east coast of the US. An active class association still exists.<br /> Wikipedia<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51678404" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img alt="1995 Blue Bonnet, Gill" src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/04/51678404.e5912a73.240.jpg?r2" height="158" width="240" /></a><br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51678400" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img alt="1994 Blue Bonnet at Tangalooma" src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/00/51678400.22277304.500.jpg?r2" height="329" width="500" /></a></div> 1994 "Blue Bonnet" Clansman 30 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51678402"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/02/51678402.0af4dfab.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="159" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">at RQYS Manly, Queensland, Australia<br /> Our previous boat, the Cole 23, with its lifting keel, proved to be slow in the choppy waters of Moreton Bay in Brisbane, so we moved on to a deep keel boat, which would handle the conditions better.<br /> <br /> We sailed "Blue Bonnet" 1994-1996, cruising from RQYS Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Manly.<br /> <br /> Clansman 30 - Built by Bruce Fairly at East Coast Yachts<br /> <br /> The Clansman 30 is a 30-foot class of narrow-beam full-keel yacht manufactured on the New South Wales Central Coast of Australia. Production ran from 1965 through 1985, with hull numbers from 1 to 108. The last Clansman was launched in 1994.<br /> The Clansman was one of the first fiberglass production yachts in Australia and arguably was one of the strongest.<br /> It is an exceptional sea boat that has stood the test of time in performance in adverse conditions, with one of the class (hull number 7) having been sailed from Australia to the east coast of the US. An active class association still exists.<br /> Wikipedia<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51678404" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img alt="1995 Blue Bonnet, Gill" src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/04/51678404.e5912a73.240.jpg?r2" height="158" width="240" /></a><br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/51678400" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img alt="1994 Blue Bonnet at Tangalooma" src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/84/00/51678400.22277304.500.jpg?r2" height="329" width="500" /></a></div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/50347894 tag:ipernity.com,2020-09-13,doc-50347894 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 02:54:22 +0000 2012-02-11T12:15:18+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/50347894"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/78/94/50347894.3ba04736.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">En route to Australia we had a holiday in the North Island of New Zealand</div> 1988 Bay of Islands on &#039;A Place in the Sun&#039;, New Zealand <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/50347894"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/78/94/50347894.3ba04736.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="162" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">En route to Australia we had a holiday in the North Island of New Zealand</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/48820276 tag:ipernity.com,2019-06-30,doc-48820276 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 01:07:21 +0000 2019-06-30T10:45:26+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/48820276"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/02/76/48820276.a3825c61.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="188" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">1986 visit to Elba<br /> <br /> Walked up to Napoleon's house, Villa dei Mulini, and then to Forte Falcone. Magnificent views.<br /> <br /> Built in 1548. Fort Falcone has an area of 2360 square metres, and along with Fort Stella and the Linguella Tower, is one of the three "backbones" of the defence system of Cosmopoli (the name given to Portoferraio by Cosimo l) Cosimo 1 de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1519-1574<br /> infoelba.com/island-of-elba/territory-history/places-to-see/forts-fortresses/fort-falcone/<br /> <br /> La Palazzina dei Mulini, detta anche villa dei Mulini, è stata una delle due residenze di Napoleone Bonaparte a Portoferraio durante il suo esilio sull'Isola d'Elba (4 maggio 1814 - 26 febbraio 1815). Era una residenza destinata soprattutto alla vita pubblica e di rappresentanza dell'imperatore in esilio, mentre la sua vita privata si svolgeva nella vicina villa di San Martino<br /> Wikipedia<br /> <br /> 1986 Antibes to Sicily YCA 'French Connection' Delivery Cruise. Moody 34 Yacht 'Pagoda'<br /> <br /> Sunday challenge - Palindrome<br /> <br /> "Able was I ere I saw Elba"<br /> <br /> Based on 2013 evidence this palindrome should be credited to a person with the initials J.T.R. in Baltimore, Maryland. The attribution to Napoleon is stimulating, but it appears to be spurious. <br /> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/15/saw-elba/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/15/saw-elba</a></div> 1986 Portoferraio, Isola d&#039;Elba <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/48820276"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/02/76/48820276.a3825c61.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="188" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">1986 visit to Elba<br /> <br /> Walked up to Napoleon's house, Villa dei Mulini, and then to Forte Falcone. Magnificent views.<br /> <br /> Built in 1548. Fort Falcone has an area of 2360 square metres, and along with Fort Stella and the Linguella Tower, is one of the three "backbones" of the defence system of Cosmopoli (the name given to Portoferraio by Cosimo l) Cosimo 1 de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany 1519-1574<br /> infoelba.com/island-of-elba/territory-history/places-to-see/forts-fortresses/fort-falcone/<br /> <br /> La Palazzina dei Mulini, detta anche villa dei Mulini, è stata una delle due residenze di Napoleone Bonaparte a Portoferraio durante il suo esilio sull'Isola d'Elba (4 maggio 1814 - 26 febbraio 1815). Era una residenza destinata soprattutto alla vita pubblica e di rappresentanza dell'imperatore in esilio, mentre la sua vita privata si svolgeva nella vicina villa di San Martino<br /> Wikipedia<br /> <br /> 1986 Antibes to Sicily YCA 'French Connection' Delivery Cruise. Moody 34 Yacht 'Pagoda'<br /> <br /> Sunday challenge - Palindrome<br /> <br /> "Able was I ere I saw Elba"<br /> <br /> Based on 2013 evidence this palindrome should be credited to a person with the initials J.T.R. in Baltimore, Maryland. The attribution to Napoleon is stimulating, but it appears to be spurious. <br /> <a href="https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/15/saw-elba/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">quoteinvestigator.com/2013/09/15/saw-elba</a></div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/42670174 tag:ipernity.com,2016-08-06,doc-42670174 Sat, 06 Aug 2016 07:38:03 +0000 2016-08-03T15:26:11+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/42670174"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/74/42670174.ab15221a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club Youth Development Team. Wednesday racing just after the start.<br /> <br /> TSC Sport...anything to do with sport or the olympics themselves, extra rum rations if you can relate your shot to any of the events being held this year.<br /> <br /> Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is scheduled to be held from 8-18 August at Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay. 10 events...<br /> 470 - Men, 470 - Women, 49er - Men, 49erFX - Women<br /> Finn - Men, Laser - Men, Laser Radial - Women<br /> Nacra 17 - Mixed, RS:X - Men, RS:X - Women<br /> <br /> The sport which I have enjoyed over the years is sailing. We learnt to sail dinghies on lakes and dams near Johannesburg in South Africa. Moving to Cape Town, we sailed in Hout Bay. Then in England we sailed on the Solent in keel boats, and had many sailing holidays in the Mediterranean.<br /> <br /> In Australia we had a trailer sailer which we raced in Canberra, upgraded to a keel boat when we moved to Brisbane. Our last boat was a Cavalier 32, which we sold in 2001. Since then we have chartered up in the Whitsunday Islands.</div> NYRC YDT, Exile and Spyderman <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/42670174"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/74/42670174.ab15221a.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club Youth Development Team. Wednesday racing just after the start.<br /> <br /> TSC Sport...anything to do with sport or the olympics themselves, extra rum rations if you can relate your shot to any of the events being held this year.<br /> <br /> Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro is scheduled to be held from 8-18 August at Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay. 10 events...<br /> 470 - Men, 470 - Women, 49er - Men, 49erFX - Women<br /> Finn - Men, Laser - Men, Laser Radial - Women<br /> Nacra 17 - Mixed, RS:X - Men, RS:X - Women<br /> <br /> The sport which I have enjoyed over the years is sailing. We learnt to sail dinghies on lakes and dams near Johannesburg in South Africa. Moving to Cape Town, we sailed in Hout Bay. Then in England we sailed on the Solent in keel boats, and had many sailing holidays in the Mediterranean.<br /> <br /> In Australia we had a trailer sailer which we raced in Canberra, upgraded to a keel boat when we moved to Brisbane. Our last boat was a Cavalier 32, which we sold in 2001. Since then we have chartered up in the Whitsunday Islands.</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/37031908 tag:ipernity.com,2015-02-15,doc-37031908 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 05:14:06 +0000 2015-02-12T06:06:44+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/37031908"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/19/08/37031908.407bfd98.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="167" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Photo of the original negative taken with 60mm Canon lens. Colours inverted and then converted to sepia.<br /> <br /> First attempt at this, using a backlight through the light box which picked up the texture, so my process needs to be refined :-)<br /> <br /> Quite like the texture though.<br /> <br /> 43/365</div> Skiathos 1984 <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/37031908"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/19/08/37031908.407bfd98.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="167" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Photo of the original negative taken with 60mm Canon lens. Colours inverted and then converted to sepia.<br /> <br /> First attempt at this, using a backlight through the light box which picked up the texture, so my process needs to be refined :-)<br /> <br /> Quite like the texture though.<br /> <br /> 43/365</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34831625 tag:ipernity.com,2014-09-07,doc-34831625 Sun, 07 Sep 2014 01:49:57 +0000 2012-07-15T15:36:48+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34831625"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/145/16/25/34831625.8b8fd340.240.jpg?r2" width="172" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">With its characteristic butterfly plan, the Piazza di Spagna is one of the most famous images in the world, as well as being one of the most majestic urban monuments of Roman Baroque style. In the Renaissance period, the square was the most popular tourist attraction in the city: it attracted artists and writers alike and was full of elegant hotels, inns and residences. <br /> <br /> At the end of the seventeenth century, it was called Trinità dei Monti, after the church that dominates the square from above, but it was later given the name we know today after the Spanish Ambassador who lived there.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/spanish_steps.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.italyguides.it/us/roma/spanish_steps.htm</a> <br /> <br /> Unexpected visit to Rome(by train) while delayed in Civitavecchia, the port of Rome. <br /> <br /> 1986 Antibes to Sicily YCA 'French Connection' Delivery Cruise. Eight Moody 34 Yachts.<br /> <br /> Archive Airings AA59 Stairs/Steps</div> Spanish Steps, Rome <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34831625"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/145/16/25/34831625.8b8fd340.240.jpg?r2" width="172" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">With its characteristic butterfly plan, the Piazza di Spagna is one of the most famous images in the world, as well as being one of the most majestic urban monuments of Roman Baroque style. In the Renaissance period, the square was the most popular tourist attraction in the city: it attracted artists and writers alike and was full of elegant hotels, inns and residences. <br /> <br /> At the end of the seventeenth century, it was called Trinità dei Monti, after the church that dominates the square from above, but it was later given the name we know today after the Spanish Ambassador who lived there.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/spanish_steps.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.italyguides.it/us/roma/spanish_steps.htm</a> <br /> <br /> Unexpected visit to Rome(by train) while delayed in Civitavecchia, the port of Rome. <br /> <br /> 1986 Antibes to Sicily YCA 'French Connection' Delivery Cruise. Eight Moody 34 Yachts.<br /> <br /> Archive Airings AA59 Stairs/Steps</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34672363 tag:ipernity.com,2014-08-29,doc-34672363 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:35:15 +0000 2014-02-26T16:48:36+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34672363"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/122/23/63/34672363.6cce7c04.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">26 Feb 2014 WAGS at Noosa Yacht Club, Noosa River, Queensland.<br /> <br /> Every Wednesday there is a race at the Noosa Yacht Club on the Noosa River. Known as WAGS (Wednesday Afternoon Gentleman Sailing) , it has now been modified to include Ladies WAGLS.<br /> <br /> Always fun to watch the variety of trailer sailers racing. <br /> <br /> EfS 60mm Canon EOS 550D</div> Sail Reflections <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34672363"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/122/23/63/34672363.6cce7c04.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="161" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">26 Feb 2014 WAGS at Noosa Yacht Club, Noosa River, Queensland.<br /> <br /> Every Wednesday there is a race at the Noosa Yacht Club on the Noosa River. Known as WAGS (Wednesday Afternoon Gentleman Sailing) , it has now been modified to include Ladies WAGLS.<br /> <br /> Always fun to watch the variety of trailer sailers racing. <br /> <br /> EfS 60mm Canon EOS 550D</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34124417 tag:ipernity.com,2014-07-30,doc-34124417 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:16:30 +0000 2014-07-25T12:51:12+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34124417"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/144/44/17/34124417.85b81923.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Seen at Hamilton Island Marina in the Whitsundays, luxury Yacht Charter.<br /> <br /> From a dilapidated mooring-minder with a bargain-basement purchase price, Sir Thomas Sopwith is now millions of dollars worth of gleaming fittings and deck hardware, teak decks and toe rails, embroidered pillows, imported parchment and leather-stitched lampshades, American oak interior and stainless steel edgings. <br /> <br /> Designed by the UK’s Robert Clark, the 72ft long, 14ft 6in beam ketch was launched in England in the early 1970s and bequeathed to the Ocean Youth Club of Great Britain by the English aviation pioneer and yachtsman, Sir Thomas Sopwith... <br /> <br /> English aviation pioneer Thomas Sopwith’s company produced more than 18,000 British World War I aircraft for the allied forces, including 5,747 of the famous Sopwith Camel single-seat fighters. He was just as passionate about his sailing, challenging for the America’s Cup... with his J-Class yachts Endeavour and Endeavour II in the 1930s... was inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame in 1995. <br /> <br /> Description from Australian Sailing & Yachting - January 2012<br /> <br /> mysailing.com.au/news/sir-thomas-sopwith-elegance-restored<br /> <br /> 25/31 Orange July</div> Sir Thomas Sopwith <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34124417"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/144/44/17/34124417.85b81923.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Seen at Hamilton Island Marina in the Whitsundays, luxury Yacht Charter.<br /> <br /> From a dilapidated mooring-minder with a bargain-basement purchase price, Sir Thomas Sopwith is now millions of dollars worth of gleaming fittings and deck hardware, teak decks and toe rails, embroidered pillows, imported parchment and leather-stitched lampshades, American oak interior and stainless steel edgings. <br /> <br /> Designed by the UK’s Robert Clark, the 72ft long, 14ft 6in beam ketch was launched in England in the early 1970s and bequeathed to the Ocean Youth Club of Great Britain by the English aviation pioneer and yachtsman, Sir Thomas Sopwith... <br /> <br /> English aviation pioneer Thomas Sopwith’s company produced more than 18,000 British World War I aircraft for the allied forces, including 5,747 of the famous Sopwith Camel single-seat fighters. He was just as passionate about his sailing, challenging for the America’s Cup... with his J-Class yachts Endeavour and Endeavour II in the 1930s... was inducted into the America’s Cup Hall of Fame in 1995. <br /> <br /> Description from Australian Sailing & Yachting - January 2012<br /> <br /> mysailing.com.au/news/sir-thomas-sopwith-elegance-restored<br /> <br /> 25/31 Orange July</div> Gillian Everett https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34124411 tag:ipernity.com,2014-07-30,doc-34124411 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:16:24 +0000 2014-07-24T11:10:55+10:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Gillian Everett) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34124411"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/144/44/11/34124411.568c9eda.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">24/31 Orange July</div> Catseye Beach <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/gillianeverett">Gillian Everett</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/gillianeverett/34124411"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/144/44/11/34124411.568c9eda.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">24/31 Orange July</div> Gillian Everett