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February 21, 2004
Messing about in boats
One of my favourite pastimes has always been messing about in boats. I found this picture in my great tidying exercise and couldn't resist using it here. This was the Monk's pride and joy - a Fireball Class dinghy which taught him more about how to capsize than any other boat he has ever sailed, but, oh boy, what a buzz!
A much younger Monk and his family (one still in the future!) with the aptly named racing dinghy at Bloemspruit dam in 1982.
Sadly, I am not now as nimble as one needs to be to sail something like this. Now I go for armchair sailing! Ah, but the memories, I can still feel the exhiliration as this beauty skipped over the water!
Posted by The Gray Monk at February 21, 2004 11:57 PM