“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. All At Sea, and Loving it

Angela Petricevic looking confident on the helm.

By Richard Crockett

I do enjoy sharing features about people who taste our sport for the very first time and instantly fall in love with it.

“It’s tough discovering you are passionately addicted to sailing – 600 km from the sea.

“Somehow the prospect of landlocked Hartbeespoort Dam isn’t quite the same as a stiffish breeze coming straight across the Indian Ocean from Australia, white tipped waves on a deep blue sea, and the view of Durban’s Bluff receding over the horizon.”

These were the words of Angela Petricevic who had won a week’s sailing course in a magazine competition.

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