By Richard Crockett
Yesterday a message was radioed to Dalling from the STAR Committee and Trustees of the ‘Voortrekker’ venture saying: “Bad luck, but carry on regardless – now good luck to you”.
One wonders whether that message brought comfort to Dalling or not?
It was further reported that in fact a winch had not seized, but rather the roller reefing system which attaches the boom to the mast. (See the attached diagrams).
I am off on a short break – see you again next week.
READ MORE HERE: 1968 06 05 – Cape Times – Bruce Dalling Archives – S&A – 002455_Redacted – OCR