“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. One Mistake Costs Martin R250 000

By Richard Crockett

It was not long ago I shared a newspaper cutting about John Martin and his singlehanded exploits aboard ‘Allied Bank’ in the round-the-world race. That resonated with followers of this Blog, so today’s piece will hopefully also tickle the tastebuds!

“I’ve lost R250 000 in an hour and a half; not even a used car salesman could have done that to me,” said Springbok solo yachtsman John Martin yesterday.

READ THE FULL REPORT HERE:  1990 10 24 – S&A – 000368 – OCR

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