Sailing Magazine
By Richard Crockett
As a prep school kid I was fascinated by ‘Sandefjord’ and her voyage around the world. Why, I am not really sure, but that voyage may well have been the fire that lit my passion for sailing. I remember following her circumnavigation in the newspapers, and when the movie of her circumnavigation was launched, I just had to go and see it.
That was in 1967, and the following year I began sailing.
However, this is about ‘Sandefjord’ and it was inspired by a few pics I had dug out of my archives when sorting through our SAILING mag archives.
I made enquiries and managed to track down Barry Cullen, who while all these years later was understandably reluctant to keep the ‘Sandefjord’ circumnavigation alive, sensed my passion and was very forthcoming with information and pics.
Barry kept impeccable records of the entire project and within a few days of making contact I had a DVD of the movie they made of their voyage, and other information, including pics.
This is an interesting story about a grand old lady who lit the fire and passion of sailing in many.
READ IT HERE: Pages from 2011 09 – SAILING Magazine – OCR
