“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Sea-Man-Ship-Race

By Richard Crockett

I have always enjoyed the “outside-the-box” thinking shown by university students when thinking up pranks, drinking games – and in today’s case – a test of seamanship skills.

Written by Hilary Spears, founder of the Spearhead two-man dinghy, the introduction read as follows:

“There was one course only pinned up in the University Yacht Club, which had to be learnt off by heart before the start and it sure was something to remember. It read like this: “

It’s an interesting read and was a very tough test of seamanship, sailing skills and more.

READ IT ALL HERE:  1958 09-10 – SA Yachting – UCTYC – OCR

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