“Talking Sailing” From My Archives. Voortrekker in Cowes

by Richard Crockett

Just four short pieces today starting in 1969 with Voortrekker in Cowes and a fairly rare photo of her rigged as a ketch.
READ IT HERE:  1969 08 14 – Voortrekker 1 – 301 – S&A OCR

Then comes a heading entitled “She’s A Beauty” which referes to ‘Wayfarer’ which he was building for the 1971 Cape to Rio Race.
READ IT HERE:  1970 08 14 – Rio 1971 – Don Pfotenhauer Collection – 566 – S&A – OCR_Redacted

Finally, a big and bold headline “Fastnet Fury” is the first of several cuttings I have of the fateful 1979 Fastnet Race.
READ IT HERE:  1979 08 14 – Vaughan Giles 1979 Fastnet – 001872 – S&A OCR