Monthly Archives: June 2008

Green seas in Qingdao.

Posted on June 26, 2008 by

Seems the Olympic sailing events in Qingdao will be interesting. I found this article by Laura Baldwin on Sail-World. 240 boats try and remove sea-weed from the Qingdao Olympic course area Australia’s 470 Coach, Victor Kovalenko shared these photos and … Continue reading →

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Blasting the inside of ‘Waratah’.

Posted on June 25, 2008 by

The blasting of the inside of hull and deck is well underway. Here the first pictures. Note how the engine is hanging belowdecks, nicely wrapped up to protect it from the dust.

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S/V Kaiwo Maru.

Posted on June 24, 2008 by

I paid a quick visit to Kobe last week. From my hotel room overlooking the harbour, I could see the ‘Kaiwo Maru’. She is a fully rigged four masted sailing vessel. Together with her sister ship the ‘Nippon Maru’, they … Continue reading →

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Blasting and prime coating of the hull.

Posted on June 22, 2008 by

Last week the blasting of the hull was done. Here some pictures of the blasting pot, the blasting process, and the finished hull. Then the first coat of epoxy primer was applied. ‘Waratah’ looks very different already. Next week the … Continue reading →

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Cape Town.

Posted on June 22, 2008 by

The two main suppliers of equipment for my S/V ‘Waratah’ project, Central Boating and C-Dynamics, are based in Cape Town. I thought it was a good idea to visit them while I was in South Africa, so I spent a … Continue reading →

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More on ‘Waratah’.

Posted on June 20, 2008 by

A few more pictures taken during my recent visit to South Africa. All the cut-outs for hatches and windows are ready. A lot of time had to be spent on grinding the welds of the hull. Paper disks have to … Continue reading →

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A gold miner is me.

Posted on June 19, 2008 by

Not often does one have the chance to visit a real gold mine. So I was very fortunate, that on my last visit to South Africa Wynand arranged that I could go down in the gold mine where he works. … Continue reading →

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Buying Bacardi Breezers in outback Australia!

Posted on June 6, 2008 by

Speaks for itself, hehe.

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