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We invite you to write us a pen portrait describing any man, woman or child of the sea, living or
dead, famous, infamous or unknown! Anyone who inspires you to write about them.
In this issue we have two portraits:
'A Star
Class Swede': A brief portrait of Swedish Olympic
veteran, Dag Blidback,
also featured elsewhere in this issue including our Special Feature in the News
section: 'The Sinking Of Star Dust'; 'Do-It-Yourself Capital Punishment on the Cad
Calls page in Humour and Spin Us A Yarn, also in Humour; 'If This Is Not A Total
Loss Then What Is?' on the Are You Covered page in Money Talks; in 'Murderous or
Suicidal?' on the Safety At Sea page in Sailing and on the Testing, Testing
page in Technical.
'Not Just A Clever Face': an
in-depth portrait
of Trevor K. Lawrence...a
man inspired to learn how to sail and cross an ocean by the pages of a book...
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Meanwhile...have you heard of....
Kenichi Horie , the eccentric Japanese voyager, remembered by many for crossing the Pacific in a 19 foot yacht in 1962 and subsequently making the trip again but in a vessel created from aluminium cans. In the meantime he had crossed from Hawaii to Japan by pedalo ( no we are not making it up! Oh for such a fertile imagination) and, in Autumn (Fall) of 1998 he safely completed another Pacific crossing in an interesting vessel entitled 'Mermaid II'.
This time, his craft consisted of over 500 steel beer kegs and was powered by sails made from re-cycled plastic bottles. The voyage took him three months, fuelled by a daily can of beer. (Ed: The sailor, dear, not the vessel )
At 60, he is entitled to rest on his laurels (or should that be bottles?) but somehow, we doubt we've heard the last of this extraordinary man...does anyone know what he's up to at the moment? And they call us eccentric?! What next, one might wonder?!
Thanks to Al Jameson of 'Yawlwright ' for reminding us of Mr. Horie's exploits.
We will be glad to receive short pieces as well as longer portraits. We don't mind editing any essay whose content merits publication, so don't worry about your skills as a writer. You can include photographs and/or drawings with the text if you like. If we receive several essays about the same sailor, we will do a special feature, publishing the best essay and extracts from other worthy entries. Send in as many essays as you like but remember that each one should be about one individual only, mentioning others only as they relate to that person. Self-portraits will also be welcomed.
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