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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 05 December 2004 |
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Awarded for the most ambitious or arduous qualifying voyage by a new member, as submitted for publication in "Flying Fish".
2006
Jarvist Frost (Fantana - Contessa 26) – for his account of his qualifying passage from the Azores to Falmouth to be published in the next Flying Fish. He
sailed from Ponta Delgada, single-handed with a slow, typically
high-pressure start, heading northwards and a near-miss in the middle
of the night with a tanker not showing any navigation lights! This
was then followed by a full gale in which he had to heave-to for 48
hours and then a great, galloping run under storm-jib alone. Another
few gales one of which was spent hove-to for 12 hours followed by a day
senselessly trying to beat into a F7 but then a few days perfectly broad-reaching in a F6. 300
miles out from Falmouth his paraffin stove develops a terminal fuel
blockage and he has to use a blowtorch to heat cups of coffee to keep
him awake around the Western Approaches. He entered Falmouth Harbour at night with barely any sleep in the previous 3 nights, “vomiting with fatigue” before tying up.
2005 - Stephen and Katherine Paine (Batrachian) – for
their account of their qualifying passage from the Galapagos Islands
across the Pacific to The Marquesas Islands to be published in the next
Flying Fish (FF 2006/1).
2004 - Tim Harradine & Alison Grove - Intercept - for
their qualifying passage from New Zealand to Tonga in their Morgan 36
‘One Ton' sloop as described in their article ‘Learning To Sail
Across The Tasman Sea' which appeared in Flying Fish 2004/2.
2003 - Marci Baker/ Joseph Paravia
2002 - Not awarded.
2001 - Peter Passano
2000 - Mark Holbrook
1999 - Not Awarded
1998 - Jason Baggaley
1997 - Austin O'Keeffe
1996 - Not awarded.
1995 - Jim Moore
1994 - Not awarded.
1993 - Martin Buss
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