A friend of mine
leaves the toilet seat up for her boyfriend!
Now that is considerate...
Friday, June 11, 2010
Consider this...
A friend of mine
leaves the toilet seat up for her boyfriend!
Now that is considerate...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
More About Nothing...
Nothing. No thing...
Having no possessions.
Having nothing to tie you down.
Nothing to prevent you doing anything you want,
whenever you wanted...
Having nothing was something
I became acutely aware of
some many years ago...
Having nothing meant that
I didn't have to insure it,
worry about someone stealing it or damaging it.
I didn't have to paint it, clean it or
have someone mind it if I went away.
I didn't have to pay to store it somewhere
and then forget where...
Life was simpler.
I didn't have to carry the burden of things
with me.
Life became easier...
Oh, The Joy of Nothing!
Or even, as now, very little...
Having no possessions.
Having nothing to tie you down.
Nothing to prevent you doing anything you want,
whenever you wanted...
Having nothing was something
I became acutely aware of
some many years ago...
Having nothing meant that
I didn't have to insure it,
worry about someone stealing it or damaging it.
I didn't have to paint it, clean it or
have someone mind it if I went away.
I didn't have to pay to store it somewhere
and then forget where...
Life was simpler.
I didn't have to carry the burden of things
with me.
Life became easier...
Oh, The Joy of Nothing!
Or even, as now, very little...
Sunday, June 6, 2010
In Tonga's Tranquill Waters...
The thirty two foot, William Atkin designed double-ender, Sofia at anchor in the peaceful waters of Neafu in the Vavau group of Tongan islands in 1993.What was to happen the following year would be the subject of many books and an award winning documentary called 'Rescue in The Pacific'. It's available on DVD. This weekend is the 16th anniversary of those events.
Many thoughts are going through my mind as I sit here now on this Sunday morning writing these words as I remember what I was doing exactly now, all those years ago...
The 1994 Queens Birthday 'Weather Bomb'...
Rolled 360 degrees and dismasted eighteen hours earlier, Sofia is seen here wallowing in twelve metre seas and the aftermath of 90 knot winds
on the Sunday afternoon of Queens Birthday Weekend 1994. She had been sailing to Tonga as the first leg of a round the world adventure. This photo was taken by the crew of the RNZAF Hercules who with Search and Rescue in Wellington, Maureen and John at Kerikeri Marine Radio, co-ordinated the massive rescue. Seven yachts were lost from a regatta sailing to Tonga. Twenty one people were rescued and three people died. Many dreams were dashed. The search area was over 72,000 square miles and lasted for five days...
Uschi and I were taken off Sofia at 10.30 on the Monday night in atrocious conditions by the brave crewmen of the French Navy vessel, The Jacques Cartier, who had sailed 400 miles to rendevous with the stricken yacht, a support ship on standby and the RNZAF Hercules.
Much red tape was cut and Captain Saint Martin delivered us safely back to Auckland in grand style.
Thankyou.
What an amazing experience we all had...
on the Sunday afternoon of Queens Birthday Weekend 1994. She had been sailing to Tonga as the first leg of a round the world adventure. This photo was taken by the crew of the RNZAF Hercules who with Search and Rescue in Wellington, Maureen and John at Kerikeri Marine Radio, co-ordinated the massive rescue. Seven yachts were lost from a regatta sailing to Tonga. Twenty one people were rescued and three people died. Many dreams were dashed. The search area was over 72,000 square miles and lasted for five days...Uschi and I were taken off Sofia at 10.30 on the Monday night in atrocious conditions by the brave crewmen of the French Navy vessel, The Jacques Cartier, who had sailed 400 miles to rendevous with the stricken yacht, a support ship on standby and the RNZAF Hercules.
Much red tape was cut and Captain Saint Martin delivered us safely back to Auckland in grand style.
Thankyou.
What an amazing experience we all had...
Six Months Adrift...
The first sighting of the Sofia by the crew of the Kantala at dawn a few days after setting sail from Opua to rendevous with the Australian yacht Gafia, who had her under tow for the last five days. The captain and crew of Gafia waived all rights to salvage and continued on to Auckland where they were feted rightly as heroes...
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