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Chapter IV: ‘We will now consider the best means of getting our craft under way under various conditions’
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Tonight we have Chapter III: in this glorious episode, our hero provides a step-by-step description of setting sail in a small cutter-rigged yacht especially for the first-time sailor. And, for the benefit of bachelor readers, along the way he explains the press studs used to do up ladies’ dresses.
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Boeier at the Oostende voor Anker festival; photos by Wim Netens
Wim Netens kindly got in touch this morning to alert me to the Oostende voor Anker festival of sail held at the Belgian port of Ostend recently, and to let me have a link to his splendid photogallery of the event. I picked out the ornate old boeier above as one of the most striking boats I could see, although I guess it’s decorations and distinctive shape will only seem remarkable to those of us who don’t live in Belgium or The Netherlands.
This link takes you to Wim’s photogallery Continue reading “A feast of photos from the Oostende voor Anker festival of sail”