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Veteran campaigner on water issues and indefatigable sailor and rower Giacomo di Stefano some days ago completed a circumnavigation of Mallorca in a traditional llaut – without the use of an engine.
In the heat, I think the 187-mile trip was hard going at times, particularly the last rowed leg.
See the Volta Mallorca campaign website here, the campaign Facebook page here, and Dragan Miletic’s lovely photos here.
There’s an article about the llaut type here.
In 1933, Mr Evans the River Thames postman delivers letters to the boats and ships moored on the Thames near Tower Bridge, London.
My thanks to Griselda Mussett for alerting me to this gem.
Sailing along California’s Baja coast. If after watching this you feel you’d done enough sailing this summer, you’re a better man than I.
This is proper RD Culler-style sailing too, which I’d guess can be summarised as sail where you can row when you must, and make sure your boat is simple and effective and rows well, so that you don’t need to lug and use a motor.
Plan well two… more rules of his are to row during the first part of your trip so that you can sail in the later part, when you’re hot and tired.