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6lw el , thearticle says itaI- rwo ofthe people rescued w ith
aIm ost,and 1won'tgo into extended him have boughta TANGAROA
Ithas been said,thatthere are details,butbasically 'MAHINUI'broke y k jbland are happilv sailing
rw o kinds of W harram people - up due to faulty and w eak beam around
w hose w ho lfke to build and l/aosa brackets,untilwe w ere Iitera ly Iashed
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who f/ke to sail.Ernald Pearson is
togetherwith alIrope available. The future t'sdkdtlorurE's
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Of Ernald
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one ofthose,w ho hate building, However,we did 95% ofwhatwe
forthev wilcontlnue
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b utIove to sail.
set outto do and along the way had written up in the Sea People/
H ow ever,this approach can a greatt
ime and metmany other Sailorm an'./,hopefulf Iook
W harram ow ners,in fact,almost forward tO the daY when he carl
bring
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difficulties.Ireceived the everyw here , w here w e stopped w e co-s
ki
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erour Gm/A , forhis
o//ow /ng Ietterfrom Ernald about eithermetorsaw W harrams and sailing skills and cheerfulness
the f loss ofhis heavilv m odified 51 owners . should notbe wasted on the
r.FFH/N/'M ,4 H/NU/',w hich he W , , yore
bounhï2nd hand 2 vears agct
e Ieft PALAG IC LADY (ORO 1in S .
Barbadosbehind,
to find casual
charters to keep him going.
W e also saw BilBoucher's NA RA I
In the Canaries and on 20.1.87
betw een Dom inica and Guadeloupe.
He did Las Paim as to Antigua in 29
days w ith very good self-steering
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'I'Hh. 50:. catam aran the IKRI.EY EDW ARDS meets a mid-Atlantic stl
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or ..
Mahilpuiwas 330 miles ofI
th e 'tzores when it started
and flnds sbipwreck has its mom enG.
to break t1P. n ey lofak back wlth sadness at hemoved 13yearsago .
Antigua.Iles de St. Maftlt.and
Its hve.nlan and one-woman tlle loss olthe elght-Y rth crat on (ktober ll last year the Anguilœ
crew had spent days lterally whlch he Lxlught in April. lfxks, trio with two acquaintances from 'You could speld 1ttree lifelashlng
lt together lo stop lt andrebuiltin 1%6lxforesailing %tjland.set*1from Ferydside. times going round there.sad
fahlpnç apart.Now owner Dnald her to Plm outh,Millord.Lundy
hznald,relMng thelxautyofthe
Pearxf?n.f)(Ferryslde.caled aI andIltracom- . Chrlltm al scenery through h1s colourful
lnaflds tfJ prepare to abandon Shewmsalso a back.up % atin n e IMGS OùCalin the ship's Pxjtosfrom whlch tllesunseems
, s hl) ; the Ferryslde toTenby sm nsored l(7g read like something outofa to blaze tluṭ
Fl wind-surfs,11in 1%6 never-ending luxury Cruisel La .Ix wasso muchto see-
ares Cb I-
istxyn, We
Excitem ent runa, Spain; Cascais.
obraltac ilcluding simon Le B()tl's Y at.
n ey were putltng otlta May killamorax Algarve: g) nl m . in yajmouth HarY ur.
DayCalevery 15 rnlnutes.butit Ernald now aged 49.haslx'hen Ceuta. N. Afritra) Tangier. Antlgua.
wasantlt her52hourslx f?rethey saling s'ince he was l2
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He' Casablanca.Marrakesh.Lanzitrute. .w e ended up going to more
made ratllf)contactand tbatwas previously owned a 40(t. Arrecile. Feurteventura, Gran p laces
than we'd planned and it
sfxknlt/st catamarim which be took to tlle Canana.LmsPalrnas was a1glxng welunlila few
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Tliey Iirf:hd tlkresataU.S.Navy Cananesand to Holland , and has 'IXP Mlantic Crossing to daysle orethe end .
plime - wlth rl() reslxlnse - done yachtdelivery (rom Miljord Barbados- 2.819m le.s - tot)k Storna
lxlfpre makangvlstlalContact-1t11 and lretand.
21 days.22 hours and the crew
3 tanker Less than two hours 'But Ialways wanted to * 1 Ctlebrated ChnstmasatSea < th At the teginnlng ol February
latertheyweresafelyaY ard. acrorxsthe Allantic .
'he sad wlt.h Streamers. sttrkings and spray they headed north towards
'lt WCLS 2 bitOf a ClO* Cal aglintofexcitementin hiseyes. foam.PM Of a Ohristmas N)X Bermtlda - 10 rniles- but
IOWVd.stbe end.'admitedDnald He txàught the Mahinkliwflen dtlnated by Mazlin's workmate.s faced with leavy wind and sems
t Nisweek n()w settled backathIs he gotback to Walesafterseven atPefrlbrey. they altered courseklrthe Azores.
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hflme at'I-he Ctyflee Tavern.'Ihe years working as a mexchanpcal AtBarbados they were joined Then on February the 13th
Beath. englneerin SsaudiArabia by a sixth crew member.a girl they l'ut a very bad storm.
But he his zl-year-old son Martin and Daisailed with him h'tim Penzance. fracturing the main t-am. SN
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Martln and hlsfnend Da Hopkins. atdifterenttlmes ,
and he ran a 'rhey m'ulftxl up Past the dayslaterheavyweathersheared
aIst' fr' ()m the v lage.wtzuld not few trips!orltycallxlyslnFerryside CaribY an Islands- St Luciw Offthe tyearn mtluntingl.
have mlsxxl the 4/z-month where < th hIs wife Irene and Martinlque. Domlnlcaa Iles de On February 24 the barometer
adventurehlrtbewt/rld. thetrtwo daughtersand twt)sons Sœntes.Quadeloupe.Mtltlserrat,wastboppmg.the wind and waves
26 The Sea People/sailorm an No.8 July 198 ?