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S m alt W ha rram c a's voyag ing.=#!#.-*%tfCooking Fatp atthem ooring.Rory Mc Dougalduringone of the tropicalstorm s.(eg heart breaking stlrfthrough theStraitof Gibraltar),eould stand som epayload (rememberthe deek chairs&w indstlrfer 01'1 her foredeck in theTasman Sea at F8?). Like manyothers, he eneountered very badw eather after leaving the Canaryislands:'- C-alltlries /Jt(??-/?('.???ns, Iî?t.,-/-t., belshetl/?)..F'll 'kî.,/)?(/.s'. ac'celelxlt(.ul fpt.//'krt?t?l?//7t? .s'tee up /?(?lntaino ?/.s' ix/t?/?t./A'.C'IIIIIL-IE r(?Jt? ollt //?& .%tlll-ln î't.ż?-J./7t7y?/?//J.to t'? 1 A-ty.tn.xct?Llnc'll()l-t'?/?t./250 /c3c/(.?/'?7).?/t'p?îb.'al';p -s't?/'over /?t?ḃ't(?l-l?.q-.vb-h(?rt./p?ts/t.?t7hel-se(f-'(1101!-k'?tv1l'-b.t()-s'/f'4 ,J'(ll-t-/?t?/(?'kf.(ln(l t() ?-t.-ts-/,11.1/t'?:'///7t?sitltatiol'l/(.-,/s()5't?/t?t7(llu.lrc/tq/xt?tl/...' It took hin-l 29 days tot2ro ss th e A tlan tic (2 800 nm ),.z1l-l-iving k'?'? the Crt/rk'/.p/.'lctq?'/'? If-t?Athl-illillg.1 )k't?-5- (:sḷ.-'ïL.,(L'i(lllb-/??-t??/t7 /(?elttel-t????? -J'(?Jt'?'?blxlve //t?cr(jtî.7V()engine tq?/?t# 1:0 t.'/t?t.'p-/t.'.s'. Jltsl t'?î't?x/tg/?/,l0 -p't?t?r-t'?/t7l-edll(q'//.t-.?,7tablest7,?J a c'()/?7ptJ,ss.' Follow ing Rory'sstatem entyotlcan say thatthe size ofthe cat w as only secondary - bigachievem ent. He then sailed on toPanam a. The passage through thecanal is d ifticu lt for an enginelessboat.FirstRory tried to be picked tlpPiggy-back on a freighter, but thisw as not allow ed by the C analadlninistration.Finally C()O K IE wastow ed alongside a Sw an 42. Fromhere he sailed single handed. Roryw as using a self steering systemnam ed tH arry' w hich becam e alegend as Nve ll. 'b--ol- ,s-t'???t? 3.v()o(l.g/?/c?,I)()Its (11-1(.1xp-/'/? qj.zr,/ //?(??/g/??//?t?/11(l.l.b'It-t7x t?t ltlstic'/?t?/?-s'p?tq/?.f/t?c.oltl(l t.'t?y?c bvith :-7.,?1- -$-/rc?? qv//? 01.(1ip-t?t.'/i()? 0(- It-11-1d /()Io lt.'? tq?t/?/p) .'(**)He took a ratherunusualrotlte across the South Pacific,because he did notw antto spend therequired cash atthe Galapagosislandsnorto pay a bond in Tahiti,w hich isrequired forvisiting yachts.Rory w asin a hurry to lneet his girltkiend inN ew Zealand and conseqtlently sailedquite Iong stretcheshaving stopsonlyat Easter Island. M angareva andRarotonga onto New' Zealand. Thetinal approaeh becanle dil-tictllt andbecam e an en dtlranee test: ''-1î'lIf)'C'Q'NA'i()1 ()/' /()1t.' ))?-(.'-%-iflI1-(.'.%/?(.)?7/?t7rt7t?t@11-b-A'bt-t.,t?llilbq ?f/? .11'-0 1/'/?c$-()?/thel-ll (?()'t?t'???, t'1-(.,(1/p'/?tr t 1-L1J)i(lbveathel-t)-/?t'?/?et?.s,(lt(.l t' z ?/t.v?)'(.31%)$-f,)/-/v'. .01t/t?t)'/t-.F/7t?It-t't///?tyr tvtat/s-Iî't?,7/t?t///?t?I(.1-b't J$.e-te?rt/ bb-ith //??-t)-,t?t>vtlles k'/?'b'ltc'c.e-%siln,/('??-L'k'?-t:',?(.-'t() //c-t?-/?/(1.)1-7 t/t.?l-x.//Irte/-$-z,.:l?(v?/-$'/,/?& (leltlt'?/'//'?c.z soltthern lt-//?/t.?/-- t??7t/ / 11(31(;1 ,?t?g /t?l.g-t.z-s'01-A'czt? b()()tx t() (/c/(.',/7t/.l)'.tl-()ḷ.lio-(1l/k)??/?-$'.l4'/?t'/?('()()kilbq. ,hIL.'I?-t?/?(.)lltI -q-?/?-vj'1.tȧt7j121.?j)?('?(I(qb's(?/?l-ic-L)t7/?t7 pasta- xt? . //tz/t.zt/alt'/t(J' /?(L'()hl)b'(1t(?l-.lt??)t(.'t?/?/t.').'t.?p7 11(31*(LJt.'l7(?/-t!'l'1(2.b'/kN/t7?/-battlilbz t?/?,both /?/?J.$-k't)'t?/I-t?/?t/???tr,?//)?//J-. l-l()bb'(?b'L.,l- (lt t'??t?A.% /t?Iî'&x/))()il1t//7t.N-& iv%t,)/'?/J'()1(.J1t't(J't() t t.rf?- 11.3,t7J?t,/ h-lvbvartls.' t-'lthel- boats NvereheaviIy dalmaged in the sal-ne storl-ns,Rory'srestll-ne:- Ikritholtlti?l//7//(?l$'c/?y'Ii((-'.,t() /7c/t'?:'/ /?t?/(.-()()S.-IE /.$'t?tlQ>z,)-(li-%))I(l('Q,l:QAllt- /t?).t- t'1'.eeb()(1-(1t('t)7/t??;?t?/-t?,?bltiltt(')l..s'p-c/?e//?(.1î(1ll()t/k'g/,?/It't?tv/?/ .$'y/t?t?t/.' He droppedanchorthere tbrall'nost4 years.A fterconcluding thatthis Nvas long enouglhe started again in Nlay l996.A crossthe Taslman Sea,up the Queenslandcoast of A ustralia, IlarNvin, Bali.SingaporesNlalacca Strait.SriLanka,Aden,Red Sea,Stlez t-anal(tirsttinleuse of an engine onboard û-ookie).Nlediterranean, (îibraltars ''...Lisllllll)b'as (y?//'/t.? t??7 ()('('(1,b'k't')?? t?-s, (L%)()kiet)-?-t?.5'-s't?t)//?t.,?-(.)ltb-tl-tll/-t/tl-/v-xf?/'6J-t?t/-,seal-liel-.l'c//(lo le (-t?(?/f'?k,z./ 1.'St? llab't?t'?/l(L.ialb'xt'//t.v/ (1-0 1(1 /7t? î3'()l-I(l.F'7/7t7//)- s()??c ./à?T't??/1-(1/7Ie )$.iltls'kt./'//gt.>t)/QMtlt.)kie t??t'/t-/-(,).s-11:(?//t?/7t,)/??/7to /?& .IN'.S ()j'(.-t?/?t?b-ilislel-l-et?t/(1/.?c?-/(.-.ztr-/-$-/.?f?/t()fict/t/()(j'(l(-l-().b's/?/5.(.(J-.. . ./ ('()1(L1 t?/?)t'?x/ ,s,?7?t2/ the ,$'/7t'?,-cx ()t'ThttSea Iàeopltl* *Decelnber20()8