Practical Boat Owner – June 2019

It’s been a great year for

women in sailing, just look at

the accomplishments of

Team Sail Like a Girl, Marie

Riou, Carolijn Brouwer, Tracy

Edwards and Susanne

Huber-Curphey. Not to

mention Wendy Tuck and

Nikki Henderson who

skippered their boats to the

top two places in the 2017/

Clipper Round the World

Race. So it was no surprise

to see a Facebook fi ght

break out when Clipper

announced an all-male

skipper selection for the next

edition http://www.facebook.com/

clipperroundtheworld/

posts/

So this month we’re

celebrating women skippers

on YouTube because there

are some great ones out

there making good videos!

Q Clarisse Crémer on

Clarisse sur l’Atlantique is

an extremely competent yet

highly entertaining racing

skipper with a great story to

tell. Following her 2nd place

in last year’s Mini Transat

Race, Banque Populaire

chose her to take over as

skipper of their IMOCA from

Armel Le Cléac’h, the

Vendée Globe’s last winner.

Genius move (watch and

learn, Clipper). But fi rst, it’s

the inaugural season of the

Beneteau Figaro 3.

Figaro épuisant, fi garo

passionnant? Saison 2019

Episode 2

youtu.be/f8fCvFZUnP

QI now love watching paint

dry, thanks to Elizabeth

Tyler’s channel POGDSMOR.

An accomplished artist and

sailor, she carried on cruising

solo after her husband died

in 2011. Now aged 72, she

has recently added

videomaking and drone

piloting to her seemingly

endless list of talents.

Respect!

Sailing on single handed #

youtu.be/HsbpMUyAwVI

QCaptain Holly on Another

Adventure is in hospital in

Virgin Gorda after a

night-time collision between

her tender and a powerboat.

We wish her the best with her

recovery. But before any of

that happened, Holly could

be seen helping suddenly

single ‘Lizbef’ Earle (formerly

of Sailing SV Delos) on

EarleWrites with the repair of

her 1969 41ft Amel.

Solo Sailor Girl Raises A

MASTive Commotion

youtu.be/cuxjMnYK7KQ

Water women

SEADOG OF THE MONTH

A quick look at your May 2019

editorial and a scan through

the magazine revealed

enthusiastic references to the

mast-up route on the Dutch

inland waterways (Cruising

Notes). Unfortunately the

chartlet on page 91 is

incorrect for the route given

between Amsterdam and

Rotterdam. Mast-up boats can

Channel hopping

Essential monthly highlights from the world

of online sailing channels with Kass Schmitt

Wouter van Kouwen sent in this photo of

his Jack Russell Zep who always gives a

warm welcome on board on their Dufour

35 laying in Monnickendam (IJsselmeer),

the Netherlands. Wouter has donated his

£30 prize money to the Guide Dogs for

the Blind Association.

http://www.twitter.com/p_b_o http://www.facebook.com/practicalboatownermag LETTERS

Send us your seadog photos

for our web gallery

http://www.pbo.co.uk/seadogs

and your pet may be lucky enough to become

Seadog of the Month and win you £

£

The Mast Up route

through Holland is

very popular

travel through Amsterdam

(midnight passage) or

Haarlem and both lead via

Alphen aan de Rijn and

Gouda towards Rotterdam.

Fortunately some

publications are available in

English at http://www.

varendoejesamen.nl

• search for ‘EN_staande-
  mast-route-inlegkaart.pdf’
  Willem Dekker – Project
  Varen Doe Je Samen

Mast-up route

1960s survivor

My brother Ted and I are joint
owners of Blue Bar, the Albin
Vega that featured in part 1 of
your Popular Classics series
‘The Age of Discovery’ in PBO
March 2019. The photograph
was taken during the 2007
Round the Island Race when
the yacht was being sailed by
my two nephews Robin and
Andrew Trim. They did very well
winning their class. In 2009 my
brother Ted and I sailed the
race, again winning our class.
We bought Blue Bar as a
wreck in 2003 and rebuilt her.
The only serviceable parts left
were the hull, topsides, mast
and boom. She is still sailed
competitively in handicap
races at Hythe (Southampton)
sailing club where she

constantly wins trophies.

After the rebuild she looked

an absolute picture.

John Trim

by email

Of 140 Seadog yachts built

between 1967 and 1974

almost all are still sailing. If

you are lucky enough to own

a Seadog, whether it is the

triple keel or deep Seadog,

we would really like to know

where she is and who is her

current keeper. Many

Seadogs have gone missing

from our Owners Association

list, or have incorrect owners

and addresses attached to

them. Send info by email to

seadogwinter2020@gmail.

com or sillyhilly21@hotmail.

com.

Hilary Waitt

Calling all Seadog Owners

Restored

Albin Vega

Blue Bar

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