Of Foreign Build
“‘If you can predict the weather for the next two months, I will tell you,’ was my frustrated reply.
Our delay in the UK meant we had to move fast to reach the Panama Canal in April. Thereafter, we would traverse the magnificent Pacific Ocean, and timing was of the essence. If we did not reach Australia by the end of November, we would be caught in cyclone season. We had made a pact that we’d never be in a latitude at the time when hurricanes or cyclones could develop. We hated thirty knots ...of winds let alone one hundred knots. Why would we gamble our lives and our home with nature?
My dad, Roy, and Noel’s brother, Colin, had firmly staked their claim to be our additional crew when we went through man’s majestic Panama Canal. They both knew we could not predict when we would reach there, as our timing laid in Mother Nature’s hands.
It was going to take some organising to figure out where and when to collect them.MoreLess
Our delay in the UK meant we had to move fast to reach the Panama Canal in April. Thereafter, we would traverse the magnificent Pacific Ocean, and timing was of the essence. If we did not reach Australia by the end of November, we would be caught in cyclone season. We had made a pact that we’d never be in a latitude at the time when hurricanes or cyclones could develop. We hated thirty knots ...of winds let alone one hundred knots. Why would we gamble our lives and our home with nature?
My dad, Roy, and Noel’s brother, Colin, had firmly staked their claim to be our additional crew when we went through man’s majestic Panama Canal. They both knew we could not predict when we would reach there, as our timing laid in Mother Nature’s hands.
It was going to take some organising to figure out where and when to collect them.MoreLess
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