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    Sailing the Seven Sustainable Seas
    Sailing the Seven Sustainable Seas
    Sailing the Seven Sustainable Seas
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    Sailing the Seven Sustainable Seas

    By Martin Chambers

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    "What I like about sailing is that it is sustainable. You set the sails and the wind propels and you could go to the end of the world with little extra thought. You don’t need too many clothes and certainly you are not prisoner to fashion or the need to dress in the latest style. Some locally sourced food and off you go. The horizon beckons."

    These entertaining stories about sailing life began when Martin and his wife Kerryn departed from Adelaide on their run-down yacht. They were heading for Fremantle but they forgot to turn right at Kangaroo Island and arrived in Hobart. It was an easy navigational error to make.
    Once in Hobart, in order to avoid an almost global pandemic they remained in Tasmania. After all, Tasmania is at the end of the world and even a virus wouldn’t want to go there. It was a strategy as successful as their navigation, but here you will find no mention of lockdowns or vaccinations. Instead, seven stories about wildlife, onboard catering, or waste and power management. Stories inspired by the goal of sustainable sailing in the same way that the desire to sail home to Fremantle resulted in a trip to Tasmania

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMartin Chambers
    Release dateJun 17, 2021
    ISBN9781005562601
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    Martin Chambers

    Born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1957. Studied Veterinary science. Worked as publican, field assistant, ferry skipper, salesman, and white water rafting guide. Best job was Quality control at the Swan Brewery (true!). Lives in Perth with wife and two adult daughters. Writes travel articles, short stories, poetry and fiction.

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      Sailing the Seven Sustainable Seas - Martin Chambers

      Sailing the Seven Sustainable Seas

      Martin Chambers

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      Copyright 2021 Martin Chambers

      ISBN 978 100 556 2601

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      SAILING THE SEVEN SUSTAINABLE SEAS

      1: BALI

      2: THE POWER OF RUBBISH

      3: BRADLEY WIGGINS ONBOARD

      4: WILD FOOD AND PINOT NOIR

      5: SWANS ARE THE ANTI-FOWL

      6: SEASICK ECSTASY

      7: SAILING THE SEVEN SUSTAINABLE SEAS

      Martin Chambers

      1: Bali

      The dawn was still and beautiful, with a slight east wind and a chill to the air. The sea was calm, inviting those with a romantic eye to think of voyages, of adventuring and exploring and of wondering what was over the horizon, and to an experienced sailor it cried out to leave now. Right now, for it is the weather and mood of beginnings.

      Those who have voyaged themselves will know the rush and work in the days leading up to departure, of the endless lists and the mental notes and the push to not forget that one important thing that right now you can’t say exactly what it is. Provisions, water, fuel, spare parts, charts, games, books, clothes, first aid kits; and between finding a place to store it all finding the time to check the radio, the navigation and all the systems onboard to ensure they are reliable. The paperwork, passports and permits, and then finally it is over and you are ready and the weather is perfect but still you wait.

      For this is the difference between cruisers and racers. It is not the desire to go faster, or to beat the next yacht across the water, it is the knowledge that to run a schedule in what is really no more than a plaything of the ocean gods is to invite trouble. So yesterday we were ready, today we wait, for Fremantle to Bali is run as a race and the start is scheduled at noon, and while Governors and Commodores and invited officials make speeches, while crews and guests pick at the smorgasbord breakfast, while the gamalan plays and dancing girls entertain, the wind flows over us and as if to punish for our refusal, it turns. Still light, a north easter is okay, but it heralds a change. By late afternoon it will be from the north, then north west bringing rain, and by tomorrow a stiff cold southwesterly that if we are to take full advantage of we should be out there now. We should have left at dawn.

      But then again, the food and entertainment is a spectacle and we on our small yacht don’t get this often. Those making the speeches said nothing extraordinary, then the exotic Indonesian dancing girls came on again to the evocative sounds of gamelan, and we had all but already arrived. We wandered among the crowd basking in their adulation, and we chatted to other competitors who would be our closest company for the next two weeks. So close but yet so far, another yacht across the water might only be a few miles away but it would be invisible to us. But it would be there.

      All the yachts had been tied to the main jetty, side by side and with colourful sponsors’ flags. Crews posed for cameras and last minute supplies were loaded. The gamelan reached a crescendo, the dancing girls wandered among the crews for a time, then it was time for the official briefing and last weather update. We all headed upstairs for the final weather briefing while those being

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