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Record Breaking Catamaran Transformed Into a Worldwide Cruiser!

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Created by MAGNESIUM 7 months ago, 16 May 2025
MAGNESIUM
218 posts
16 May 2025 6:11AM
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How many of us by a boat sight unseen?
the good old Aussie larrikin.

Jethrow
NSW, 1272 posts
16 May 2025 1:45PM
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and some of the history...

MAGNESIUM
218 posts
17 May 2025 5:58AM
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Jethrow said..
and some of the history...


What a great link , how long have you had that ?
all the great faces of those we only read about, what an era to live in , the guy climbing the crane boom just standard in those days .
thank you for posting.

Kankama
NSW, 781 posts
17 May 2025 5:10PM
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She never broke a record, she just broke and she was a pretty awful design. Her main crossbeam was truly awful and broke in a calm. Joubert was a dumb choice to design a fast cat in the era of Crowther or Lex Nicol. Really strange choices made by the group of great builders

Kankama
NSW, 781 posts
17 May 2025 5:10PM
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She never broke a record, she just broke and she was a pretty awful design. Her main crossbeam was truly awful and broke in a calm. Joubert was a dumb choice to design a fast cat in the era of Crowther or Lex Nicol. Really strange choices made by the group of great builders



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