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Faux Boat has also done his research well. Will Rogers was born from Native American parents. I gather that the unusual font gave his name, though "Roger, Will" is subtle.

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Fair winds to John Guzzwell, 94, of TREKKA fame and two time ('98 & 2002) Buglighter in the Singlehanded Transpac. In 1955, at age 25, John set out from Victoria, BC in his 20.5' sloop TREKKA of his own build and circumnavigated as the smallest ocean voyaging yacht to do so for more than 20 years. His story TREKKA Round The World became a classic of seafaring literature and an inspiration to generations of ocean voyagers, including sleddog.

During the circumnavigation, John left TREKKA in New Zealand to join the Smeetons on their epic Pacific crossing from Australia to Cape Horn, the subject of the book Once is Enough.

John once listed the qualities he sought in an oceangoing boat ending with "the most important of all be that the little vessel be constructed with my own hands, for I wish to know every nail and bolt in her, and have handled everyone of her timbers, perhaps then I would have the confidence that TREKKA gave me during her trek round the world."

If visiting Victoria, you can pay pilgrimage to John Guzzwell and TREKKA, a permanent part of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia collection.

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Which one of these wooden boat builders has sailed on the oldest wooden boat that has raced both TransPacific and TransAtlantic? (L-R) Robert d'Arcy, sleddog, or Leo Goolden? What was the boat? What is the name and design of the lapstraked wooden boat in the right background that was skippered by the first woman to singlehand CA to Hawaii?

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First to answer all 3 questions wins an overnight at CBC. Guess as many times as you wish.
 
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sleddog said:
Which one of these wooden boat builders has sailed on the oldest wooden boat that has raced both TransPacific and TransAtlantic? (L-R) Robert d'Arcy, sleddog, or Leo Goolden? What was the boat? What is the name and design of the lapstraked wooden boat in the right background that was skippered by the first woman to singlehand CA to Hawaii?

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First to answer all 3 questions wins an overnight at CBC. Guess as many times as you wish.
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Answers: Sleddog Skip, Ticonderoga, and Sharon Adams first woman to single hand to Hawaii 1965 on "Sea Sharp".
 
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Answers: Sleddog Skip, Ticonderoga, and Sharon Adams first woman to single hand to Hawaii 1965 on "Sea Sharp" a Folkboat.
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Good One, Cap! You and MJ win an overnight here at CBC for your 3 correct answers to the Quiz. Although Robert d'Arcy and Holly's beautiful schooner MARTHA, built 1907, raced the 2015 Transpac Race, MARTHA never raced TransAtlantic.

TICONDEROGA, launched 1936, raced 3 Transpacs, 1961, 1963, 1965, as well as TransAtlantic in 1966.

Leo Gooldon's recently rebuilt TALLY HO won the 1927 Fastnet Race, which IMP won 50 years later in 1977. And although TALLY HO, built 1910, has cruised multiple times TransAtlantic, as well as to Hawaii, she has never raced across an ocean.

And yes, Sharon Sites Adams was first woman to singlehand her Folkboat SEA SHARP to Hawaii in 1965.

Sharon Sites Adams.jpg Sharon was also first woman to solo across the Pacific,to Japan in 1969. I commend her new book, Pacific Lady, to you.
 
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