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⇑⇓ of moitessier and monsters Wasn't it Bernard Moitessier who wrote of having a conversation with someone while he was doing a singlehanded circumnavigation? If not a ghost, who/what was it ? Mark Wheeles Dorothy, Cheoy Lee 40 Latitude Nation
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Mark — For Moitessier, it was always psychological, not phantomological (which isn't really a word, but you get the idea). Moitessier — in his lyrical, Frenchman way — wrestled with a kind of existential beast, or what he called 'The Dragon'. To paraphrase: "You have to fight against something to evolve." ⇑⇓ marinas fUll of apparitions Our marinas are full of ghost ships. The 90% or so that are never sailed just sit there, many growing moldy, some staying shiny despite nobody ever tending to them. Some emit a faint light at night. Is someone on board? Alive or dead? Sargin Sargin — LOL, so true. What's most scary is a wellmaintained boat that never goes anywhere.
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• December, 2020
The schooner 'Viveka' was out for sea trials in early November following an extensive refit. The boat is off to Europe, according to Paul Dines of 'Freda B', who took this shot.
⇑⇓ tHe classic scHooner VIVEKA Was relaUncHed in ricHmond after a refit. yoUr memories Were relaUncHed, too I am Merle's oldest granddaughter, his "favorite oldest," as he would say. [Merle Peterson was the longtime owner of Viveka.] I am the daughter of his firstborn, Sherrill, and I spent many hours on that boat docked in Waikiki and in Richmond, but never sailed on her, except maybe when I was too young to remember. I visited Merle several times while he lived on the boat in the years before he died, and slept deep in her bowels in the freezing-cold waters in the middle of the S.F. Bay summers. One year when I was a teenager, I spent several weeks with Merle back home on Oahu, and we worked on the boat. As has been noted, she was always a work in progress. I helped