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A lovely article about 'Blondie' Hasler - in French

  • 11 Mar 2019 16:01
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    Eric wrote:
    Annie wrote:

    Fellow member Roger Tritton, sent me a link to this lovely article about Blondie.  As far as I can tell, it is written with respect, but with a lovely light touch.  The author links Hasler's interest in junk rig with the fact that the Royal Navy designed something similar for their kayaks.  Could well be.


    Bonjour

    I confirm the quality of the article. I would like to precise that the "something similar for their kayaks" is about the deck layout and not the junk rig.

    Eric

    Yes, I was thinking the same thing, Eric. Greenland kayaks often have a near-circular deck aperture, and this is possibly the source of inspiration for the Cockle Mk II and afterwards, Jester 's hatch.
  • 11 Mar 2019 14:31
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    Anonymous wrote:

    Fellow member Roger Tritton, sent me a link to this lovely article about Blondie.  As far as I can tell, it is written with respect, but with a lovely light touch.  The author links Hasler's interest in junk rig with the fact that the Royal Navy designed something similar for their kayaks.  Could well be.


    Bonjour

    I confirm the quality of the article. I would like to precise that the "something similar for their kayaks" is about the deck layout and not the junk rig.

    In Blondie's bibliography (https://books.google.fr/books/about/Blondie.html?id=hkodOQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y) it is written that he tried several rigings for Jester before choosing the modified Junk rig for it's capacity of being handled from a hatch.

    Eric
  • 11 Mar 2019 11:08
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    Indeed a lovely article - and a great opportunity to knock a bit of rust off my very rusty French :-)
  • 09 Mar 2019 23:44
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    Fellow member Roger Tritton, sent me a link to this lovely article about Blondie.  As far as I can tell, it is written with respect, but with a lovely light touch.  The author links Hasler's interest in junk rig with the fact that the Royal Navy designed something similar for their kayaks.  Could well be.
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