Where the tide runs out to the open sea,
The good ship Conway lies
No more she fights the enemy
No more she takes the tides
****** etc
This is the old school song, well the first bit at least. All OC's know the
rest.
The poet John Masefield (I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea
and the sky, and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by) was an
OC and so am I. Another OC has posed the question - am I the first OC to
enter OSTAR? Out there, lies the answer!
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Andy, you are the 2nd OC we
Andy, you are the 2nd OC we can find who has done OSTAR. The other was OC David Blagden (not sure of dates) did a OSTAR single handed transat race in "Willing Griffin" a 19ft boat in 1972. Thanks to Paul Warren, MT 64-67, in Malta
Andy, we have found one
Andy, we have found one other OC who did it back in 1972. His name was David Blagden did a single handed (OSTAR)transat race in "Willing Griffin" a 19ft boat many years ago. Thanks to Paul Warren, MT 64-67, Malta.
Hi Andy. I think you are
Hi Andy.
I think you are doing it tough. I have asked the collective Cyber OCs if you are the first OC to do OSTAR. Looking at the list of other entrants from other races there are some familiar names but I will let the group tell me.
Nick, your OC mate.