Boat designer and author Chuck Paine talks with audience members following his presentation at the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island.
Iconic cruising boat designer Chuck Paine visits the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island, to talk about his designs, his career, and his book, My Yacht Designs and the Lessons they Taught Me.
After a visit to Auckland, New Zealand, I think it may be hard for Newport, Rhode Island, or Little Newport (a.k.a. Annapolis, Maryland) to lay rightful claim to the title of Sailing Capital of World.
In Vava'u, fishing boats are also the freighters and the water taxis. On Fridays, islanders come home from the "mainland," Neiafu, as do the older children, who spend the week in town going to school.
Tonga and Tongans could not be more welcoming to visiting sailors.
Well, I'm off to catch a long flight to the other side of the world. The plan is to do some cruising with friends in Tonga and then head over to Australia to check out the boat building industry over there.
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