Contents

• Thoughts from the 4-8 watch on the long weekend (crew report)
• Knot of the Month (diamond knot) (information)
• Odds and ends (mainly historical) - Women At Sea, Animals at sea (Captain Cook's amazing goat), Crew fitness, Upon a painted ocean, Elvis speaks, The Loss of the Birkenhead
• Flags signals seen on Sydney Harbour, Sound signals heard on Sydney Harbour (information)
• A trainee deck hand’s life - for now (crew report)
• Crewing on the barque James Craig (crew report)
• Bosun’s Locker (information)
• Windeward Bound beats Bass Strait storms (tall ship news)
• The sounds of the sea (historical)
• Rum, sodomy and the lifejacket . . . . (humour)
• Sea survival - Clambach cruises - specialistsin Pacific Ocean adventures

The newsletter also contains stunning colour photographs of the ship and people connected with her (hence the large file size, but worth the wait!).

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