I suppose this is a very good example of how long a wooden boat will last,indeed this boat raced around the world with CPO Berti Reed as its only crew member in the BOC Race,he finished a remarkable second to Credit Agricole,a brand new purpose made boat made just for that years race.The original Voortrekker,named after the original settlers in South Africa,was designed by Van Der Stadt of Holland,she was built at Knysna using an african hardwood species of Blackwood as far as I know.The picture was taken just a few years back at the Simonstown Naval Dockyard,the navy quite rightly restored the boat that gave so much pride to the nation.
March 2009,note,Voortrekker finished 4th in the 2009 Heineken South Atlantic Race from Cape Town to Salvador,Bahia,Brasil,a very creditable result for a 40 year old yacht!
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