Gavin tells me that around five of these boats were shipped as used fishing boats to Southern Africa from Norway,one is still in Mozambique,Gavins was from the east coast,when it came down named as Arkiwiena,a german family had some grand idea to do the canals of europe and rigged her as a floating caravan,gaff rigged sails and all,by the time they had rocked and rolled all the way from Cape Town to St Helena Island,they had second thoughts,got off the boat and returned to Cape Town on the mail ship,a delivery crew brought the boat back. Gavin has spent a lot of time upgrading his boat and thinks the world of it,even being run down by a 12,000 ton ship did not put him off but thats another story!
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