60 seconds with Daryl Lawrence
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Or in his words, “five seconds from the Handicappered.”
One: First time on a boat …
Does babes (I’m a twin)-in-arms on the Queenscliff-Portsea ferry count?
… or perhaps being shit-scared in a Heron in the channel at Kurrimine Beach NQ with my girlfriend when I was 22. (She is now my spouse of 38 years and I’m proud to say taught me the basics…. in many things.)
Two: Money and boats…
Saw a lovely J-class, teak decks, manual winches, glorious luminescent blue hull, huge amount of stick… sitting next to a Vendee round-the-world in Auckland harbour. Difficult!
Three: Ultimate goal????
I have already had my salute returned by Her Majesty’s yacht Britannia in the Coral Sea north of Lizard Island in 1982.
Goal long done!
Four: Boat name provenance…
Bought an old clunker named ‘Fluke’ from an ex DBSC member. (Bad luck to change the name.) Won a new boat trade-in in a raffle (winter series sponsored by NB sail sports). So. ….. N.B. FLUKE
(and I’m still smiling) and Rob gives a hoy every time he passes.
Five: Toasties…
This is a sore point.
Tried one day to jazz things up with some olympique rings on the outside of the toastie (onion rings).
Not well received….
Six: Other passions…
Stars, nature and home automation…. Guess that covers the universe.
Seven: Work….
As Little As Possible.
Eight: International travel…
Had planned to run a Bohemian resort on Milos Island (think Venus de Milo) during their winter in 2020. It’s still there, as is my second home in Switzerland !!!!
Nine: TV, movies and books….
Nordic noir
Matrix
Richard Flanagan
Ten: Unknown facts…
I have never owned a lawn mower.
I have never in my life HAD to drive a car through a set of traffic lights on the way to work. (Bicycles and foot traffic can cheat.)