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By Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz)

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#1: Jan Wolter (jan) on Jun 23, 2007 [SPOILER]

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#2: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz) on Jun 23, 2007
Yes, its called artistic licence.
#3: Minnie Fuerstnau (m.fuerstnau) on Jun 28, 2007
Exceptionally nice. Thanks!
#4: Gypso (Gypso) on Aug 10, 2007
Beautiful and very fun. Thank you! :)
#5: Jan Young (haidapup) on Oct 5, 2008
Very nice. The flags the wrong direction though.
#6: Jan Wolter (jan) on Oct 5, 2008 [SPOILER]
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#7: Nancy Snyder (naneki) on Oct 5, 2008
lol
#8: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz) on Oct 6, 2008 [SPOILER]
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#9: Jan Wolter (jan) on Oct 6, 2008
My dad loved sailing too, though the biggest boat he ever owned was an 18' "Interlake" day sailer, we occasionally rented cabin sailors on the Great Lakes. I was never any great sailor, but growing up around small sailboats, I have a general feel for how to handle them. I haven't been on a sailboat for decades though. Lately most of my sailing knowledge comes from C.S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian. I've been reading some of the Hornblower books to my son.

I think in a jibe the wind is from behind the boat, and the boom is only briefly straight back as it swings from side to side. So the pennant would be blowing forward, not back as in this picture. Normally sailors avoid jibing as it can cause the boom to swing across with dangerous force, but people do it sometimes to make a fast turn while racing, and idiots do it sometimes in hopes of decapitating their crewmen. Tacking, in which the boat is turned through the wind, is the more common maneuver.
#10: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz) on Oct 6, 2008 [SPOILER]
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#11: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Nov 17, 2010
nice ship regardless of the flag being backward or not
sailor talk is funny (boom jibe mizzen jibs etc)
haha
#12: Byrdie (byrdie) on Nov 13, 2011
Marz -

This mean anything to you?

http://www.mast.tas.gov.au/domino/MAST/mastreg.nsf/fd039fba6abda7fb4a2567310020f128/7136a7a4355685d1ca256b83002c6701!OpenDocument&Click=
#13: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz71) on Nov 13, 2011
Oh yes Martin, that was her, omg, I am having a weird moment now. It seems like another life living on that boat, so long ago, so many memories, thank you for finding that. Wow, I wonder where she is now, I am guessing the next owners must of changed her name.
In your search you would of come across a girl by the same name, she is my niece, my sister named her after the yacht :)
#14: Byrdie (byrdie) on Nov 13, 2011 [SPOILER]
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#15: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz71) on Nov 14, 2011
Thank you Martin, I read your comment and looked at the link you posted in the early hours of the morning, and for the rest of the day at work I had many memories return of living on the Jema Beale. Sometimes it was really tough, but the good outweighed the bad by far. Just being able to jump of my house when ever I wanted to and go for a swim, or throw a line over the side and catch a fish, meet new and amazing people, visit different ports, it was a wonderful life for sure :)
#16: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 12, 2011
Magnificent!
#17: Marie-Louise Ambrey (marz71) on Dec 13, 2011
Thank you Teresa :)
#18: jewel crown (jewel) on Jan 9, 2012
One of my favorites! Awesome!
#19: Luis Cavazos (luishifto) on Aug 3, 2012
Very nice. Challenging and fun.
#20: Barbara Zordan (mothermech) on Apr 22, 2017
I really like all of Marie-Louise's puzzles. The images are great. Solving them is challenging but not impossible.
#21: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Dec 30, 2017
Quite beautiful and very solvable with no guessing.

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