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From ‘Velsheda’ +70 years Yacht Design to ‘Rambler’.


As I told you, my son Jan is a professional yachtsman and, evidently, spends a lot of time at sea. But such is the world today that he is obliged to spend …
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Sink the Birkenhead

Sink the Birkenhead!

SINK THE BIRKENHEAD ! which is the story of Maqoma´s Last War

by Nicholas Dekker

This is the story of a lone Xhosa Chief who destroyed a British Navy troopship that threatened to annihilate his nation in 1852. This is the story how the attack was carried out by a few African black people. [...]

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