I began sailing at age 12 years and have carried the interest ever since. After raising babies when my sailing was limited to off the beach type craft, my interest was stirred by reading about Mingming and more recently Mingming II. Here she is, all 23 feet of her, returning from her first voyage into the Arctic Circle, junk rigged, engineless, liferaft-less, with the understated Roger D. Taylor at the helm.
"The voyage (from Whitehills to Kong Karl's Land at 79 deg. North) was 55 days long, and noon-to-noon positions totalled 3332 nautical miles. Mingming II was a delight to sail; quick, easily handled and relatively comfortable".
MM II can be described as a 23' GRP wreck that was refurbished cheaply & in the most basic fashion, albeit to the highest standards of seaworthiness. She has a recycled lamppost as a mast.
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