We all know him as the man in charge (or the man who thinks he is in charge), but there is so much more to learn about our fearless Commodore. Read on to find out what makes him tick. 1. How old were you when you first stepped on a boat? I was 12yo in Yr 7 at school on Lake Macquarie. Sailing was offered as a school sport, which we did on Wednesday afternoons in summer. We sailed on boats called “gnats”, which my high school teacher had designed. And we made them ourselves out of fibreglass in our “technics” classes at school. We made the foils in woodwork and the spars in metalwork. And the teacher’s wife made the sails. We used to sail around for fun – no coaching, no racing, no clue! But it was fun. This photo below is actually my brother – my parents forgot to
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