[Public-List] A-30 Circumnavigators

[Michael Connolly]

Glenn, 

Interesting tales. Good to check out the boat as not an A-30. I agree with Mike Lehman and the CBAA that we should keep listings of circumnavigators in their Handbook to A-30's only. The Web site is another matter and Geroge might agree to having other Alberg designs represented in some mention aside from a-30 circumnavigators. I see this other than A-30's list as getting a bit out of hand. After all Carl Alberg designed many, many boats most of which could make a circumnavigation. 

My original idea was to acknowledge the A-30's who have made the trip. I will continue to work with the CBAA to have that information published and preserved in their Handbook. 

Michael #133 



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From: "brooks glenn" <brooks.glenn at comcast.net> 
To: "Michael Connolly" <crufone at comcast.net>, "alberg 30" <Public-list at alberg30.org> 
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 7:13:49 PM 
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Circumnavigations 


Hey Michael, 


In regards to documenting A-30 Circumnavigators, here's some interesting stuff I have discovered  about  the life and times of  two time Circumnavigator Richard Chew Zantzinger. Perhaps this will be of some interest to the list, so I have sent it along via the listserve. 


Richard and brother Billy, mentioned below,  were heirs to a prosperous 600 acre Maryland tobacco farm and life of leisure inspired by their father's extensive social and political accomplishments.  Richard was a life long sailor who circumnavigated twice under the Burgee of the  Sailing Club of the Chesapeake (SCC1944.org)   in 1969-1970 and again in 1998 - 1992; both times aboard the Molly Brown, a 35' sloop of so far unknown design - although I expect it will prove to be an Alberg 35.  The SCC awarded Zantzinger it's James H. Fox Memorial Cruise Medal (Gold Award for Circumnavigation) in 2012 for both voyages.  


Richard wrote the  book " The Log Of The Molly Brown" based on his experiences during the 1969 voyage.  And quite a voyage it was. Characterized in Don Holmes book" The Circumnavigators: small boat voyages of modern times" as a world wide pub crawl to imbibe new forms of alcohol and defeat petty  bureaucracies  where ever they were encountered.  Amongst his achievements, he and the second of three girlfriends (on the cruise) brawled with Marlon Brando on the beach in Tahiti, then latter liberated a cargo of Rum from an unworthy schooner off Australia - whether with the owners permission or not is unclear.   Richard achieved a certain legitimacy  in 1993 when Sports Illustrated featured  a definitely antipodal yachting story about his, shall I say, 'casual' approach to voyaging. 



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