[TML] A Bit of Fluff

[Bruce Johnson]

On Apr 1, 2008, at 11:13 PM, Mikko Parviainen wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 01:22:01PM +0800, Antony Farrell wrote:
>>> Hmm ... land yachts with grav lifts ... nice idea ... but it
>> Sounds a lot like the swing keels that some of the maxi yachts in  
>> the Sydney
>> Hobart were fitted with.
>
> I was reminded of the Henley-on-Todd Regatta held annually in Alice  
> Springs.
> It is a regatta in a dry riverbed, and people run with their  
> bottomless
> boats...
>
> We missed it by a few days some years ago and thought that we have to
> attend some time.

Wow, we couldn't do that here, the sand trout would trip them :-)

<http://www.bandersnatch.com/trout.htm>

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
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