Comments for Australian Sailing Museum http://www.australiansailingmuseum.com.au/blog Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Video Interview #1 – The Beginning by Greg Thomas http://www.australiansailingmuseum.com.au/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-4 Greg Thomas Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:06:38 +0000 http://www.australiansailingmuseum.com.au/blog/?p=14#comment-4 Great interview, also the biography of Rolly Tasker (Sailing to the Moon) goes into more detail in words and pictures of Rolly's early life as described here. It continues as an interesting narrative and great story, easy to read right up to his latest achievements overseas and in Australia. Great interview, also the biography of Rolly Tasker (Sailing to the Moon) goes into more detail in words and pictures of Rolly’s early life as described here. It continues as an interesting narrative and great story, easy to read right up to his latest achievements overseas and in Australia.

]]> Comment on Video Interview #1 – The Beginning by Peter Morgan http://www.australiansailingmuseum.com.au/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-3 Peter Morgan Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:12:36 +0000 http://www.australiansailingmuseum.com.au/blog/?p=14#comment-3 As a young sailor growing up in Melbourne in the early 60's, eagerly reading Seacraft or any yachting publication, Rolly stood tall not only as a maker of fast sails but as an early Olympic medallist as well as an innovator. His effort in the 1962 world FD championship is an exercise in tenacity, typical of the man. Moreover he came from that faraway state to the west, home of so many fine heavy weather sailors. His biography is an insight into the life of someone with a real love of wind and water. As a young sailor growing up in Melbourne in the early 60’s, eagerly reading Seacraft or any yachting publication, Rolly stood tall not only as a maker of fast sails but as an early Olympic medallist as well as an innovator. His effort in the 1962 world FD championship is an exercise in tenacity, typical of the man. Moreover he came from that faraway state to the west, home of so many fine heavy weather sailors. His biography is an insight into the life of someone with a real love of wind and water.

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