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Lord Bowen of Messalina is, with his
friend Roger Gardner, delivering the beautiful yacht
"Ocean Flight" to Newport from Antigua and
expect to arrive by June 10th.
Lord Geoffrey of Pidduck (formerly Dame Geoffrey) came
fourteenth out of twenty-nine entrants in the laser
racing held in June in St. Martin, so congratulations are
in order.
H.M. Robert the Bald and Queen Elizabeth will be in
Toronto until July 15th. The Royal Yacht
"St.Peter" will be looked after by a new
enterprise in English Harbour Rowley the Minder, run by a
former Sun Yacht's manager Rowland Bennett. If the boat
doesn't get washed out to sea or onto Galleon Beach
Rowley might well find himself on the Mid-Summer Honours
list.
Plans for the Royal Redondan Yacht Club's premises at
Playbach are well along the way to becoming South
Antigua's favourite playground. The exisiting office will
be moved to the opposite corner of the billiards room and
the space, along with part of the balcony terrace, will
become the first air-conditioned bar and common room in
the area - a boon specially during the summer for
lunch-time members and their guests (one guest each).
The schooner "Tree of Life" was honoured on the
last day of Classic Week, during which H.M. and Queen
Elizabeth helped as crew, and she (the boat, that is) is
now known far and wide as "Sir Tree".
Sir Jiri Mikes has been honoured with the title
Ambassador to the Czech Republic. Sir Jiri sent the
following eloquent response a few days ago from Prague,
which we thought every yachtie would appreciate reading:
"Vazen pane krali Bobe,
dékuji Vĺm za jmeenovĺnî mimoradnym a zplnomocnénym
vyslancem Krĺlovstvi Redonda v Ceské republice.
Potvruji Vĺm,Vase Krĺlovska, ze budu v této zemi
hĺjit zajmy Vaseho kralovstvi do roztrhĺni téla a
propîtî duse. At' zije Kral Robert the Bald
V dokonalé ücté
Vĺs vyslanec,
Sir Jiri"
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