RQYS Mainsheet 2021

Bistro sails

FEATURE

Eastern sail

AUS 313 • D “That one’s a mate of mine”

AUS 30 • 13 “Genevieve Warlow’s Skiff”

AUS 9022 • 505 “And that’s a John Warlow boat”

AUS 262 • FINN “My twin brother Craig’s number”

AUS 1059 • OPTI Sailed by Victorian Sophie Jackson, friend of Bradley’s mate’s daughter (see AUS 1060, opposite)

AUS 121165 • LASER Wife Jacquie’s birthday

AUS 2710 • ETCHELLS Daughter Sophie’s birthday

KA 153 • G “153 was Dad’s sail number back down in Victoria, despite the international ‘KA’ prefix”

AUS 80193 • 420 Daughter Emily’s birthday

KA 218 • T “No significance for Thorpes but a nod to Wright’s”

With only one duplicate and three randoms in the 28 emblems, there are, undoubtedly, many more ‘tales behind the sails’ that have clearly demonstrable provenance and meaning for the Ginnivan and Warlow families, and our thanks to Bradley for sharing these insights with the wider RQYS family.

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