Have a Go, Mate! - Alan Dean - June 1984

Alan Dean

"Go for it!" "Try it, you'll like it." Or, as those from the land down under say, "Have a go, mate!" "We 'keeled' them!" said T-shirts and banners all over Australia last October. The yacht Australia II, with its innovative keel design, had just won the coveted America's Cup, breaking the Americans' 132-year winning streak. As I watched the event on television, and the resultant victory, I felt a twinge of regret. It brought back memories of when I was 15 and had been invited to join a sailing club as a founding member. My parents had wanted me to join, and I wanted to join. But I didn't. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library