Have Moth, Will Travel

by Sail-world.com/uk on 16 Jan 2009
He's off! Andrew with his Mach 2 in its (optional) travel bag. Sorry the photo isn't great, it's a phone one. The real camera has a flat battery.

Simon Payne and Andrew 'Amac' McDougall head for Melbourne after two weeks helping to finish off their new Mach2 Moths at the factory in China.

Simon

I hope I've helped here during these last two weeks, and when it was touch and go whether we'd be on the start line, we just threw every resource we had at it.

That's the sign of a good project I think, the sheer will to succeed. But its not only my camera battery that's flat. We need recharging too.

I like this place with its courteous people and crazy roads. A place where even the local store sells infra red thermometers, but try buying a jubilee clip! Where (as I did) you go to the pharmacy to get something for a nasty bite on the forehead, and the guy nods in understanding, and then comes back with a hat!

A place that redefines beauty and nothing is impossible.

I'll be sad to leave. I've made new friends and (DHL pending..) we'll have two Mach 2's in Melbourne on Monday. In the mean time I'm going to go the the Esplanade on Saturday night to have a beer or too.

Then the next part of the project begins! The Australian National Championships, but the way these two boats look, I'm sure it will become the 'Australian National Gallery' too.

Simon Payne


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