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Mobys Story Index 15 1422

MINNIE MOLTOK
A father and daughter dinghy adventure from Denmark LINK

SAILING DINGHY TO KAWAU
A holiday in my home built Welsford Navigator dinghy yawl. LINK

PAKAWAI
Cutter off Bluff Tug Awarua becomes a yacht. LINK

BEGIN AFTER FIVE TAPS
How the navy taught you to touch type. CLICK

NEW POLYNESIAN STARS NEW
Navigation before technology. CLICK

MOCK WHITEBAIT FRITTERS NEW
Be kind to the species and it tastes like the real thing CLICK

RIDING THE RATTLER
Young sailor catches the train to his next ship. LINK

HMNZS IRIRANGI
NEW REWRITE
11 November 2022
A ship on the slopes of Mt Ruapehu
LINK

TANGIWAI DISASTER
The officers and men of Irirangi turn out for a train disaster. LINK

THE QUEENS MESSAGE
This is associated with the Tangiwai Disaster and the HMNZS Irirangi Story\ies listed above. CLICK

ALMOST HMNZS NEPTUNE
Tragic loss in WW2. Part One/ Part Two

BOOK SUB INDEXII

SIMPLE BOAT BUILDING
A republication of a 1931 gem
ALL CHAPTERS NOW POSTED

WELL DONE ACHILLES
Battle of the River Plate. By Jack Harker QSM
ALL CHAPTERS NOW POSTED

DEEDS NOT WORDS
The history of the RNZ Coastguard
ALL CHAPTERS NOW POSTED

PLACES

All stories will be found here. Although they may also be listed in sub indexiii the story is the same .

If a story is updated in in most cases there will be a mention in the WHATS HOT daily log for the website.

From anywhere the MOBYS logo top left gets you back to the home page. The CAPN JASPER logo on the bottom of a page gets you back here.

CHAPTERS

e.g. DEEDS NOT WORDS, the history of the RNZ Coastguard. Each chapter is a stand alone document to be opened and saved independently.

You do not have to read the chapters in order and indeed you do not have to read them all. SIMPLE BOATBUILDING you might only need some of the information for your project and that is OK.

WORKING

The story should appear on your computer or device as a PDF. If you have slow downloads please be patient while this happens.

At the foot of the last page hover your mouse pointer over the bottom and you will see options to save.
Close document if you do not want it.the CAPN JASPER logo on the bottom of the page takes you back to the INDEX, the MOBYS top left takes you back to the HOME PAGE.

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