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Nick Burningham - Deckhand/Maritime Historian
Time spent at sea:
Two years.
Nick
State/Country of residence when not at sea:
Western Australia.
Ships sailed on:
Hsu Fu, Alfred Wallace, Hati Senang and Duyfken.
How did you first get involved with the Duyfken project?
Designing the ship.
Why are you embarking on the Duyfken Voyagie?
For experience and adventure and after-dinner stories.
How do you cope with life aboard a small ship such as Duyfken?
With grumpy sardonic humour.
What is the most unusual item in your sea chest?
Clean dry clothes.
How will you cope with the primitive conditions aboard?
Like a barbarian.
What do you find is the most difficult aspect of sailing aboard Duyfken?
My own intolerance.
What do you think will be the highlight of the voyage?
Talking about it, with a good bottle of red, afterwards
(at the Joy Kitchen in Freo with mates like me, the poor web developer who had to stay behind! - MT)
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