Roaring Girl

The adventures of the yacht Roaring Girl wandering the seas.

12 August 2013 | Ipswich, England
17 July 2012
16 July 2012
10 July 2012
05 July 2012
03 July 2012
03 July 2012
03 July 2012
02 July 2012 | Shanghai (high up!)
02 July 2012 | Shanghai (high up!)
02 July 2012 | Shanghai (high up!)
02 July 2012
02 July 2012 | Shanghai
01 July 2012
01 July 2012 | Moganshan Lu, Shanghai

Quarries

16 July 2010
Up the hill from the quay, to the east, are the remains of an old granite quarry. You find a collection of half-finished statues, including this blurry-faced bust identified on the tourist map as Costanzo Ciano, a WW1 naval hero. Heikell uses this name, but gives in fact the biography of Costanzo's son, Gian Galeazzo Ciano; he became Mussolini's son-in-law but was executed for treason in 1943. (He had voted against Mussolini at the key meeting which led to the dictator's downfall in July, but was captured by the Nazis and taken to Mussolini's puppet state in Northern Italy and shot there.) Whichever member of the charming family is involved, for obvious reasons they didn't complete this typically bombastic portrayal, and the man now has a great view out to sea.
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Vessel Name: Roaring Girl
Vessel Make/Model: Maxi 120
Hailing Port: Ipswich
Crew: Pip Harris and Sarah Tanburn
About: Captain Sarah and Chief Engineer/Mate Pip moved on board in 2003 and finally made the break in 2006. Roaring Girl, launched in 1977, has already been round the world once, and has a lot more seamiles than the two of us put together.
Extra: These pages aim to bring you our adventures as they happen, as well as Roaring Girl's sailing prowess. And to show off Pip's silverwork as well.

Who we are

Who: Pip Harris and Sarah Tanburn
Port: Ipswich