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head title introduction to the junk rigged corribee mingming the simple sailor home my new book the untold voyage is now available for order here all copies ordered from this site will be signed read about and order my new translation of eric gautier s amazing 2 volume maritime novel the adventures of laforest dombourg here my book travels through a window can be ordered here my book mingming ii the impossible voyage can be ordered here my book mingming ii the islands of the ice can be ordered here my book mingming the tonic of wildness can be ordered here my book mingming the art of minimal ocean sailing can be ordered here my book voyages of a simple sailor can be ordered here galleries for voyages of a simple sailor mingming voyages 2006 to 2018 articles whales heavy weather photograph of the month video clip of the month pour mes lecteurs francophones music links i m roger taylor skipper of a little junk rigged corribee called mingming this is my website only time will tell what it will be about but initially it will be about mingming her voyages and the principles of simple sailing that underpin my approach to ocean voyaging i ll also post from time to time pieces i have written about sailing issues in general i have put simple sailing in capital letters this is to give it some importance a title if you like sailing is becoming a sport riddled with unnecessary complexity this complexity is commercially driven we are under severe marketing pressure to buy more and more gadgets to buy ever bigger and more sophisticated yachts the more we succumb to these pressures the happier and more profitable the marine industry becomes i have nothing against commerce i am a businessman myself i have nothing in principle against gadgetry i don t much like big yachts for lots of reasons that will become clear as this website develops a lifetime of sailing has taught me to value simplicity and easy manageability in an ocean going yacht that s why i think of myself as a simple sailor and feel compelled to share the lessons i have learned the website is very much a work in progress it will never be finished i m learning to do this from scratch so it will take time be patient mingming at the start of the 2006 jester atlantic challenge this is me building my first ocean cruiser the 19 roc in the early 70 s the finished article at new plymouth nz prior to the 1974 singlehanded trans tasman race roc in mid tasman in 1974 after heavy weather damaged the main and self steering systems here s me at the helm of the ill fated three masted barque endeavour ii in 1971 back to top all contents of this site 2007 2025 roger d taylor all rights reserved