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Profile view of the standard accomodation plan; several other layouts are possible in this versatile design.

Plan view of the standard accomodation plan; several other layouts are possible in this versatile design.

TWICE AROUND THE WORLD - PLUS UK YACHTSMAN OF THE YEAR !

Leslie Powles letter

Dear Mr Roberts,
I last corresponded with you during March 77 from Gladstone Australia, having sailed single-handed half way around the world in my Roberts 34.  The voyage was completed on 1st May 1978, when I sailed into Lymington Harbour, the total distance 34,000 miles.

No big problems, my engine gave out in Darwin and a few of the Islands I'd intended visiting had to be missed. I sailed non stop Darwin to Durban 6,000 miles in 56 days, when I would have preferred to call at Cocos and Christmas Islands. The odd gale on the way home but nothing to worry about.

I found Solitaire very easy to sail and completed the trip single-handed.

The only work I have to carry out is to paint, and to fit extra fuel and water tanks for my next voyage, which I'm hoping to make of a longer duration after the shake down cruise. Since my return I've been asked to write articles, and to be honest I'm not interested.

However, I have been on BBC radio and TV; some very good film was taken of the yacht for this programme. Perhaps you could acquire copies by contacting the BBC.
Many thanks for a first class boat.

Sincerely,  Leslie T. Powles

This accommodation plan may be varied to suit your own personal and family needs.

ROBERTS 345
There are several versions of this design which
can be built in Fiberglass, R/C Steel or Aluminum or Wood/Epoxy. Here is a nice example of the Roberts 345 Pilot House version built in Australia.

An acquaintance told me of a friend of his who was sailing to the Antarctic (from Tasmania) in a steel Roberts 345.

Last week in our local paper "The Mercury" it was reported that the party had returned from their adventure safe and sound.

A rather extraordinary testament to the design I should think!

"   Ice caps off family's Antarctic adventure
 The Mercury, 18-03-2006, Ed: 1 -, Pg: 009, 471 words ,
SAILING to one of the coldest places on earth in a 10.3m yacht might not be everyone's idea of a fun holiday, but for three members of the Tucker family it was the adventure of a lifetime. ``I've always had this idea to travel down to Antarctica,''

Matt Tucker was a lecturer at the Australian Maritime College in Launceston.  He sailed with his brother and father,  I believe it was a 6 week voyage with no unexpected mishaps.  Brave fellas!

The same week those guys came home the Aurora Australis returned from a 10 week voyage.  I was sailing on the Derwent at the time and had to get out of it's way.  Looking up at that big red ship gave me a little perspective on what you would normally go to the Antarctic in and some sense of what the Tuckers had done.

Kind Regards,
Aidan Bindoff