Annie Hill
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Annie Hill is an English
sailor, author of books and articles about sailboat voyaging, living on a small amount of money and sailing junk rigs
.
Annie Hill's first two books concerned voyaging aboard Badger, a 34 feet (10.4 m) double-ended dory with a two-masted junk rig
of the schooner
style, which was built by Annie and her former husband, Pete Hill. Badger was designed by Jay Benford for plywood
construction
. Annie's analysis and comparison of the modern junk rig
is at least partly responsible for the recent re-popularization of the junk rig.
Annie Hill now sails aboard Iron Bark, a steel gaff cutter. She is divorced from her former husband, Pete, and travels and lives with her second husband, Trevor Robertson. She has recently spent the winter on 'Iron Bark' frozen in a remote bay in Greenland.
Annie has now covered more than 165000 nautical miles (305,580 km) under sail. In March 2010, she and Trevor received one of the most prestigious awards in the sailing world, the Blue Water Medal
of the Cruising Club of America
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
sailor, author of books and articles about sailboat voyaging, living on a small amount of money and sailing junk rigs
Junk Rig
The Junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail and Sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast....
.
Biography
Annabelle "Annie" Hill has been voyaging and living aboard various sailing yachts since 1975. Her book Voyaging on a Small Income is a study in the economics of continual travel and self-sufficiency. Hill writes using distinct British vernacular and colloquialisms.Annie Hill's first two books concerned voyaging aboard Badger, a 34 feet (10.4 m) double-ended dory with a two-masted junk rig
Junk Rig
The Junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail and Sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast....
of the schooner
Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
style, which was built by Annie and her former husband, Pete Hill. Badger was designed by Jay Benford for plywood
Plywood
Plywood is a type of manufactured timber made from thin sheets of wood veneer. It is one of the most widely used wood products. It is flexible, inexpensive, workable, re-usable, and can usually be locally manufactured...
construction
Construction
In the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of human multitasking...
. Annie's analysis and comparison of the modern junk rig
Junk Rig
The Junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail and Sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast....
is at least partly responsible for the recent re-popularization of the junk rig.
Annie Hill now sails aboard Iron Bark, a steel gaff cutter. She is divorced from her former husband, Pete, and travels and lives with her second husband, Trevor Robertson. She has recently spent the winter on 'Iron Bark' frozen in a remote bay in Greenland.
Annie has now covered more than 165000 nautical miles (305,580 km) under sail. In March 2010, she and Trevor received one of the most prestigious awards in the sailing world, the Blue Water Medal
Blue Water Medal
The Blue Water Medal is an honor awarded annually by the Cruising Club of America for a remarkable sailing feat. The first award was issued in 1923.-Winners:*Alex Whitworth "for a circumnavigation of the world via the Northwest Passage west to east."...
of the Cruising Club of America
Cruising Club of America
-History:It was launched in the winter of 1921-1922 by a handful of experienced offshore sailors interested in cruising and the development of the cruising type of yacht....
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External references
- http://anniehill.blogspot.com/
- http://annie-hill.blogspot.com/
- Flickr photo set of Pete and Annie Hill's boat Badger.
- http://silverdonaldcameron.com/columns/?tag=annie-hill