Lin and Larry Pardey

Lin and Larry Pardey are sailors and writers, known for their small boat sailing. They have sailed over 200,000 miles together, having circumnavigated the world both east-about and west-about. They have also sailed westward (against the prevailing winds) past all the great southern capes, including Cape Horn. Larry, assisted by Lin, built the two boats they used for two circumnavigations. Both boats were under 30 feet and were designed by Lyle Hess. Neither boat had an engine (except for a 2 horsepower outboard on the dinghy which they occasionally carried on board Taleisin).

Larry also was one of the first people to sail across the Sahara desert in 1967. In an expedition organized by the French Colonel de Buchett and sponsored by National Geographic among others, he captained a North American team of three including Richard Arthur and Warren Zeibarth as they sailed landyachts from Colum Bechar in Algeria to Noachott in Mauritania, a distance of approximately 1700 miles. For this each was awarded the Mauritanian Legion of Honor. In 1994 he joined 67 year old Leslie Dyball to take handicap honors in the bi-annual Round Britian and Ireland two-handed race on board the 30 foot S&S sloop Chough.

Early life

Larry (born 1939 in Victoria, British Columbia)[1] won the International Oceanic Award from the Royal Institute of Navigation in 1996, and was presented this honour by the Princess Royal, Princess Anne in 1997.

Lin (born 1944 in Detroit, Michigan)[1] was awarded the Geoff Pack award by the Ocean Cruising Club in 2001 and they both received the SSCA Service Award in 2004.

Restoration

Boatbuilding and repair work provided their main means of financing their voyaging until recently. They have restored three truly classic yachts, two of which were more than 100 years old when they found them in need of attention. The most recent, the New Zealand cutter Thelma, was built in 1885. Surveys found over 95 percent of her original hull in good condition. The Pardeys repaired the rest and raced her during southern summers in New Zealand while cruising northern climates the rest of the year on board their cutter Taleisin. They have recently completed another circumnavigation, bringing them and Taleisin back to their homebase in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. Soon after their return, Thelma was adopted by a boatbuilder in Wellington where she can still be seen out racing 117 years after she was launched.

In May 2007, Lin and Larry entrusted the foundry casting patterns for Taleisin to the safe keeping and management of the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito, California. In 2011 the patterns were moved to the Mystic River Foundry.[2]

Publications

Together they have written eleven books and created five instructional DVD programs. Parts of these programs have been aired on PBS television.

In January 2014, As Long as It's Fun, the Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey, a biography written by Herb McCormick, was released by Paradise Cay Publications.[3]

Books by other authors under the L&L Pardey imprint are Blown Away, by Herb Payson and Voyaging with Kids, a Guide to Family Life Afloat written by Behan Gifford, Sara Dawn Johnson and Michael Robertson.

Awards

The Cruising Club of America awarded their prestigious Far Horizon Award for 2009 to Lin and Larry in recognition of their combined voyaging on board many boats covering mileage totaling more than 200,000 for Larry and about 194,000 for Lin and doing so in a manner that is consistent with the goals of the CCA. They were presented with the SSCA award from the Seven Seas Cruising Association in recognition of their contributions to the sport of sailing and the cruising community - only the 16th time in the club's 60 year history this award has been presented.

Taleisin

Seraffyn

Personal life

Lin and Larry reside on Kawau Island. Lin is one of the founding members and honorary secretary of the Kawau Island Boating Club and the elected representative for the island, reporting to the Auckland Council on community concerns and needs.

Bibliography

Books

VHS tapes

DVD

Further reading

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 "Lin & Larry - The Cold Hard Facts (bio)". Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  2. ↑ http://www.mysticriverfoundry.com
  3. ↑ http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304691904579347013126757076

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