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I1LKALD April 178 Pud Georgetown family to set sail for South Pacific By Georgetown may be gaining recognition home the crazy boat race but this bout is too big tor that race It is ft In long Is made of steel And It will be the floating home or the family when they real tie ihelr dream and set off lo cruise the South Pacific Whether that happens In two or three years or lakes even longer will depend on many things Including the a mount of time John Ratten bury has to finish the interior of his craft John and Karla Rat ten bury have been planning this cruise for eight years and refuse lo speculate on exactly when their departure will take place All Ihey say is they have to gel prepared before they set off For thai reasons won bo pinned down to any exact time However when Ihe yacht Is missing from Ihe converted dry dock that used lo be their driveway that will be a hln Ihat departure lime Is ap proaching Since Ihe bare steel hull weights 10 pounds prior to finishing and piling gear aboard the only to shift from Crescenl lo its launch site will be via a crane and a float Mr says that it will be taken away early in he spring before the ground thaws so Ihat the crane won t sink II will be launched into Georgian Boy and the family will spend the summer aboard working out last minute de tails checking navigational and generally Ihat their travelling plans arc working as hoped Then In the fall of the year they will depart for Caribbean and eventually the South fie Many people consider the world to be the of dreams Not so says Mr Rat It takes a lot of dclermiiu lion really make the break withlhesystem rcnhie until the point comes when you have to do it he Mr warns would be travellers that this sort of dream is not lo he undertaken on the spur of moment He has known people who jumped in without invest gating and the results were disastrous The planning began when they decided that the system I giving the typcof life they It was a matter of amnging their priorities so they could save as much as possible towards a thieving their dreams Thin they began shopping around to find a boat would suit them They arc still shopping comparing prices for the ma they need The hull Is the first round steel hulled boat be Mr says Usually hulls ore built with angles but the soft chine que vcloped by Metal Industries of nates Ihese and results in a smooth line The yacht known as a was designed by an ex named Ted Brewer who is one of the leading designers of cruising yachts and now lives in Maine Although there was a design for cabin space included In the plans Mr Rallenbury has made his own design to con serve space and locale areas most conveniently for his fa Thedeslgnhas caught on and others are now ordering the same yacht but with his interior plans he finds The will be self sufficient as possible when they set off Their stove will burn fuel as does their emergency molor bul they Ballon of fuel they will depend on the wind whenever possible They will carry 1J0150 gallons of wnler which they feel will keep four people going for six Since the propeller will be turning away even when they art using their sails they will rig it for generating power for electrical equipment Mr Rat feels solar energy is the most efficient source of power once the technique Is perfected but or now it Is expensive They hope install a ham radio as well stereo equip ment so thai they will have contact land no matter where they are The stereo will provide and at so allow children to use cassettes in their The only thing they lack will be television and they don eel that to be much of a handicap When John and began planning for the break their children Janet and Mark been born Their arrival however has only added a d to their planning Ontario has one of the really good correspondence course of available in Cunada Mr soys and who wonder boat on Crescent ocean not Juit entiling will put their children into it They arc already picking up ideas for education projects Ihey can use while they are travelling and feet by the time they return home youngsters will have liarned much that can never come We plan to slop off couple of months at a time wherever the fancy suits us he says and we plug our kids into the local school whlk we re in Thesoc will be good for them As white An they probably be a in most of the places we go Mr is by birth and an by profess on although he now works in computers and admits he has tried all kinds of things his travels Mrs wasborn in tie Mantimes and raised in She isa Both of them grew lip around silt and Iheir children have been sailing irn very age and stub i about the validity of the tales they hear about the will i an nop wondering It Is for real and It is for the quarters for Industries delivered a 33foot trip to the Caribbean ichl to John and lail week and live jibes with those of others who are on this of cruise now he says and points out thai taxes utilities and heat which arc the escalating costs most people face will no longer apply to hem Their main expense will be food and II on what happens to be in part of the world re visiting says Over and over Mr Ratten bury stresses the imponance ext couple of years fitting up the Interior Into living and children before Ihey embark on their Ihe South Pacific A FEW WORDS ON TELEVISION SERVICE YES BUT We service what we sell We sell ONLY what we are prepared to service To protect you our customer we carry only those lines which we can readily service products with a proven record of full service backing from the manufacturer TOSHIBA QUASAR HITACHI 30 months warranty on all color ovans ft stereo component with minimaintenance chassis and the supermodule A North American product made with the same quality control as the Japanese brands Who needs service RYDERS TV IN MOORE PARK PLAZA 8779796 Ih little shopping antra with parking How do afford such a as they have Again Mr stresses plan ng and deciding priorities Shopping round and accept ing the plans without 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