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Once upon a time when I was a wee lad I sailed an ice yacht. Another kiwi and I were working in Greenland and we made this ice yacht out of some 4 x 2’s,

sharpened steel for runners and a sail that for reasons unknown was in the store shed.

Had some amazing fast runs, the fastest was when we got the company helicopter, a jet ranger, to hover along behind us and blow us along.

Came to an abrupt end with an accidental jibe and we skidded along the ice for hundreds of meters.

The helicopter had to landed on the ice and when we got to it, the pilot was rolling around the ice laughing.

“Funniest thing I ever see,” he said,

“yacht go one way kiwi’s go other way.

I was laughing so much I had to land, i was no longer able to fly.”

JB