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A night view of the Museum




One of the exhibits you are greeted with when you enter the main gallery. Lone sailor, Jon Sanders, never set foot on land, never had another person onboard and survived solely on the three and half tonnes of provisions taken onboard when he departed Fremantle. Sanders’ only contact with the outside world was via electronic communication and a couple of parcels of mail thrown to him from another vessel. Even his wet gear that he used on the voyage became part of the display the boat was left in the state it sailed back into Perth Swan River March 1988, well used......after 658 days under two full years.

Dont know about you but the thought of this would have terrified me big time and a very big achievement.