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    LETTERS

    Apr 14, 2022 3 minutes

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    Tenders for high latitudes

    I read with interest Mike Jones’s article in the April issue about his trip to Svalbard on Firebird. Great pictures by the way! There is one of his suggestions [on] ice conversion that I don’t agree with and should be noted for a wider audience.

    He is recommending an aluminium bottomed tender for beach landings. I assume this can only be a RIB. Standard kit on high latitude yachts

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