whats happend to onkudu

[BlackPig]

I have been following onkudu on youtube but he seems to have gone quite, hope he is OK? Let us know, last seen entering Scottish waters.

[JasonClark]

Kudu is now at Preston, Nathan unfortunatley ran out of money i read somewhere, think it was on his site, darn shame he was doing brill too, and made a fantastically entertaining video series on youtube. Nick Lancaster brought her down on one of his trailers i believe. Nathan is a memeber here anyway so its only a matter of time before he see's this and i'm sure will answer your post.

[helixkimara]

Yes I enjoyed Nathan's u tube, I think the last one I saw was No 15. Enjoyed the music too.
Well done Nathan.

Now I've ran out of Nathans U Tube and read Roger Taylors book again (much more meaningful after the JAC 08) looking for something else to read / watch.
Regards
Malcome

[BlackPig]

Nice to hear he is OK.
I have enjoyed his youtube, the other one of a different angle on sailing around britain is keep turning left.
Graham

[ninky]

it seemed nathan suffered damage with the gooseneck shearing of the mast and with no funds to repair it was a final nail in the coffin to the trip. last sounded like he was looking for gainful employment back in london. i'm just reading roger taylor's book too (in fact i'm halfway through it and only just got my hands on it last night after a weekend back from the boat). although two completely different people, i can't help contrasting the ease with which roger got gainful employment even in a foreign country - nz (guessing the visa regs were a lot more lax then?) that gave him more than adequate funds and also allowed him to work on his boat, plus the ready camaraderie of people willing to help out for free with the difficulties of lack of work, long working hours, bureaucracy and absence of available helpers (not necessarily because they don't want to help but because everyone seems to be so much more of a wage slave these days) faced by someone like nathan.

can't help wishing i was born in the baby boom generation.......maybe i'm just on a bit of a downer at the moment.

[VinceHall]

You can catch up on his adventures after the last YouTube vid on his website:onkudu.com

[Karouise]

Originally Posted by ninky

i can't help contrasting the ease with which roger got gainful employment even in a foreign country - nz (guessing the visa regs were a lot more lax then?) that gave him more than adequate funds and also allowed him to work on his boat, plus the ready camaraderie of people willing to help out for free with the difficulties of lack of work, long working hours, bureaucracy and absence of available helpers (not necessarily because they don't want to help but because everyone seems to be so much more of a wage slave these days) faced by someone like nathan.

I disagree, unless I have misunderstood what you have said!! I think Nathan would be the first to say what a lot of support (in terms of practical help rather than cash) he did have from others as he was passing by. I lent him a towed log when he was having instrument problems and he will be returing it to me in Plymouth at the Jester Azores 2012 start line.