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APRIL 2012
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HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM
The
Boatman’s
Call
THINGS DIDN’T LOOK GOOD FOR GOOLWA,
A DROUGHT-STRICKEN AUSTRALIAN OUTPOST
BEST KNOWN FOR YACHT RACING AND
RABBLE-ROUSING—THAT IS, UNTIL ONE SALTY
BOAT-RIGGER RALLIED THE LOCALS AND HELPED
BRING HIS TOWN BACK FROM THE BRINK
BY RACHEL STURTZ
PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVIDMAURICE SMITH
SAILS MAN
Randal Cooper, taking a break in his
shop at Goolwa Masts &Welding