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ROD HEIKELL - The pilot
Classic Boat
|September 2020
The Kiwi who came to the Mediterranean, fell in love, and never went home
After a lifetime of cruising by sail and writing pilotage guides, Rod Heikell is one of the most familiar names in the world of sailing and, if he had the slightest clue of his sales figures, probably a best-selling author. It says much about the laid-back, modest Kiwi, that he genuinely has very little idea.
This story is from the September 2020 edition of Classic Boat.
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