Video: Beer cans are the best ship! Unusual regatta in Australia
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Three wise men in one basin sailed across the sea in a thunderstorm. And if we sailed in cans of beer, everything would have ended happily! At least that's what the participants in one of the most unusual regattas in the world believe: they build ships from empty aluminum beer cans. And the regatta is taking place - where do you think? - well, of course, in Australia!
Readers of Kulturologiya. Ru already know about another funny Australian sailing regatta, which is held in a dry riverbed. In this crazy competition, the Ozzie eccentrics (as Australians are called in the English-speaking world) did not stop. In the city of Darwin on the northern coast of Australia, every year, until 1974, the Darwin Beer Can Regatta has been held, that is, the Beer Cans Regatta. To be honest, not all of the "yachts" on which the contestants cut the sea wave are made of beer cans. Milk containers, juice bags and other garbage are also widely used. However, the dishes look smart.
True, they cannot boast of excellent seaworthiness: many ships from cans fall apart under the blows of the waves. But all yachtsmen swim well, are dressed in vests and are prepared for the unexpected. There is an opinion that the sea is generally up to their knees (after all, the beer from the cans has gone somewhere?).
And the whole event is sponsored by local brewers and the league of canned yachtsmen who, with the help of the regatta, attract tourists, collect money for a charitable foundation and simply enjoy life. So, if you have a fair amount of beer cans, it's time to think about the horizons of the sea!
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