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Moitessier’s official story, repeated in his autobiography, is that as the storm blew up, and Moitessier struggled to save the situation, Kinski became quarrelsome, Moitessier order him off the boat, Kinski refused to go — well, you can just imagine, can’t you. Did Moitessier pull a flare-gun on him? | Moitessier’s official story, repeated in his autobiography, is that as the storm blew up, and Moitessier struggled to save the situation, Kinski became quarrelsome, Moitessier order him off the boat, Kinski refused to go — well, you can just imagine, can’t you. Did Moitessier pull a flare-gun on him? | ||
The reality, as retold by Charles Doane,<ref>[https://wavetrain.net/2013/12/05/bernard-moitessier-what-really-happened-to-joshua/ ''Bernard Moitessier: What really happened to the Joshua'']</ref> was that when Lyn and Larry Pardey fetched up in Cabo San Lucas to cover the incident for ''Sail'' Magazine, Moitessier instantly confessed that he and Kinski had been up in a hotel room partying their brains out while the ''Joshua'' was driven ashore untended, but later managed to persuade them to go with the fictional account, which makes much better copy! | The reality, as retold by Charles Doane,<ref>[https://wavetrain.net/2013/12/05/bernard-moitessier-what-really-happened-to-joshua/ ''Bernard Moitessier: What really happened to the Joshua'']</ref> was that when Lyn and Larry Pardey fetched up in Cabo San Lucas to cover the incident for ''Sail'' Magazine, Moitessier instantly confessed that he and Kinski had been up in a hotel room partying their brains out while the ''Joshua'' was driven ashore untended, but later managed to persuade them to go with the fictional account, which makes much better copy!<ref>The Pardeys later set the record straight in the chapter “What happened at Cabo St Lucas?” in <nowiki>''The Capable Cruiser''</nowiki> (1987)</ref> | ||
They don’t make ’em like that any more. Either of them. | They don’t make ’em like that any more. Either of them. | ||