Sprits and Snotters.

A ‘WABI”‘ spring projects post. In a couple of posts i have been talking about modifying my Hunter Liberty’s rig … More

That Satori moment.

In my last post of 2018 i was trying to say why i don’t particularly like the high-end yachts such … More

From Tamar to Tolkien.

And from ‘The Orwell‘ to George Orwell…..see what i did there ? This is of course one of my ‘Look … More

The princess and a boat called Roy.

‘Rob Roy’…… to be more precise. In my first long video post of this year i talked about my canoe … More

WABI”’ refit, 1 : Bring on the heat.

For the spring series of posts i am going to concentrate on 2 things namely, continuing with the workshop changes … More

Friday 5 minute blog : January

With so much going on now i can think about increasing the blog output back to twice a week again.  … More

A Golden age….but for who ?

Now, should that be ‘who’ or ‘whom‘ ? my grammatical’s are never the best. In this post i am going … More

A dedicated follower of fashion.

I can feel a rant coming on ! I write around 150 posts a year on the blog and i … More

Look to windward.

“ Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome … More

The poor man’s yacht.

In the first video post of the year i started a review of the books and boats from the board … More