The bosun’s chair.

A rigging bag post. Recently i had occasion to want to go aloft, get up the mast in other words, … More

Lets dance.

Post number 4 in the anchoring series…i think. In this series of posts i am up to the point where … More

Balls, bells and lanterns.

Ok so  ‘balls, bells and whistles‘  might have been better but it’s free here so you get what you get … More

Big fat ice cream time.

After our delivery trip, upwind just about all the way…….you can guess exactly what happened next yes ?….the wind went … More

Wareham, Poole.

Continuing the story of my passage from Ipswich on the east coat towards home in the Tamar with the Deben … More

Tales from the river bank.

Picking up from where i left off with Inanda in the river Frome at Wareham. First though a bit of … More

Anchors, evolution.

In this post i am going to talk about my slowly developing knowledge of anchors and anchoring with particular reference … More

Anchored…..not.

The second in my series about anchors and anchoring in small sailing boats. In this post i am going to … More

Anchor down.

My recent problem in Chichester harbour when my anchor got completely buried and i needed assistance to get clear caused … More

Rake it.

One of the ‘rigging bag’ posts. In the first series of posts about Inanda’s rig i wrote about the problem … More