Abbey road/Abbey’s road.

If i said to you ‘Abbey Road’ , what image or memory would it conjure up for you ?. The … More

Time and tides.

So many expressions have entered the language from the world of ships, sailing and the sea that most people would … 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

J Class…or J24 ?

A post written for the sailing facebook group.  This will almost certainly be my last blog post of the year … More

Blogs and Vlogs.

I recently joined one of the Facebook sailing groups and now regularly post a boat picture and a relevant link … More

Have mercy.

Note : this post replaces my earlier, second post about the Donald Crowhurst/Golden Globe race ‘No Mercy’.  Once this post … More

Lives of great men.

So, lets start today’s post with a challenge : which rock band recorded a track called “Lives of Great Men”, … More

First and third.

The third post in a series about buying your first boat so today lets take the logical approach to thinking … More

First post.

For the first post of the year i’m going to cover a couple of things that i briefly skipped past … More