Fifty

Autumn cruise, post 7 Fifty. Fifty miles an hour of wind is a lot of wind….50 knots is even more … More

A good read two/too.

A good read tutu perhaps……after all i am talking about Micheal Palin here . Just before Christmas me and my … More

Open wide, oh earth.

Not my average post…… Here are a few dates for you, and the question is : what happened that day … More

Rules 5, 6 and 7….and Tintin the sailor.

WABI”’ real time : Mid August, and iv’e just spent the day laying on my back underneath WABI”’ scraping off … More

Abbey road/Abbey’s road.

Title photograph : Zabriskie point, unknown photographer. If i said to you ‘Abbey Road’ , what image or memory would … 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

Blogs and Vlogs.

Title photograph : Dart river UK (Nigel Irens design) I recently joined one of the Facebook sailing groups and now … More

Have mercy.

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