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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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