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

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

Anchor down.

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

The rigging bag.

My semi practical posts about rigging seem to have garnered a whole load of interest and feedback, that might be … More

Phone a friend.

What happened next…….after the engine wouldn’t start, i couldn’t budge the anchor and couldn’t sail out of the place where … More

A nice little exercise.

You guys are all probably wondering about the ‘rescue’ that i have mentioned in relation to my time in Chichester.  … More

We need to talk about Martin.

Wykeham-Martin that is. I was going to call this post “enter the troll-beast” for the many problems that i consistently … More

Jugs and nipples.

I can just hear most of my British readers now having a good bloke-y snort* as they read the blog … More