As cold as.

“Cold as a wiches tit” i believe is the official sailors expression. Just back from my first spring visit to … More

They think it’s all over.

The starter boat series that is. While i am sat here completely re-writing the second of the Donald Crowhurst series, … More

Spring down at the local boatyard. Today, after slapping some epoxy on the rudder that i am building i decided … More

The absolutely last word on starter boats for now. Writing about boats for beginner sailors or for sailors contemplating buying … More

For the last few weeks i have had a lot of fun researching and writing posts about starter boats and … More

Nearly last in the current series about starter boats where i go all sensible and try to find an actual … More

Well not exactly but it struck me as an entertaining and amusing way to introduce boats put forward by readers … More

” Old man stands in companionway of small sloop. One very weathered hand holds lightly onto a halyard stopper. The … More

This will be the last post in the series about first or starter boats until i do another round of … More

Fifth in the series about starter boats and starting to think about priorities. The reader comment that sparked off this … More