First the good news…..

Not exactly what you want to hear from the bloke sorting your truck out, neither a great thing to hear … More

Profound questions.

A bit of a 60th birthday rant in true moany-old-bloke style. The way that i write posts now is that … More

Mistakes were made.

And decisions were taken. I thought it best to acknowledge, at the start of this post , that the Dayboat … More

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

Kick some tyres.

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

First, finale.

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

Decision’s time again.

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

Half and half.

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

Readers wives !

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