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Dirty Wet Dog, the great adventure.

Dirty Wet Dog, the great adventure.

Go for a hike, sail a boat, paddle a canoe or sea kayak, spend time out in the woods, on the trail, up a mountain or down a canyon. Live the fullest and best life that you can…..have great and terrible experiences while you have the chance because life is short. Think your own thoughts and be your own person, if you can then share some of that with others.

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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

anchor angel, anchor chum, anchoring, flopper-stopper, riding sails

Anchored…..not.

The second in my series about anchors and anchoring in small sailing boats. In this post i am going to … More

anchor types, anchoring, Bruce anchor, Delta anchor

Anchor down.

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

anchor types, anchoring, frances 26, Hunter Liberty, Inanda

Rake it.

One of the ‘rigging bag’ posts. In the first series of posts about Inanda’s rig i wrote about the problem … More

Gaff rig, Gaffers, High aspect gaff., Mast rake

The rigging bag.

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

Boat rigging, deadeyes, lacings, lashings, low friction eye, Soft rigging

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

Gaff rig, Jib Furlers, Modern gaff, Nomad, Wykeham-martin

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

Inanda, Jugs, Newhaven, Nipples

Wanigan.

Everybody except the canoeists now scratch their heads.  No, i haven’t got to the point of running out of normal … More

boat projects, food crate, ice box, wanigan

3-Stove Steve.

I may temporarily be back to being merely ‘2 boat’ Steve as i now only have one boat in Cornwall … More

Alcohol fuel, Bio-ethanol, Meths, Origo stove

The soft option.

At some time soon i will have to replace Inanda’s running and standing rigging, the running rigging is easy and … More

Boat rigging, Dyneema, Inanda, Soft rigging, Vectran

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