Fish…or cut bait ?

Title photograph : Calstock UK. Over the last 2 months i have been running 3 different threads of blog posts … More

How good (could we make it) ?

This is of course part 2 of the previous post “how bad could it be” and is a post that … More

A longer legged girlie.

Title photograph : WABI”’ Calstock boatyard, Tamar UK An ocean post. This is the first post in the practical side … More

Ergo 1 : cockpit.

An Inanda projects post : thinking about the sail-handling and cockpit ergonomics. Taking up the story of the delivery trip … More

Measure it, rig it, lash it.

An Inanda projects post. In a recent post i kicked around the idea of using soft synthetic (rope) standing rigging … More

Stop, think, sharpen pencils.

An Inanda projects post. Sailing Inanda from her home port of Ipswich all the way around the south-east and south … More

Frame it.

Many of you will now have noticed that Inanda has a frame (Ribs) problem in that she has a lot … More

Tools aloft.

A rigging bag post. Its really not a good idea to drop something heavy, sharp or heavy and sharp from … More

The bosun’s chair.

A rigging bag post. Recently i had occasion to want to go aloft, get up the mast in other words, … More

The FFS 17 and a bit.

Down at the yard a few days back i was sat in the honesty cafe enjoying a coffee and one … More