Unwise Choices.

Iv’e become very good at making unwise or hasty choices and/or poor decisions. The two spectacularly bad ones in recent … More

Comfort & Convenience Vs Corinthian.

From Corinthian sailing to the the collapse of convenience yachting. Title photograph by Capucine Trochet In this post I make … More

What to do next ?

What to do next in terms of what boat project to start on ? Is it time to do something … More

One Grand Boat.

The one grand or one thousand sick squids worth of boat – lets take it from there. Hi everyone, I … More

Standing on the shoulders of giants.

Taking a first look at the different types of dinghy used and useful for cruising Sailing on a small income … More

Work set aside.

May 2024 – detail work on the Pathfinder ‘expedition’ boat. For the end of April and most of May so … More

Spring boat blog…..mostly.

Well here we are ! Blog time : it’s spring 2024 although often a very overcast grey and wet one. As … More

An Electric Icicle.

A bit of a hybrid……… with a wheel missing. For those of you who are quite new to the blog … More

Year three.

Pathfinder build, third year. As is my way I felt that it was a good time to do a review … More

Micro-cruiser on a micro-budget.

What I have learnt from building a boat vs what I learnt from running ‘budget’ boats. I thought that it … More