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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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Category: Sailing and seamanship.

Sprits and Snotters.

A ‘WABI”‘ spring projects post. In a couple of posts i have been talking about modifying my Hunter Liberty’s rig … More

Calstock boatyard, Hunter Liberty, Spring refit, Sprit rig, Sprit-booms, WABI'''

That Satori moment.

In my last post of 2018 i was trying to say why i don’t particularly like the high-end yachts such … More

Bushcraft, Micro adventures, Micro-cruisers, outdoor adventure, Sailing literature, satori, simplicity

The princess and a boat called Roy.

‘Rob Roy’…… to be more precise. In my first long video post of this year i talked about my canoe … More

Chesapeake light craft, Iain Oughtread, Rob Roy canoe, sailing canoe, sea kayak

WABI”’ refit, 1 : Bring on the heat.

For the spring series of posts i am going to concentrate on 2 things namely, continuing with the workshop changes … More

boat heaters, charcoal stove, Hunter Liberty, LPG stoves, Parafin stoves

Friday 5 minute blog : January

With so much going on now i can think about increasing the blog output back to twice a week again.  … More

Calstock boatyard, Hampshire heaters, Hunter Liberty, Pansy stove

A dedicated follower of fashion.

I can feel a rant coming on ! I write around 150 posts a year on the blog and i … More

Hunter Liberty, IOR, Jet-ski scum, L Francis Herreshoff, ocean racing freaks, Small boat cruising

The poor man’s yacht.

In the first video post of the year i started a review of the books and boats from the board … More

John Macgregor, L Francis Herreshoff, Meadowlark, Poor man's yacht, Rob Roy canoe, Rozinante, sailing canoe

This year in sailing.

  January 2019, and it’s that time of year when i start to make plans for what i am going … More

boat projects, Hunter Liberty, projects, sailing canoe

The Boxfather !

Readers please note that i have had to use borrowed images from the internet for this post :  i apologise … More

Advanced sharpie design, Bolger box, Bolger micro, Bright Thread, cat ketch, cat yawl, Phil Bolger, Sharpies

J Class…or J24 ?

A post written for the sailing facebook group.  This will almost certainly be my last blog post of the year … More

Extreme wealth, J class yachts, resentment, Supeyachts

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