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

Lets dance.

Post number 4 in the anchoring series…i think. In this series of posts i am up to the point where … More

Phone a friend.

What happened next…….after the engine wouldn’t start, i couldn’t budge the anchor and couldn’t sail out of the place where … More

A nice little exercise.

You guys are all probably wondering about the ‘rescue’ that i have mentioned in relation to my time in Chichester.  … More

Marilyn and Rocky.

Please allow me to introduce my new best friends, Marilyn, and her mate Rocky. Marilyn is of course a Manson … More