Tales from the river bank.

Picking up from where i left off with Inanda in the river Frome at Wareham. First though a bit of…

Anchors, evolution.

In this post i am going to talk about my slowly developing knowledge of anchors and anchoring with particular reference…

Anchored…..not.

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

Anchor down.

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

Rake it.

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

The rigging bag.

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

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…

A nice little exercise.

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

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…

Jugs and nipples.

I can just hear most of my British readers now having a good bloke-y snort* as they read the blog…