First……..project.

Did i say something recently about a post being the final one in the starter boat series ?. Ok, so…

Have mercy.

Note : this post replaces my earlier, second post about the Donald Crowhurst/Golden Globe race ‘No Mercy’.  Once this post…

First the good news…..

Not exactly what you want to hear from the bloke sorting your truck out, neither a great thing to hear…

Profound questions.

A bit of a 60th birthday rant in true moany-old-bloke style. The way that i write posts now is that…

Mistakes were made.

And decisions were taken. I thought it best to acknowledge, at the start of this post , that the Dayboat…

As cold as.

“Cold as a wiches tit” i believe is the official sailors expression. Just back from my first spring visit to…

They think it’s all over.

The starter boat series that is. While i am sat here completely re-writing the second of the Donald Crowhurst series,…

Kick some tyres.

Spring down at the local boatyard. Today, after slapping some epoxy on the rudder that i am building i decided…

Lives of great men.

So, lets start today’s post with a challenge : which rock band recorded a track called “Lives of Great Men”,…

First, finale.

The absolutely last word on starter boats for now. Writing about boats for beginner sailors or for sailors contemplating buying…