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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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The FFS 17 and a bit.

Down at the yard a few days back i was sat in the honesty cafe enjoying a coffee and one…

FFS

South Brittanny.

This is a retrospective post mostly about my last trip in the Frances 26 : the trip that was intended…

Benodet, Brittany, frances 26, Hunter Liberty, Lorient

Roscoff.

In June 2016 i sailed the liberty across the channel solo to Roscoff in Brittanny , a passage of some…

Brittany, Hunter Liberty, Port de Bloscon, Roscoff, Solo sailing

On the bench.

Its miserably grey and wet here for the third day so i am working in the workshop rather than down…

Anchors and anchoring, Bow fairlead

Liberty, Mystery, Veracity and honesty.

Down at the yard today and it was a good and sunny one but cool in the easterly breeze :…

Calstock boatyard, Hunter Liberty, Spirit of Mystery, Veracity

Stern deploy.

One of the projects i have been working on is getting as many of the boat’s working lines aft so…

Anchors and anchoring, Manson anchor, Rocna anchor, Stern deployed anchor

St Aubyn.

I have no idea who the original saint was and care less but the harbour and anchorage named for him…

Gurensey, Hunter Liberty, Jersey, St Aubyn

Pattern.

Not everything i do works out, in fact a lot of the time i have a great idea for a…

anchoring, Fairlead

On the 6th day.

I turned the electrics on ! Nothing actually happened at first which although mildly disappointing was a far better result…

12 volt electrics, Boat electrics, Re-wire boat

Commitment vs ‘safety’.

This is one of the bigger subjects that i have been thinking about recently , in fact its something i…

Boat safety, MOB, risk management, safety

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