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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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Brehat.

The high point of our sailing in 2016 was cruising the north Brittanny coast in the Hunter Liberty (WABI”’)  and…

Brehat, Cruising France, Hunter Liberty, Isle De Brehat

Concerning anchors.

I guess this post will be one of several about anchors and anchoring as like many small boat cruising sailors…

anchor types, anchoring, Bruce anchor, CQR, Manson anchor, Rocna

Travails and Travels.

One side of the coin with boats is sailing them , enjoying them, getting into really nice places and just…

Boat electrics, boat refit, Engine, Rudder mounting

Travels and travails.

WABI” was to have been my retirement boat and when she was ready for sea my plan was to take…

Cruising France, frances 26, Ocean sailing

Frosty.

Over Christmas i was urgently in need of a break from my normal routine and with my partner working for…

Calstock boatyard, Tamar river, winter sailing

Draggy.

When i think about dandy hole it is often with the added knowledge that it can be a difficult place…

anchor types, Bruse anchor, CQR, Dandy hole, Lynher river, Tamar river

Fine and Dandy.

During the time that i kept WABI” on a swinging mooring in the Hamoaze or at Huggins yard in Torpoint…

Dandy hole, frances 26, Lynher, Tamar

Tamar.

Home is currently the Tamar river just to the north of the Hamoaze and Plymouth sound, its quite a long…

Calstock boatyard, Hunter Liberty, Lynher, Tamar river

WABI”.

Here is my previous boat WABI” (wabi 2) which is a Frances 26 : a boat designed by Chuck Paine…

Chuck Paine, frances 26

Lorient.

In September we had a non-sailing trip to western and southern Brittanny : i have sailed there before both in…

Eric Tabarly, Lorient, U boat base

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