The anchor posts.

January 2022…..new post category : anchors and anchoring. Welcome to my new post category within the blog – anchors and … More

What if……open boats ?

Title photograph : Lyme bay and the Bill of Portland. New Facebook group, The Backyard Boatbuilder : https://www.facebook.com/groups/892923134689307 Boats, open … More

The problem/s with boats.

New Facebook page, the Backyard Boatbuilder : https://www.facebook.com/groups/892923134689307 Part 3 of my new series about the problems and risks of … More

Fair favorite Fowey.

Blog time ; lets add a little blog time so……as i write it’s mid morning on a very wet early … More

Falmouth – first and last.

Second post in my new west-country sailing thread. For many sailors arriving in the UK or just coming back over … More

Going west….

Blog time : it’s mid July 2021 and really too warm under the shelter to get much useful work done … More

You can go your own way.

Blog time : as i write it’s mid July so supposedly that makes it peak summer in the UK – … More

The microcruisers that got away.

Blog time : it’s early May 2021, in fact it’s bank holiday Monday as i write and i’m taking the … More

Letting go…..

The end of an era. Blog time : it’s October 2020 and as i write my way through another grey … More

1 Stick good….

2 Sticks better. Dismasted in Lyme bay. It’s late September 2020 and we at anchor at the entrance to Bow … More