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

Gone west….look to windward.

Blog time : it’s past mid July 2021 and far too warm under the shelter to get any boat-building work … More

Welcome to the Cruising UK section of my blog ; strange as it may seem but this section is all … More

Title photograph : Falmouth oyster dredger mooring under sail. Blog re-organisation. Spotty Pirates. Steve the Fokboat guy. And a sea … More

The follow-up post to ‘Sour’. Title photograph : ‘Inanda‘, Weymouth UK. June 2018…… It’s the summer of 2018 and i’m … More

I guess that some of my visitors are now wondering what is going on here after all the posts earlier … More

An Inanda projects post : thinking about the sail-handling and cockpit ergonomics. Taking up the story of the delivery trip … More

An Inanda projects post. Sailing Inanda from her home port of Ipswich all the way around the south-east and south … More

Many of you will now have noticed that Inanda has a frame (Ribs) problem in that she has a lot … More

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