Absolutely and definitely the last word about budget boats…for now…..maybe.. For those readers who have been following along with this … More
Tag: Small boat cruising
Light on your pocket…..yacht.
Pocket yachts, post 3. The low budget pocket yacht. In my first two posts of this series i based my … More
The offshore pocket yacht.
Pocket yachts , second post. In the first post of this series i talked about my experiment to make a … More
A testing time at anchor.
January 2022 anchored post. This post started life as a series of notes in my logbook from when i was … More
Cold, sick, tired and miserable.
No……not a Covid post ! Personal factors in sailing small boats. This post will be the last one in my … 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
Open boat minded.
The Backyard Boatbuilder here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/892923134689307 Part 2 of my new open boat series ‘An open boat for open water’. … More
An open boat for open water.
A new series of posts….so – And a new Facebook page too : https://www.facebook.com/groups/892923134689307 Blog time : it’s mid October … 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
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