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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Postponed Start

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The weather forecaster said this morning that the outlook remains unsettled, and having consulted the weather charts for the next few days I...
Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Decisions

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Decisions, decisions ……….. To go or not to go? Here’s the Inshore Waters Forecast for Wednesday, 27th June between Lyme Regis and Lands End,...
Monday, June 25, 2007

Best Laid Plans

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“The best-laid plans o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain For promised joy.” Those are the words of Rober...
Sunday, June 24, 2007

Prudence

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Having taken a year and a half to build ‘Faith’, my Paradox micro-sailboat, and having tried her out on the River Crouch in various wind str...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

Photos of 'Faith' afloat

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Some visitors to my blog have asked to see photos of 'Faith' on the water. Before I embarked on 'sea trials' I launched the...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Back Home

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13th June I woke early to one of those clear sunny days with hardly a zephyr. As I ate breakfast I thought through the procedure of hauling...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

New Lessons

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Tuesday, 12th June The 0520 Shipping Forecast for Thames predicted SW 3/4, occasionally 5, with fog patches, showers and occasionally very p...
Monday, June 11, 2007

Testing Everything

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This morning there was a bit of mist when I set off under sail from the marina berth at 0730. High water was at 0929, and with a light NE wi...
Sunday, June 10, 2007

Faith Afloat

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Hi All, ‘Faith’ was launched today at Burnham Marina, Essex around 1900. It was not the most graceful of launches for a maiden event, but w...
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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Anticipation

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After a long slog to windward the sailor is rewarded; he reaches his home port and he is snug and dry, although exhausted. There’s a great ...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

Surprises

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Boat building is full of surprises. The biggest surprise is when the boat is finished! You don’t ever expect the time to come when you loo...
Saturday, March 31, 2007

Marathon

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The London marathon is due to start on Sunday, 22 April 2007 with 56,500 runners hoping to make it to the finish. Some runners are deadly se...
Saturday, February 24, 2007

Resolve

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Do I have the resolve to finish building my dream retirement sailing boat? I started building her in August, 2005; that’s a period of 1 ½ ye...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Odds and Ends

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January for me can best be summed up as a time when little could be done towards making progress at building ‘Faith’; she’s a Paradox sailbo...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

Mistress

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The archaic meaning of the word ‘mistress’ is a woman loved and courted by a man. Now many a boat has been named ‘Mistress’ and you can see...
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Monday, November 27, 2006

Parts you don’t see

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Stonemasons of the past, like those who built St Paul’s cathedral, took enormous pride in their work. After a long apprenticeship attaining...
Monday, October 30, 2006

Comfort Afloat

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Physical comfort is relative, but there can come a point when one is not at all comfortable. People will pay a lot to have comfort, and tho...
Saturday, September 30, 2006

Setbacks and Perseverance

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To persevere is to continue in a course of action, in spite of difficulty or with little or no indication of success. My mother used to say...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

My Return Home

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My last entry to this blog was about perfection and imperfection, and two months have passed since I considered the nature of these qualitie...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Imperfection and Satisfaction

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Paul the apostle in the first book of Corinthians, chapter 13, verse 10, declares, ‘But when that which is perfect has come, then that which...