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Monday, October 22, 2007

Running into Danger

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At the age of 16 I often crewed aboard a converted St Ives lugger. She was owned by a man nearing retirement and he had fitted her out as a ...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Around-in-Ten

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What is Around-in-Ten? Some who have heard about it may reply, ‘Around the Bend’! But without being prejudicial, it’s a race for 10’ sailing...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

Purist Sailor

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Purism when applied to sailing is like an aspect of a religion. How can the sailor’s ‘purism’ be defined, and what is the nature of those de...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Identity

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau declared, “I feel, therefore I am”. Although blamed for a degenerative civilization in view of his radical and life-c...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Cobnor (Day Nine)

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Being ashore with the boat on the trailer during the night meant there was no movement as one would have while at anchor; therefore I slept ...
Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Cobnor (Day Eight)

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As each day passes, so the equivalent tide on successive days is later and if the moon is on the wane the rise and fall of water becomes les...

Cobnor (Day Seven)

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Weather dictates what the sailor can do. If there’s wind, he can sail, providing it is not too strong and preferably if it comes from a favo...
Monday, September 03, 2007

Cobnor (Day Six)

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Wednesday, 26th August was a day of strong winds, at times reaching near gale force 8, as forecast. For ‘Faith’ this meant being on anchor a...
Sunday, September 02, 2007

Cobnor (Day Five)

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Approximately three hours after high water ‘Faith’ took the hard at the Cobnor slipway; it was 0810 on a grey morning of Tuesday, 21st Augus...
Friday, August 31, 2007

Cobnor (Day Four)

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The early morning forecast, breakfast and ablutions having been completed I took up the anchor and paddled ‘Faith’ to the beach by the slipw...

Cobnor (Day Three)

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There wasn’t much wind early on the morning of Sunday, 19th August as the tide turned on the flood. The forecast was for a North Westerly be...
Thursday, August 30, 2007

Cobnor (Day Two)

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I woke after a fitful night to hear an uninspiring early morning forecast predicting winds between force 5 and 7 from the North West accompa...
Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Cobnor (Day One)

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On Thursday, 16th August the forecast for the weekend at Cobnor was not great – SW veering to NW 5 – 7 on the Saturday, but decreasing on Su...
Friday, August 03, 2007

Back Home

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Friday, 3rd August Again, it was another perfect morning. After breakfast I went for a stroll along the river bank; early as it was, there w...
Thursday, August 02, 2007

An Excellent Day

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Thursday, 2nd August 07 At 0550 ‘Faith’ was underway after being anchored for the night in the lee of Pewit Island, Bradwell. There was a li...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Two Good Days

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Tuesady, 31st July 07 As the sun set yesterday a veil of gossamer cobwebs streaked horizontally from the mast and rigging; a large white moo...
Monday, July 30, 2007

Afloat Again

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It is Monday, 30th July 07 and ‘Faith’ is afloat again, but this time on the River Crouch, her home waters. She was launched at Burnham Yac...
Sunday, July 29, 2007

Forecast

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The forecast for the next few days looks good, except the wind speeds are likely to be low or non-existent; nevertheless, I think I should a...
Monday, July 23, 2007

Plymouth to Exmouth

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We had a quiet night anchored in the lee near the entrance to Millbrook Creek and we left the anchorage shortly after 0830 on the morning of...
Monday, July 16, 2007

To Plymouth

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Rainy Day I’m not superstitious and yet it is Friday 13th July and the barometer hits a low and there is rain for much of the day. What bes...