Pages

▼
Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Boat Plans (2)

›
Have you ever looked at those diagrams that can be seen in two ways; either as a positive or a negative projection? The classic picture is ...
Monday, July 25, 2005

Boat Building Expectations

›
How things can change within the time it takes for a twinkling of an eye! Yesterday I was excited about the prospect of receiving my Parado...
Sunday, July 24, 2005

Boat Plans

›
If all goes well, I should soon receive my kit of plywood parts for building a Paradox micro-cruiser designed by Matt Layden. The kit is be...
Saturday, July 23, 2005

Small Sailboat Performance

›
Small Sailboat Performance Of late, there’s been quite a bit of discussion on various Yahoo! groups about ‘performance’, but mostly in te...
Thursday, July 21, 2005

Boat Engines

›
Engines on boats are an anathema for some, whereas for others they are a joy. I fall somewhere in between, but I went through a phase where...
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Boat Themes

›
Certain designers of boats seem to develop a theme with variations, but undeniably they leave their stamp on their designs - Harrison Butler...
Monday, July 18, 2005

The Seals of Foulness

›
On the first sail of the season, back in April, I took ‘Bumper’ out of the River Crouch to Foulness Sands where I saw 37 seals basking in th...
Sunday, July 17, 2005

Fouling Growth

›
For two months and eight days ‘Bumper’ boldly made her way to the Scilly Isles and back from Burnham-on-Crouch. When she returned home, her...
Friday, July 15, 2005

Selling a Boat

›
As most of you already know, my Newbridge Virgo Voyager yacht is up for sale - therefore the topic of selling boats is on my mind. In the p...

Life is Precious

›
The king shall have joy in Your strength, O LORD; And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! You have given him his heart’s de...
Tuesday, July 12, 2005

‘Bumper’ is for Sale

›
‘Bumper’ is for Sale Out of habit over many years I’ve bought and sold boats, improved them and enjoyed sailing them. Therefore, it’s no...
Monday, July 11, 2005

Paradox

›
Paradox My dictionary describes a paradox as, ‘a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that may in fact be true...
Sunday, July 10, 2005

Sunday, 10th July

›
After a good 800 nautical miles of coastal cruising between Burnham-on-Crouch and the Scilly Isles, ‘Bumper’ has returned home to her moorin...
Saturday, July 09, 2005

Saturday, 9th July

›
It’s 1600, and we are anchored in Ray Gut, less than a mile to the west of Southend-on-Sea’s famous pier. (Famous for being the longest plea...
Friday, July 08, 2005

Friday, 8th July

›
Yachting is full of contrasts; one minute there’s a fight against wind and tide to round a headland; next, the tide is with you and away you...
1 comment:
Thursday, July 07, 2005

Thursday, 7th July

›
Sailing boats have always been subject to the weather, primarily the wind. If the wind is strong enough to drive a boat over local currents...
Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Wednesday, 6th July

›
I can’t believe it; the boat is steady and on an even keel, despite the force 5 north westerly wind. Yes, you may have guessed, ‘Bumper’ is...
1 comment:
Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Tuesday, 5th July

›
It’s rock and roll here tonight while anchored in the outer harbour of Dover. One other yacht of Belgium flag, named ‘Shalom’, dragged her ...
Monday, July 04, 2005

Monday, 4th July

›
For most of the day at Brighton there’s been a raging storm. The south westerly wind accelerates as it blasts the chalk cliffs from which t...
1 comment:
Sunday, July 03, 2005

Sunday, 3rd July

›
Sunday, 3rd July Brighton from Chichester is about 40 nautical miles over the ground, but when a boat has to plug a tide for a good six h...