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Saturday, April 19, 2008

The Cruise - Part 9

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Thursday 17th April The inshore forecast for Wight was extremely poor – east or north east 5-7. occasionally 8 – the right direction, but fa...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

The Cruise - Part 8

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Cruise – Part 8 Sun 13th April The forecast was for SW veering NW 4/5, increasing 6 later. I thought I would have time to reach Shoreham be...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Cruise - Part 7

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Cruise -Part 7 Sat 12th April There's nearly always loads happening on the water, especially at a busy marina like Brighton, and today w...
Friday, April 11, 2008

The Cruise - Part 6

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The Cruise – Part 6 Fri 11th April This was another day spent in port because of the strong wind which reached force 7. I took the opportun...
Thursday, April 10, 2008

The Cruise - Part 5

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The Cruise – Part 5 Thursday, 10th April 08 Today was a stay-in-port day. I needed to clean the inside of the boat and rearrange the stowag...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

The Cruise - Part 4

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Cruise – Part 4 Wed 9th April There was no wind as 'Faith' left the western entrance to Dover Harbour at 0630; there was a clear sk...
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Monday, April 07, 2008

The Cruise - Part 3

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Cruise Part 3 Sun 6th April – continued After MacDonald's I went for a walk along the Marine Parade where there was an excellent view of...
Sunday, April 06, 2008

Cruise Part 2

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Cruise Part 2 Sat 5th April The early morning shipping forecast was horrible – gales all over the place. Needless to say, I decided to rema...
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The Cruise

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The Cruise Wed 2nd April 2008 After launching 'Faith' at the Hullbridge Ferry Road slipway and returning the trailer to my home I s...
Saturday, April 05, 2008

The Cruise

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The Cruise Wed 2nd April 2008 After launching 'Faith' at the Hullbridge Ferry Road slipway and returning the trailer to my home I s...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Forthcoming Cruise?

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It's Good Friday 21st April and there's a blustery, bitingly cold wind while the forecast is for snow flurries. There are yet ten d...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Hotspot

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This is the first time I've been successful in accessing a hotspot for access to the Internet. I am in the food hall of Lakeside which ...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Rules and Around-in-Ten

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‘Rules are made to be broken’, so the saying goes, and yet we all live by a code of conduct, either consciously or unconsciously; we set our...
Monday, February 11, 2008

Testing

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This short note is purely for testing the viability of my new miniature laptop which I shall use for writing my log when aboard my sailing b...
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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Anticipation

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We humans perhaps more than any other members of the animal kingdom have the faculty for anticipation; we can think of possible circumstance...
Sunday, January 27, 2008

TANSTAAFL

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“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth,” goes the saying. To ascertain the age of a horse, a prospective owner will examine its teeth, becau...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Yachts and Sustainability

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Last year Mukti Mitchell sailed around Britain in a zero-emission yacht of his own design to promote a low carbon lifestyle. ( http://www.mi...
Sunday, January 06, 2008

A Sailor's Reality

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What is reasonable may be feasible and what is feasible may become reality. As I think about this, a lone sailor is battling with the eleme...
Sunday, December 30, 2007

Beauty

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What is beauty? Something that is in the eye of the beholder, the ear of the listener or the touch of one who feels with his fingers or a se...
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Saturday, December 08, 2007

Christmas

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Christmas means so many different things to many people according to their associations, cultures and age; to some the word conjures up noth...