Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Sailing large
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The other day after some difficult moments in the waves, I had a sweet, sweet sail. There was just time for the usual six-mile triangle—one ...
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009
The stupidest thing
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I pulled Onawind Blue across the soft sand to the edge of the sea. A light force three blew from the southwest forming a small cross-sea wit...
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Saturday, 21 March 2009
Cruising lists
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I never bothered to study those equipment lists in the back of old sailing books. Appendix A would list technical specifications, B medical ...
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Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Johanne Regina
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Built in Fåborg, Denmark in 1929 the 69-foot ex-Baltic trading vessel Johanne Regina features in the classic sailing book, A Gypsy Life b...
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Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Mediterranean fish stew
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According to the great Catalan writer Josep Pla (1897-1981) fish stew as cooked and eaten by fishermen is the most ancient of Mediterranea...
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Sunday, 22 February 2009
One more cup of coffee
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Years on decaf have undermined my threshold for caffeinated coffee to a miserable degree. In a cold sweat after one cup, jittery after two a...
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Thöpaga
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Built on a beach in the region of Murcia in 1924, the schooner Thöpaga transported goods up and down the Spanish Mediterranean coast. But l...
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