Robert Fitzroy I found the book of this title by Harry Thompson (2005) captivating. Until now I'd been familiar with the history ...

Not a shipboard meal and a treat even on Fiddler's Green, eggs Benjamin is my version of eggs Benedict. The name change may smack o...

I'd been in bed for two days, my teeth chattering, under a sweaty bedsheet topped with a pile of heavy blankets. The wind had moane...

The tenon saw is a right handy tool when it's sharp, and fairly useless when dull. The ways of the world are such that it's eas...

Walking from the car to feed a parking meter I was lured by a siren song issuing from the gloom behind a half open door. I should have ...

Sanded spars are not photogenic. All the old layers of varnish are gone and the masts are somewhat thinner for it, they may well rattle...

'You can never have enough of them,' boatbuilders like to say. I wouldn't disagree, I'd love to have plenty of clamps b...