Just three nights at sea on our beloved Ranger was all it took in these troubled times to make us feel like we had holidayed like Kings! I often wonder what other sailing folk require from their boats in terms of holidays. Is it to enjoy many a cracking salty sail? Is it to have…
Category: SAILING
SAILING OUR RIVAL 38C
Sailing, Swimming and Scenery. East Coast Cruising, July 2019
How much fun can you have on your own boat without going too far, or spending too much money? This was what I wanted to find out. The weather looked perfect, Ranger’s fridge was stuffed with food, and we had 30 bottles of wine on board together with Gin, Brandy and Whisky. No ghastly airport…
Cruising from Woolverstone, Suffolk to the Channel Islands, North Brittany and Normandy in July and August 2018 in our Rival.9
Three weeks cruising the Channel Islands, North Brittany and Normandy in our Rival yacht
When an Alpha Male ruptures his quadriceps tendon
The third week in November 2017 was a shitty week. A really good friend shot herself after losing the will to live, having battled with years of terrible depression. Two days later , our wonderful friend and next- door neighbour Julie, who was my very first follower of this blog, died under anaesthetic whilst undergoing a…
Cruising in Scotland, by the Governor’s Great Great Grandaughter
” The heeling of the yacht did not prevent the cooking of a noble stew, to which we did ample justice. Does the reader think there is a good deal in this book about eating and drinking? No faithful record of a yacht cruise is otherwise possible…” So wrote in 1876 my Great, Great Grandfather…
ARABELLA'S AMBROSIA 
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