DJE

I've always loved the water and boats, but life got in my way - marriage, children, etc, so I came late to sailing. We had a holiday in...

While the kettle boils there is time to put order inthe kitchen ponder the great moral problems of the day😏

Once you start, it can become addictive….. Before Christmas I too had a clear out of paper charts & pilots. Then moved onto the...

I’ve found ASAP superb in the past and used them quite a few times. They’ve even been very good as problem solving a characterful engine...

I can say for sure it certainly entertains one's Brian in the middle watches on dark and stormy nights mid ocean. :)

In the old days, when we only needed them for the channel islands, I kept a few blank paper forms in the chart table.

So the carbon is safely stored in perpetuity but it can be released by a yacht anchor? Anybody else find that hard to believe?

One submits a paper form by post. Or so it seems to say here.

_Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs_ What 2050 environmental commitments ?

5 grand for a complete suit of sails looks iffy, for a start.

The museum in Oslo is worth a visit if you're in the area.

Looks like there is plenty of work for shipwrights in those parts.

An old friend who sailed a Hornet dinghy used to say happiness is a three-sail reach and a sliding seat.

I was in the Netherlands for seven weeks this summer and had no need for channel 31 at all.