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Likewise. Its a bit sad though when other ladies, out of their husbands hearing, come and say how much they admire my wife being able to...

In Holyhead Marina on a delivery passage we were berthed across the walkway from a large modern motor yacht. The owners were showing...

Well put Every time you go to your boat something else will need your attention….your boat will only ask three things from you…sweat...

Before you commit to buying a boat, if you haven't already, confirm that you don't get seasick. Both when speeding along and when...

When I ran a skippered charter yacht I just rented a liferaft for my sailing season. Just a note of caution to those doing DIY...

My annual contract - post #8 above also includes up to one month ashore during the winter. (Shore storage only available Sept to June)...

I tell the seasons by the sun, midsummer sunrise shines straight in through the house door, midwinter sunrise lights the whole wall in...

Brides of the wind: winner of the 2024 Daylight Photo Awards

35ft, registered length, monohull (plus platform bowsprit and Monitor windvane not charged). Annual fee paid in advance (Nov to Oct)...

Plus it tips you out into the Black sea just south of Odessa. Hardly a Sea of Calm these days.

Quite appropriate, follow the route of the Vikings. In Constantinople the "Rus" were literally "those who row" having come down the...

Just out of curiosity used Google Earth for a rough estimate of your likely passage distance, via English Channel and Gibraltar. An...

It's September or thereabouts and you have a new boat in Norway! You are a self proclaimed novice who, forgive me, shows it. Sailing to...

I have just remembered, many years before brexit became a political campaign I was very tempted by a boat in Turkiye. It was just what I...

Its not too difficult if you find someone who can sail to help you. Day sail around Norway to the Marstein Light, marks the gap in the...