I have deleted a blog called The Stoutest Ship were the Frailest Shallop and transferred its contents to this blog. A little thinking about the question will bring out the simple fact that there are many blogs on the Internet about sailing, boats, the sea and other related subjects – but few about the spiritual content of the sea and navigation. That is the aspect that would be of interest to this blog.

Therefore, the spirit of the sea will also be a regular aspect of this blog alongside the liturgy and various out-of-the-box topics.

I have been invited next Saturday to bless a newly restored racing yacht. My wife will take photos, and I will publish them together with my report of the occasion and my address. The boat’s name is Sophia, the Greek word for Wisdom – which is exactly the name I chose for my own dinghy when I bought it three years ago.