Tag Archives: The Sea

I have written about Bernard Moitessier and Joshua Slocum, the solo contemplatives who took on the most treacherous seas on this planet in substantial yachts of more than thirty feet. They were to the sea as Mozart and Bach were … Continue reading →

I have just published an article on my French-language blog – Voile-Aviron, about a particular navigational mindset that distinguishes itself from aggressive competition or showing off one’s wealth and social status as in the case of some of the upmarket … Continue reading →

If you’re really desperate and have an outboard engine… Looks like fun, and you can have your dinner in style on the beach!

I return to a theme to which I have given a considerable amount of thought over the past few years, that of dinghy cruising. I have taken my 10-foot hybrid to quite a few places, and am improving on its … Continue reading →

Sailors Department – no need for blow-outs, just a good stiff breeze to fill the sails!

I still get quite a few searches, sometimes quite complex. Here are two from my stats page: gaff jaws sail home made sliding gunter rig sails I assume the word sail was put in to refine the searches, since animals … Continue reading →

If you use Firefox – For nautical terms, select the word and then right-click. Click on Search Google for “*” – the word which you selected. You will usually get specialised sailing sites or Wikipedia. I have always found the … Continue reading →

I have just today returned from north Brittany where I have spent five whole days in the footsteps and wake of a fine French TV series on the terre-neuvas in the 1920’s, Entre Terre et Mer. The terre-neuvas were fishermen … Continue reading →

My sailing club had a superb regatta yesterday afternoon. We were nine dinghies and eight catamarans. The wind was a westerly and moderate one, but very unstable with buffeting gusts, so we had to be very dynamic with the mainsheet. … Continue reading →