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In Praise Of Folly


Fécamp is an old harbour town in France just north of Le Havre. Until WW2 dozens of fine 3-masted sailing vessels sailed from there to catch cod on the Grand …
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Wind Chasers, Face Savers and Religiomaniacs.


My quest for ‘good’ stories is not very successful and as I’m not in the business of writing about personal success stories I’m still pleased to tell you that the …
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Tsunamis and Big Bokkies


My friend Johann, who followed the teachings of my wee book ‘WineTime’ and, consequently, now makes a very nice wine on his farm Keisseskraal near Botriver, Cape, asked me for …
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Thieves and Sailors


It’s not that the rainforest is haunting my dreams but since I mentioned it, I keep on receiving more information on ways and means Not to save it. In The …
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Green house gases and non-farting greenies.


Things have been happening in my favourite adopted country, South Africa. In Durban, the people occupied with global warming spent a fair amount of money on palavers that didn’t reduce …
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Drowned Fishermen…Greed..and a Fungus.


  In my last blog I told you about all that rain forest wood carelessly dumped on the banks of the river Loire in France. Micheline asked me a few …
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Gaïa Lungs for 500 bucks a cubic metre.


                                                                             OPM; other people’s money.  Durban is a pleasant city in Zululand with the warm Indian Ocean to please the bathers. Sharks took a few of …
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To use the Wind you must catch it.


                                                                                     OPM, other people’s money Often I have made some uncomplimentary remarks in my blogs about alternative energy but these remarks are nothing compared to the utter nonsense that’s …
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From a submarine Lady to Thomas Jefferson.


Loafing through the internet, I don’t surf, too tiring, I came upon a rather unique habit of the Argentine people. When a president dies, they like to vote in his …
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Never was so much owed to so many by so few.


To Volvo. This is a blog from my website < maritimebooks.co.za > Nicholas Dekker                                                                                                          12th Nov 2011  NEVER WAS SO MUCH OWED TO SO …
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Sink the Birkenhead

Sink the Birkenhead!

SINK THE BIRKENHEAD ! which is the story of Maqoma´s Last War

by Nicholas Dekker

This is the story of a lone Xhosa Chief who destroyed a British Navy troopship that threatened to annihilate his nation in 1852. This is the story how the attack was carried out by a few African black people. [...]

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