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For my French Friends


My sister in law who is french, told me she could not always understand my wee stories in english. Therefore, my young sister, hereby a blog in French. Bon, parce …
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Death Of Adventure


Our neighbour came in to lend me a book while I was reading a story about the origins of modern humanity. According to the latest research these origins would be …
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From Sextants to Satellites


Until about 25 years ago mariners needed a sextant, a chronometer and a set of mathematical tables to find their way at sea, which probably explains why those days sported …
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From Birds to a Great Dam


If you’ve read my book ‘Ocean Advocate’ and if you haven’t, you should, you’ll remember Jeff mentioning the amazing french shipwright, Auguste Tertu. Well, Auguste was not an invention of …
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Of Gods and Greeks


Somehow the old Greeks of a couple of thousand years ago have left a great reputation behind them although, us people today, exaggerate when attributing the invention of democracy to …
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Mankind’s modern Scourge, Television.


The first time I was introduced to television was in France in 1960 after arriving from South Africa where, by order of the government, no television broadcast was allowed. South …
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Cars, Crooks and Copycats


This time I am not going to talk about murder and destruction on the african continent but I’ll try and keep it simple by describing how global insanity has invaded …
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Anyone around who knew pre-kalashnikof Africa?


  It’s sad to say but there are not many people left who can remember that blissful period in Africa. I’m lucky to have seen a few bits of it …
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Soviet Union’s 4-masted ‘Krusenstern’

The Commissar who destroyed the Captain’s honour


In my blog of the Twin Towers I told you that I participated with my schooner ‘Artemis’ in the 1976 Tall Ships’ Race that was organized to give our american …
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The Dams that Damned Great Rivers


In my Twin towers blog I mentioned global insanity as some kind of culprit behind that ruthless and well-executed destruction. But of course, behind such a notion of worldwide human …
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How I saw the Twin Towers from the Hudson River

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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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