Of Pirates and Razor Wire

I have a  friend in Cape Town who often functions as a good Samaritan for stricken sailors who limp into port for repairs. As he can repair anything these chaps are …

Another Capsize

In these blogs it was never my idea to go into competition with the yachting magazines but so many sailing adventures have occurred lately that I cannot leave them out of …

From ‘Velsheda’ +70 years Yacht Design to ‘Rambler’.

As I told you, my son Jan is a professional yachtsman and, evidently, spends a lot of time at sea. But such is the world today that he is obliged to spend …

Blog for my French friends

If you check out the description of  Steel’s Mastmaking that I have on my ‘for sale’ list, you’ll see that I cut  and shaped my masts in France. As my …

100feet yacht ‘Rambler’ capsizes just south of Ireland during Fastnet Race

     This is my second blog and I wrote it somewhat sooner than anticipated. You may remember that I said that I was setting sail for the cyber seas at the …

I set sail for the unknown cyber seas

     This is a fine time for me to cast off my lines and set sail for the, to me, unknown cyber seas. Worldwide financial capsizes with daft politicians trying to …

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