BLINDLY RELYING ON A GPS CHARTPLOTTER CAN LEAD TO TROUBLE. JUST ASK THE VOLVO OCEAN RACERS FROM TEAM VESTAS WIND. I find my iPad to be…
HOW LONG WILL YOU LAST IN COLD WATER? BEST TO AVOID THAT SITUATION ALTOGETHER. HERE’S WHAT TO REMEMBER … If you hark back to last month’s…
DUCK OUT FOR A QUICK FISH WITH YOUR MATE. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? PLENTY, BUT IT’S MOSTLY AVOIDABLE … So … You had a great…
USELESS UNLESS WORN? SURE, BUT LIFEJACKETS ARE ALSO USELESS UNLESS YOU CARE FOR THEM PROPERLY. HERE’S HOW … I was having a chat recently with an…
SO, YOUR MOTOR HAS STOPPED. WHAT NOW? DO YOU HAVE THRE KNOWLEDGE TO TROUBLESHOOT YOUR ENGINE? As a young man, in the latter part of the…
Well. I’m finally of the boat and spending the night in Cartagena. The last bit of the journey was peppered with variable winds and weather changes…
Heading across towards Cadiz and eventually anchored in Barbate, to prepare for the tides and tidal streams of the straits, and after an ‘interesting ride’ sighted…
Have covered a lot of miles since the last post, but feel a bit like those lyrics “We joined the Navy to see the world. And…
Left A Coruna while the weather was ok, and prepared for a long haul down the Spanish and then the Portuguese coasts. Had little or no…