I needed to go up the mast to a) rerun the spreader halyard for my courtesy/quarantine flag that I stupidly had let come off b) rerun the halyard for the spinnaker (and more importantly, the hammock) which I had stupidly… Continue reading
Iama posted on 30/07/2015, as alctel I set up a facebook page for the blog, so updates to it won’t clutter up my wall. There is a button on the left that you can click to ‘like’ the page … Continue reading
First off, sorry if this is rambly. I am writing this Sunday evening after returning (even though it posts the next day) So on Thursday morning, I picked up Emma and we set off on the way to Vancouver. The… Continue reading
So, tomorrow I leave to sail to Vancouver This is the basic route It may be possible to do in one day but as this is the first time I’ve done this route (well, without a licensed captain on… Continue reading
Hooray! I picked it up and a spinnaker pole from the marine exchange store, together they were under 600 bucks which is pretty amazing. Getting the pole (which is almost 16 feet long) back home in my tiny toyota… Continue reading
If you noticed website problems over the last day or so, it’s because my web hosting is apparently run on small bits of string and hope and it couldn’t cope with the influx of people from reddit. I’m using this… Continue reading
AS EXCITING AS IT SOUNDS One of the nice things about the Cherubini Hunter 36 is that engine access is excellent – you can get in from the front, from the side lazarette and the entire cockpit floor lifts up… Continue reading
Children will sing, bells will ring and somewhere there is a very confused pig spreading his new wings. I finally caught a salmon. A chinook at that! DAYS LATER EDIT: APPARENTLY IT WAS A PINK. I SUCK AT SALMON ID.… Continue reading