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Sailing my life away, Part 17

22nd June 2021 Ancient Mariner 3763 Comments

PIRACY – 1 I have promised to write something about piracy in the form of shortish mini-essays embedded within articles about my sailing life.   Here’s my first effort. The word piracy and its associated [more…]

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Having lurked around these parts for a while quietly enjoying the conversation, I know that a lot of people on here worry about what sort of world our children will inherit.  Although reports on the [more…]

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