Biography
Sailing my life away, part 21
INTRODUCTORY In these days, when the world in which we used to live is disintegrating at lightning speed, many are seeking to escape in one way or another, as Mrs Raft once pointed out. I [more…]
Retirement
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 20
COMMENTS I visited Cambridge and Ely at the start of my summer break. Here are a couple of pics taken there. I drafted parts 18,19 and 20 of these tales before leaving home to get [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 19
RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON PART 17 There were some great comments on Part 17 so thanks to every-one for that. There are two in particular and one question I’d like to pick out and reproduce. I [more…]
Arts
Sailing my life away, part 18
A SUMMER BREAK I am now away from home for about six weeks and have suspended for this issue a continuation of the story of Alchemi’s 1997 Voyage covering the leg from Oslo to Bergen. [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, Part 17
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…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 16
REFLECTIONS ON PIRACY I appreciated the warm reception given to Part 15 from several people and thank them all for reading and commenting on it. I especially wish good fortune and happy sailing to [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 15
COMMENT ON THE COMMENTS ON PART 14 A few readers said they appreciated my responses to comments on Part 13 so I do the same again for Part 14. Bobo provided a link for Foxoles [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 14
RESPONSE TO COMMENTS ON PART 13 Once again I thank those who commented on Part 13 and particularly the three or four who correctly pointed out my mistake in inverting the description of the speed [more…]
Biography
Sailing my life away, part 13
A METEOROLOGICAL DIGRESSION Life on a small yacht is lived much closer to nature than most people in developed countries usually experience. That is particularly true about weather in its many forms and I’d like [more…]