February 2017 Yachting Monthly Letters:-
Seasickness patched up
Slack the stack-pack
This letter appeared in the December 2016 Yachting Monthly and the tidying of the stack pack was done on my old Jeanneau 44.
Ballasted fenders
This letter appeared in the August 2016 Yachting Monthly:-
Atlantic Return
This article appeared in the August 2016 issue of Yachting World. Helen Fretter, the Deputy Editor interviewed crews in Horta for a feature on the ARC Europe rally which had not been featured before. The account of Hejira's 'chaperoning' of AWOL, another rally participant features.
Security Bars
Yachting Monthly July 2016 Security Bars
Breathing Underwater
This appeared in the June 2016 Yachting Monthly:-
Just suck it up!
This article was published in the May 2016 Yachting Monthly and the process is also referred to in the Technical section of this web site under 'Rubbish Problems.
Bob’s Alumni Magazine
Bob who crewed on the ARC+ crossing was asked to write an account for his old school (Daniel Stewart's College in Edinburgh) Alumni magazine which, following some school mergers is now known as the 'Stewart's Melville College Former Pupils Magazine'. It seemed appropriate to include his account here:- Crossing the Atlantic under sail It’s the... Continue Reading →
Miss Bones
This letter was published in the Caribbean Compass in March 2016. It was written by Lynn Mines (my sister-in-law) following the rescue of an abandoned dog from Petit Nevis (between Bequia and Mustique) during our cruise through St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Rotary talk
I was invited to do this talk by my next door neighbour, Bob Calaz but, as is usual with these things, the report is wrong on a number of counts and it would seem they made much of it up! Bulletin of THE ROTARY CLUB OF EASTHAMPSTEAD www. easthampsteadrotary.co.uk Meeting held on 26th October... Continue Reading →