Hello again dear readers. The sailing season hasn’t quite finished yet and I am blessed with a wife who adores sailing, So despite the threat of rain, we decided to go sailing this past weekend.  Now we are no fools, so the weather reports said fair friday evening and early saturday morning, with lots of…

Hi everyone, Last week we were on Mauritius , you know in the Indian Ocean just off Madagascar. Very luscious, very tropical, white sand beaches, warm water, coral reefs etc etc etc – oh I forgot to mention plam trees coconuts and all that. eat your hearts out We stayed a wonderful resort, Hotel Le…

Ok – we’ll start right where we left off. Yes indeed, the G&T’s were cold. Right after this picture was taken, I raised my glass only to find that it was empty. Empty???? Were there fish with straws in the pool that had finished off my drink while I wasn’t looking?  Was there a hole…

Chapter 1 We pushed hard to get away Saturday, but by the time I had gotten anchor winch (no,no you guys with dirty minds – I wrote winch – not wench – jeez what the mind can read even though the eyes see something else) working and everything screwed back together it was getting late…

Dear friends, Yes, I’m back again with further dispatches from distant seas and great adventures. Some of you will remember that last year I helped sail a 54 foot sailboat from Karlskrona Sweden to Cowes in the UK, my first crossing of the north sea. A memorable trip, it included a hurricane, torn sails and…

I know you all have been sitting on the edge of your seats waiting to hear about our trip back to Copenhagen. Did they freeze to death? Capsize? Before I tell that story, I will take a moment and write about Dyvig and my time there. As you may recall, the purpose of sailing to…

So you need to hear the end of this story about our wind vane. Vinni and I caught an evening train to Sønderborg from Copenhagen, arriving at the station at a little after 9.   We decided to walk to the marina, by way of downtown and get something to eat. We walked past several restaurants…

Ok, so as you all know, Vinni and I are getting ourselves together for a circumnavigation starting next year. One of the items we need is a wind vane. For landlubbers, a wind vane is a self-steering mechanism that uses the wind to steer the boat. We do have an electric autopilot, but they do…

Last week an American I know who keeps his boat in the UK, asked me if I wanted to help sail it from Karlskrona in Sweden back to the UK.  Well, such an offer was not to be scoffed at, and when I asked, my lord and master (Vinni) gave her gracious permission, letting me…

How we spent our summer vacation or: where in the world are we? As some of you know, I have a penchant for writing, especially about our sailing adventures. This little story is no different, detailing, as it will, our (mis)adventures at sea. You, dear reader, can choose to take these vignettes with a grain…