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Left to right. Blair, Paul and I about to pick her up and drop her in the water. The designer is always a bit nervous on launching day. Float would be good, up the right way even better. It was a cool, grey and windy day, but the estuary is sheltered so there was...John's Blog
OARS FOR SEI. Lets get the jokes out of the way, the one about this being a “two oars-power cruiser” and the one about “keeping things on board oar-derly “. Oh, and the one about the Greek Bireme that docked too close in at speed, “Dis-Oared-‘er”. With that out...John's Blog
It’s a beautiful day here, I’ve just had lunch, am sitting in the main cabin looking out over the river at the water sliding past. Its heading for the open sea, a space full of wide horizons, islands and adventures waiting to be had. Being as summertime is so close,...John's Blog
Well, we’re past the spring equinox, so its autumn for a lot of my friends in the northern hemisphere, the best time of year many tell me. We’re into spring here, warmer, more sun, and the orchards and fields are covered in flowers. It’s a lovely time of...John's Blog
There are days when being an “armchair admiral” is not such a bad thing. To sit warm and comfortable, listening to the wind shrieking and laughing at you as it tears through the trees with the driving rain rattling on the windows and shaking the doors is a very...
