It’s a particularly lovely morning. Wintertime, one of those clear, perfectly still days that we get at this time of year and I’ve just ploughed my way through the mornings chores, and am sitting up in my bunk contemplating the day. My friend Paul will be...
Its wintertime, a bit cold and damp even for much in the way of maintenance work so I’ve been gradually painting the after cockpit area of Kairos, the launch I live on. Pale blue, sand off until the gloss is off the old paint, or right to the wood where its...
We had a little adventure yesterday, Mark from the boat across the river, his daughter Bree, and I. He rang me up fairly early in the morning to tell me that there were dolphins in the river just upstream of us. They were in a big wide spot, so shallow with the...
Giving the blog a kick. I’ve been trying different social media, have concentrated on Facebook for the last while, but it’s a mixed blessing and many people don’t like it. So, I’ve got the Yahoo Jwbuilders group going again, its still showing 4500 or so...
I’ll get back with a more comprehensive report, but in the meantime here is a pic taken by Jon Tucker while sailing in the Bay of Islands. The pic pretty much says it all.
