John's Blog
Here in the Southern Hemisphere its winter of course. So what am I doing instead of going sailing? Around the shortest day here in NZ we tend to have wet, windy weather. This year is for the most part true to form apart from being unseasonably warm, one of the...John's Blog
Change of Season. Well, the shortest day has just gone past, today was 37 seconds longer, gosh it made a difference! (heh!) . But seriously, while today is officially the second day of winter here in the Southern Hemisphere the prospect of...John's Blog
Cleaning her bottom. There is much variation in tidal heights here, Its springs right now, and of course not only are the high tides high, but the low tides are also very low. I’d been wondering how to get the ship out and scrubbed and worried that I’d have to...John's Blog
I really enjoy solo sailing, that’s my “time out” from the world. I’ve not been able to do much of that for a while, but next summer is looking promising. That said, living on my own does not feel quite right, its nice to have company, someone around who is interested...John's Blog
REALLY big! This is the superyacht M5. Her mast is 88.5m high, read on. Those tiny things on the bow just inside the outer forestay are people, full sized. I had an opportunity to have a look around part of the factory at “Southern Spars”...John's Blog
Its Sunday, what with one thing and another the past week has been a very quiet one on the boatbuilding front, I’ve cut the notches for the seat riser stringers in SEI, cut the stringers with the bevel on the top and rounded the lower corner and that’s about it....
