John’s Blogspot Archive
Masking and filleting the outside of the hull.
Long Steps is coming along. Progress, a little at a time but progress nevertheless. With the hull and most of the internal structure all...
I’m getting more done on Long Steps
With some of my other commitments dealt with and the weather warming a bit, the start of spring being just a week away, I'm getting a bit done on...
Half a million views!
Wow! I just noticed that this blog has hit half a million page views, thats a lot, a lot lot! In spite of my having been very erratic in my posting...
Keeping the phone charged up while away.
With spring just around the corner, warmer weather and the promise to myself that I'm going to be doing a lot more sailing this summer, its time to...
Wintertime is not all gloom.
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...
Winter blues, well thats the colour of the paint these last few days. Blue.
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,...
Dolphins, while they’re wonderful, they dont fare well up here in the river.
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...
Back at work on Long Steps.
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...
I had a great summer sailing in Spook.
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...
Summertime, and the consequences of not doing the maintenance while the winter weather prevented sailing.
Being summertime here, I’m pining for the Fiords . Oops, not quite. Monty Python has a lot to answer for. Really though I’m wanting to...
Springtime, it brings hope and opportunity here on the river.
Blog for 6 Dec. So, in theory at least its the 6th day of summer here, but the weather is its normal unsettled self for this time of year, warmer...
Morning on the river.
Morning. 14 July. 2018. He snores, my little dog, as he lies sleeping on his rug. Dawn is still an hour away so he’s entitled to sleep, but...