John’s Blogspot Archive

Its springtime here, but spring here is usually changeable weather, the “all four seasons in one day “kind of changeable.  It means that on...

A reminder, this year, rather than run my boatbuilding skills course in my own overfull workshop, I've been given the run of the New Zealand...

My current building project. Just a reminder of what she's intended for, this little ship is intended as a long range sail and oar adventure boat,...

Annie is making progress on her floating home. SIBLIM,  ( Small is beautiful, less is more) is coming along well, as always with projects like...

Sunday 21 May. Its been  a busy time of late, spending time with Denny, had a big adventure walking the Tongariro Crossing with a group she's...

The SV Navara came across a tiny yacht sailing in the Magdalena Channel in the far south of Chile, not a sight they'd expected to see so they took...

A good cup of tea is very hard to come by when travelling.  Its not easy here in NZ either, the restaurants worldwide seem to revel in making...

We’re packing the boat today,  been at it for four hours now. Nearly done. Remember that this boats hull is just under 3.60m long, that’s 11ft...

Blog for Jan !st. First of all, happy New year to all.  Its been a year of ups and downs, but arent they all,  so make the best of the...

I miss that big smile already. 8 Am Wednesday 28th. Christmas dinner here in Chile is celebrated on Christmas eve, and we’d not thought about it...

Its high summer here, the longest day of the summer was just a couple of days ago but, but, there are days when its not warm and sunny. ...

Yesterday we went for a drive along the coast toward Cape Froward ( not a spello) which is one of the more notorious spots around here.  The...