John’s Blogspot Archive

History. On the way into Punta Arenas from the airport the other day we spotted the topmasts of a pair of square riggers. They were too far inshore...

BLOG CASA Our hosts here have been amazing, they’re on board with the project and want to  help in any way they can.  We’re staying in a...

We’ve been in Punta Arenas for a few days now, got quite a lot of things organised but the boats not here yet, so the film team, that’s the five of...

There are settlements at Ushuia and Porto Williams, but they're quite small, P A is a city of close to 150 thousand. While the air temperature is...

Well. The Boot Brothers are at it again, off on an adventure.  You’ll recall that they tend to get into trouble if they’re allowed to go off on...

"The big day" being next Wednesday.  Its Sunday morning here and I've still a lot to get done before we fly out to Chile to meet up with Howard,...

Its past time to put up more posts here, I’ve been a bit preoccupied of late, yes its happened before and will probably happen again. But Howard...

Supporting oneself with the income from plans sales is not easy.  I watch the others in this field and note that pretty much all of them do the...

A while back I drew up a boat I called the “Saturday Night Special”.  A reference to a cheap throw away weapon used for a single job.  The boat was...

Its raining.  Not a howling horizontal fire hose kind of rain like yesterday, or a misty just enough to get you wet before you realise it but an...

You can check it out on the below40south.com website, that and other video clips are under the "Media" heading at the top of the home page. He's...

Oh yes, and the first few days of spring. I’ve not had much time in the workshop this week, so there has not been a lot of progress in there. ...