John’s Blogspot Archive

Today Howard and I have been walking the town looking at the sights, there are some very grand buildings, lots of parks and fountains.  ...

We’re staying at a little hostel in Valparaiso, Javier the host is great.  A young man who came to stay at the hostel and liked it so much he...

The brotherhood of the travelling boots. Its occurred to me that the hikers boots that I’m wearing have been to seven different countries so far,...

Last week I took the ship out up to Kawau Island, about 2 hours away by sea, visited friends their then went to meet up with the beginning of the...

A visit to the heaquarters of the SIBLIM club. Credit to Paul Gilbert for the photos, much better than my own amateurish efforts.  Thanks Paul....

That was a bit of an adventure.  I’ve put the old ship on a scrubbing grid a couple of times, but having her in the marina yard perched so high...

Owning any big boat is like a race, more or less like the tortoise and the hare in fact.  The hare, that’s the owner, is trying to stay ahead...

As I write, sitting in my bunk watching the sun set over the estuary, its 8 15 pm on New Years Eve.  Traditionally a time of good wishes to...

The spars for SEI are simple rectangular sections with rounded corners, sure they're tapered but only in one plane. Easy stuff. I’ve already got the...

With Christmas still happening in many parts of the world, I'd like to wish everyone all the best for the festive season and a happy new year....

For background to this post refer to my post dated Oct 29th I called in on Annie Hill today,  in part because I was in the area for an...

Life is full of adventures,  you can share this one. For as long as I’ve known him, and that’s a good 25 years or so, Howard Rice has been...