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Bursledon Blog

Travelling - I took some time off during a business trip to Hong Kong to climb Victoria peak again, although much warmer than the UK the weather was overcast with lo...
16 hours ago
Terrapin Tales

Gorge Express - “Please, do you think you could call headquarters and ask if they’d make an exception to let me on?” I pleaded with the driver. Although at least 20 people...
19 hours ago
Ecosophia

April 2024 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
2 days ago
Scottish Coastal Rowing

Lossiemouth row Loch Morlich - After a preliminary visit to Loch Morlich, we found that the best and easiest skiff launch points were located within the Loch Morlich Sailing Club. So we ...
3 days ago
self-portrait in the present sea journal

Lake Forest: surfers; stuff; the poet’s delusion - You may have seen the above photo taken during a surf competition in Western Australia. I like to believe all the surfers are feeling the same joy. ...
3 days ago
CAXINAS... de "Lugar" a Freguesia.

A preto e branco. - Uma imagem centenária da barca portuguesa “Ferreira” ("Cutty Sark"), depois de um temporal.
4 days ago
Urban Sketchers

Log of a Path to Urban Sketching - Log of a path to urban sketching My name is Jose Luis Vargas Pozo. I am from the city of Tacna in Peru. I have been an UrbanSketcher for more than a year...
4 days ago
Saltwater People Log

BOOK REVIEW: The SINKING OF THE PRINCESS SOPHIA . . . - PRINCESS SOPHIA Last position Vanderbilt Reef, Lynn Canal, Alaska 24 October 1918 All hands lost. Photograph by Winter-Pond Co. Juneau, AK. TAKING THE ...
4 days ago
The Log of Spartina

Bahia Coco - Arrived via car service and taxi about 1:00 pm. This is the view from our rooftop patio.
1 week ago
Small Boat Restoration

One Million Views - *14 Apr 24:* We started our blog in January 2013 with a purpose "...to share information on small boat restoration, sailing and maintenance." This is our...
1 week ago
Joel's Navigator Site

CNC files for Welsford Sherpa - FREE - If you're unfamiliar with CNC files, they are 2d vector (.dxf) files that you can bring to a CNC operator. He will use these files with his CNC machine ...
2 weeks ago
scottishboating

The Scottish Islanders - Sales of my book are doing quite well, considering that all of our marketing has been by social media, helped along by some really nice reviews in Cla...
2 weeks ago
Marginalia | an infrequent repository of mostly new stuff

Art at Altitude - We recently made a short trip to New Mexico for a family event. I’ll post photos and backstory about that soon, was a great trip. I took a little travel ...
4 weeks ago
Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Herring town: Enkhuisen - Enkhuizen has been a major harbour since the middle ages, and its links with herring fishing are still recognised today with three herring on the town bann...
5 weeks ago
Indigenous Boats

Download Worcester's Crooked Junks, Free - [image: B&W photo of crooked stern junk] A crooked-stern salt junk of Fowchow, from Worcester, G. (1941) *Notes on the Crooked-bow and Crooked-stern Junks...
5 weeks ago
Port-na-Storm

"Let's Put The Show on Right Here" - Dinghy Cruising Association at The RYA Dinghy Show. Thank You and Good Night,
1 month ago
Boating Safety Tips, Tricks & Thoughts from Captnmike

- The Polynesian's were master navigators, all done without a compass or GPS! And there charts look like a collection of twigs tied together, very interestin...
2 months ago
TriloBoat Talk

Wall Hangin' - *A Wall-Flower's View* *I was pretty far gone, but not so far gone that I thought anyone with half a toehold in reality would think what we were doing...
3 months ago
François Vivier, naval architect

Launchings in 2023 - Please find below an album of the “Vivierboats” launched in 2023. I thank everyone who sent me photos of their boat, and I invite all builders to do the sa...
3 months ago
starboardlocker

St. Vincent and Clan Gordon : Summer 2023 Highland Circuit. - Hello, I introduced St. Vincent in my recent post, she is a 1910 Zulu Herring Drifter which was restored recently at the Johnson and Loftus Boatyard near U...
5 months ago
Claudia Myatt

A fluid life - Almost two years ago I was standing on our station platform, nervous and masked, heading for eight days quarantine in Yorkshire before starting on my five ...
5 months ago
Flotilha

PELOTAS E AS ÁGUAS - Canal São Gonçalo e Lagoa dos Patos ( ao fundo) nas imediáções de Pelotas foto *Mauro Martinelli*
7 months ago
in the boat shed

Before the Mast – does anyone know of a copy of this film? - Chris Brady and his friends are searching for a copy of this interesting sounding 1972 film. If you can help, please contact me at gmatkin@gmail.com and I’...
8 months ago
Small Trimarans

Scarab 650 Building Blog in France - Writes Jerome R. from France, regarding his construction of a Scarab 650 trimaran: Hi, My name is Jérôme and I am French. I am an assiduous reader of your ...
1 year ago
Hove to off Swan Point

Still here….. - Yes, this blog is still active. So much easier to post on the usual public social media sites than here for now. I need to retain a WP guru to have my soci...
1 year ago
Voyaging with Annie Hill

One or two people have commented that I haven't updated my blog recently. - The reason that I haven't updated *this* blog recently, is because some time ago, I started a new one. To catch up with *FanShi* and me, please go to Fa...
1 year ago
Boat Bits

Post #3641... - Something about blogs, way past time, and in the *"a significant break from reality"* department... *"Just roll with the flow wherever it goes even if i...
1 year ago
Gardens of Fenwick

Removing Butyl Tape: Suggestions? - *Gardens'* CB case leaks a fair bit when sailing to windward. The case has three parts: the main trunk; a 'box' (housing the CB uphaul rigging); and a 'c...
1 year ago
Issuma: SailBlogs

Hitching a Ride - At sea, sometimes birds find places to land on the boat and rest for a while. Usually they land on the rail, which is easy to land on. (Continued...)
1 year ago
Earwigoagin

Music Whenever: Mega Bog "Station to Station" - Found this on my son's playlist. Dreamy. I think it's about a breakup but not totally sure.
2 years ago
Museu do Barco

TRADIÇÃO MARÍTIMA - TRADIÇÃO MARÍTIMA Quando o contato com os fatos da relação com o meio aquático em suas diferentes manifestações une gerações e cria vínculos permanentes...
2 years ago
The Adventures of Ginny and Steve!

The Book is Done! - Hey you 28 followers, still following? You haven’t gotten a post from us since the voyage ended seven years ago. Time flies when you’re having kids (we n...
2 years ago
Bowsprite: A New York Harbor Sketchbook

chemical pioneer & esso brussels - SEA WITCH / CHEMICAL PIONEER Built: Bath Iron Works, MELaunched: 1968Length: 610 ft / 190 mBeam: 76 ft / 23 mDraft: 35 ft / 11 mCrew: 40 ESSO BRUSSELS / Pe...
2 years ago
les poissons des arbres

Exposition Cano(t)page - Médiathèque de Châteauroux, du 8 juillet au 31 août 2021. L'association *LES POISSONS DES ARBRES* vous propose un voyage dans le temps à travers du Patr...
2 years ago
Donkey Mountain

The Phantom Menace of Critical Race Theory - Conservatives are waging jihad against a brand new left-wing menace, which is something called Critical Race Theory. Here I’ve been sleeping peacefully in ...
2 years ago
Frogma

ESB Paparazza! - ok the story was, I had morning chemo and an afternoon scan last week Tuesday, so I took the day off from work, took my camera along & wandered the vicini...
2 years ago
2020 Social Justice

Social Justice Is for Everyone … An Invitation in Essays to Join a Conversation (Book) - ‘Social Justice Is for Everyone … An Invitation in Essays to Join a Conversation' (Beckwith 2021) raises key issues in this book of 41 essays – on racism...
2 years ago
... Thin Water Annie

Over and Out - Last week I sold Annie to a new friend Rob from Atlanta. He and his friend Steve came to Urbanna and spent the morning with John and I at John and Vera'...
3 years ago
The Log of Hagoth

Columbia 43: Hot racing yacht now a comfortable, fast cruiser - *Below is a story that I wrote for Good Old Boat Magazine. While it didn't make it into the Magazine, the editor invited me to write a boat review for a Co...
3 years ago
Quidnon

End of Project - This project was intended as a lifehack for getting around outrageously high real estate prices and rents in the few remaining desirable places to live i...
3 years ago
Letters From The Road--Viet Nam, Cambodia and Laos

A late summer trip to the Oregon Cascade Lakes - Written from the warm dry comfort of home, on September 17th, 2019 Actually it's pouring rain outside, giving me a chance to work on the desk top for a ...
4 years ago
Viking Boats of Ullapool

Launched - Sally's 82-year refit concluded this morning at 7.30, when she was slipped back into the waters of Loch Broom. She's had a survey, a keel bolt dropped (pri...
5 years ago
Ross Lillistone Wooden Boats

First Mate Sailing on the Wind - Here is a twenty second clip showing *First Mate *sailing to windward on an enjoyably fresh day. This should give some indication of a number of things - t...
5 years ago
what was the middle thing?

The Sea Wolf, a review of the 1904 novel by Jack London - [image: 533823] [image: 917894] [image: The Sea Wolf]The Sea Wolf by Jack London My rating: 4 of 5 stars Action drama from the beginning of last century ...
5 years ago
A Barge in the Making

WAYWARD at Last - *WAYWARD under sail...Photo by Peter Frost* *Spring is sprung,* *The grass is riz.* *I wonder where* *My paintbrush is?* *WAYWARD at Last* Finally a pict...
6 years ago
Martha Pfanschmidt Blog

stuck -
6 years ago
Resilient Communities

The Biggest News For Beekeepers In This Century? - Now here’s something exciting for all beekeepers out there, myself included! I’ve kept my eye on Open Source Beehives and their BuzzBox beehive sensor .....
6 years ago
1001 Boats

Bob's Wherry - Back in 2014 Bob was building a classic Whitehall/Wherry, well it's finished and looking mighty fine Bob reports that she's a lot of fin to sail, thanks f...
7 years ago
ROWING FOR PLEASURE

David and goliaths - Went sailing up Southampton Water with the Dinghy Cruising Association on Saturday. Winds were light to nothing at all so almost everyone relied to a cons...
7 years ago
The Invisible workshop

Another fishy tale - The heavy shorebreak ground out a plodding hymn to monotony. I walked along the beach my mind flicking restlessly over various topics—the political convers...
8 years ago
llaüts

Veles de cotó en una mar de plàstic - Tornarem a hissar les veles de cotó. En l'estiu en que el plàstic a la nostra mar s'ha fet visible com mai, recuperem el material biodegradable i de fibres...
8 years ago
Man on the River - London to Istanbul

Man on the River documentary premiére - Hello my friends. How are you? I am well. After one year many things happened. A beautiful circumnavigation of Mallorca with an engineless llaut, a traditi...
8 years ago
El mar és el camí

Llibres de mar 4: “La expedición de la Kon Tiki” - Amb motiu de l’estrena de la pel·lícula “*Kon Tiki*” al nostre país, l’octubre passat, vaig recuperar de la meva biblioteca nàutica tot un clàssic de la n...
10 years ago

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