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The hot weather continues, apparently. Just not here on the west side of Scotland. Over and over again we have to listen to the same thing, ...

Eun na Mara is not a large sailing vessel. Ocean crossings in her would be difficult, not because the boat couldn't survive (she's a...

'That's a pretty boat' is the most common comment we hear from anyone passing our boat. So what would they make of 30 of them, a...

Over forty years ago an enthusiastic yacht designer called Roger Dongray put pen to paper and came up with a classic. As a result in around ...

We live in a corner of the country where there are many trees. They come in two recipes; there are those planted as a crop, with the expecta...

It is always nice to find a warm spot where you can curl up a take a snooze. Take, for example, the top of a compost heap which is normally ...

Longer days, real warmth from the sun when it shines, lighter breezes, all this brings on our sailing urges. Our elderly Cornish Shrimper si...

The date is 10th September 2014 and, having just finished writing an entry for this very blog, the ' Publish'  button is clicked and...