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Talking Point 19: Fishing for experiences
Talking Point 19: Fishing for experiences I’m fortunate (or is it unfortunate) enough to have never had to fish for my supper. I’ve never had to bait up a line, cast off, reel in or gut a fish. I’ve never really driven a motor boat either. So perhaps it was a little foolish of us [...]
Whales, Puffins and Sails in Husavik
Husavik in North Iceland is a magnet for mammals roaming about in cold water, and for tourists roaming about on whale watching boats trying to spot them. North Sailing offer a novel yet traditional slant on this increasingly popular activity, so we climbed on board one of their twin masted schooners for a morning with whales, [...]
High and dry at the end of our family sailing school
High and dry at the end of our family sailing school Life on the ocean waves Day 5. High & dry in Largs Day 5 is cancelled. Well all tuition and sailing are anyway. Breakfast is however served in the marina café. Scottish sausage, bacon and eggs. It’s never tasted so good. Over coffee Simon [...]
Titanic?? We’ve all got that sinking feeling
Titanic?? We’ve all got that sinking feeling A life on the ocean waves: Day 4 Portovadie – Largs Stuart and I sneak off to the posh toilets for a shower, and then back to the bar for an early morning coffee, leaving the two instructors to babysit. When we come back there is breakfast on [...]
You seriously expect me to take the helm?
Hanging out in Portovadie is more my sort of thing A life on the ocean waves: Day 3 Sailing practice in Tarbert – Portovadie Today I am asked to take the helm and direct the rest of the crew to competently manage sails/reefs/compass and wind direction. We are to have a race around four buoys. [...]
Which way does the wind blow?
Stuart seems happy enough A life on the ocean waves: Day 2 Rothesay – Tarbet Our instructor Simon stands behind Stuart. Stuart stands behind the wheel. We set a course for Tarbert, about five hours of sailing time away. The wind is strong. Stuart is being quizzed on wind direction, and is required to alter [...]
A life on the ocean waves
It’s VERY windy, but you need wind to learn to sail. Don’t you?? We rock in our berths like newborn babies. While the sheltered marina keeps the full gale force of the wind from battering our boat, it whistles into the mast, lashes against the ropes and whips around idle winches. All around us, millions [...]
What shall we do with the drunken sailor?
From: KirstieDate: 1st May 2005Subject: What shall we do with the drunken sailor?Place: Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, New Zealand The children sat on wet rocks in the pitch black, chattering excitedly. “Could anyone help my pregnant wife down the cliff in the dark?” Stuart joked, as I hauled myself down the unseen rocks with a [...]
We are sailing
From: StuartDate: 29th April 2005Subject: We are sailingPlace: Opunga Cove, Bay of Islands, New Zealand Kakapo rocked gently back and forth, the only yacht in the cove, her bright yellow paint no match for the rising sun. A light wind rippled over the waters beyond the shelter of the headland. The air was chilly and I [...]
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