Sailors, the cruising kind, are split into two camps these days – monohull or catamarans. Each camp, no surprise, has its opinions and position on which is the better tool for crossing oceans. One of the criticisms leveled at monohulls …
Over the years our coffee drinking habits have evolved. Back when most of America couldn’t spell Frappuccino, people drank coffee as an antidote to whatever damaging compounds they’d ingested the night before. Those fortunate enough to travel to Europe discovered …
Position: 41°12’57″N 13°34’23″E A couple of weeks ago Italy’s Prime Minister resigned and the government collapsed. In the middle of the pandemic. Everyone locally appeared singularly apathetic. Unused to Italian political affairs and coming off the back of an insurrection …
Phil was never happier than when he was solving a problem. Whether that problem was a better method of laying out the instruments for an appendectomy or designing an amnioscope that puts light where the doctor needs it most. His …
If it ain’t broke… Sailboats require maintenance. Maintenance is something sailboats are not designed for. Perhaps because their designers never intended them to live as long as they do. Perhaps because aesthetics sell boats. Perhaps because the boat maintenance cartel …
Position: 41°12’57.9″N 13°34’23.5″E One of the joys of wintering on your boat in northern climes is condensation. (Not to be confused with that singular joy of having siblings: condescension. – ed.) Warm air rises and when it meets a colder …
Position: 36°07’45″N 115°09’0″W Having entered the post-truth epoch four years ago, the nautically inclined are now entering the era of post-captaining. Boat owners and their boats can look forward to a time when the experience and nous of a skilled …
Position: 41°12’57″N 13°34’23″E The Plan What better way to ring in the beginning of a new year than with friends, good food, and plenty of prosecco? There is none. We heralded 2021 with Robin and Bob (our in-bubble dock mates) …
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” – my Mum Back when I worked for a living, I used to reassure my clients that as bad as things seem, not everything is broken. With that in …
