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Category Archives: Sailing Stories
South cones in Sotogrande
Unexpectedly weatherbound and unexpectedly without a towel; an unexpected chance to see two sides of the Costa del Sol Continue reading
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Tagged day sailing, gibraltar, mediterranean, spain, weather
Wanna see M’diq?
A town to launch a thousand knob-gags, and this schoolboy finds he doesn’t have a playmate.
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Faro’s floating fuzz
Two rozzers in a RIB provide my second experience of being boarded at sea by the maritime police. It did nothing to cure my cynicism. Nor my paranoia. Continue reading
Hotel Portimão
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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No hay fuego en Cienfuegos
A town named for a hundred fires, yet not a match nor a lighter to be found.
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Confessions of a midnight mariner 1 – I drove all night
Inexperience can quickly turn a bad situation an awful lot worse. The story of my first night sail is, therefore, also the story of my worst night sail.
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Splitting for a week
Only twice have I skipped a day’s sailing on a charter holiday, Croatia’s Dalmatian coast shares that prize.
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Smarter than a mackerel…
Smarter than a mackerel but dumber than a cod.
Probably for the best though as I wouldn’t know what to do if I caught one.
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A most obliging menace
Keeping the hell out of the way of big ships is a good idea. It’s tricky though when they’re actually aiming for you Continue reading
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Tagged biscay, encounters, offshore sailing, rules of the road
There’s quite a bit of water down here
Three hours astern, fifteen hours ahead, a few minutes straight down. Landfall is always closer than you think. Continue reading