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Tag Archives: day sailing
Shortening sail
A trip by sailboat is one of the slowest ways of getting from A to B. So why, so often, does it not feel that way? Continue reading
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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Hotel Portimão
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
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The end of the end of time
Technology may giveth, but it also taketh away.
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Sailing spouses
Wedded to the sea and wedded to your wife? There’s a good reason polygamy is mostly illegal. It mostly doesn’t work.
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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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The boat today
Sailors’ rhymes are oft obscene. By way of a change, I’ll keep this clean.
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