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Pickling Fish
I do try to keep this up to date, but have many other distractions.Someone asked me for my recipe for pickled fish. Here it is: it is included in my book The Voyaging Vegetarian, which I have been...
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A change of pace
A CHANGE OF PACEThe moment Iron Bark sailed between the headlands which guard the entrance to New Zealand's Bay of Islands, I felt I'd come home. My mother was born on South Island, and I had always...
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America North and South
Some of those who read my blog may have heard that Trevor and I have been awarded the highly prestigious Blue Water Medal of the Cruising Club of America. We were astonished to hear that we had been...
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Article 21
THE TRANSFORMATION OF JOSHUASince that unhappy day when Badger sailed out of my life, I have missed sailing with junk rig. I am, I suspect, the world’s laziest sailor. I enjoy the way of a boat under...
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Article 20
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; My decision to have my own boat and live in New Zealand, rather than to carry on voyaging with Trevor, has added an extra layer of complexity to my life, which I could well...
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Article 19
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Lunenburg is one of my favourite places and I’ve been there sufficiently often that I know my way around. I always enjoy that feeling of familiarity. Unfortunately, the...
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Article 18
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } We left on a morning of thick fog: a yacht, Solana, that left at the same time was almost invisible, its white sails and white hull blending into the white fog. There was...
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Article 17
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Saturday came in cool and wet, but we set off hoping to get beyond Halifax. There was the odd shower about and not a lot of wind, in spite of the weathermen blithely...
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Article 16
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Today was a really lovely one. We had beautiful weather and as soon as there was a breeze we left Sambro and headed out towards the passage between Inner Sambro I and Cape...
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Article 15
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Today started off bright and sunny again – but no wind. Looking at the chart, a little anchorage called Malagash Cove looked very attractive. Only 13 miles away, it would...
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Article 14
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Unbelievably, we ran out of water last night. Trevor was convinced that somehow I had managed to get through 180 litres since we left Halifax,...
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Article 13
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } This Eastern Shore is a truly delightful cruising ground.Thursday saw us sailing in very light breezes and wending our way among a variety of islands and skerries, the...
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Article 12
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } We left today in very light winds, but sailed until we came to the St Andrews Passage to Canso. I've been dying to do this for years, but somehow it has never happened....
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Article 11
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } We woke up to a perfect, if perfectly calm, morning. We left straight after breakfast, drifting out of the anchor and leisurely making sail. The ‘other part’ of the St...
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Trevor's blog
Trevor has finally got round to writing a blog. So far he has published an account of his time in Chile, but I'm hoping he will write a lot more. Go and see it at http://iron-bark.blogspot.com/
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Article 9
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; } Drying out wasn’t going to happen, so we decided instead, to go across and see some friends in St Peters. Their bush telegraph was obviously working, because as we tied up...
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Article 8
Back in D’Escousse, we stayed for a few days spending time with our friends and celebrating my birthday. Then it was back through the St Peters Canal, shopping and visiting and out into the Bras D’Or....
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Article 7
My friend, David, who helped me design the rig, sailed in from Tasmania a few weeks ago and has been nobly helping me with various projects. Paul, in whose workshop I built the rig, came down for a...
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Article 6
The Grren Interview that Trevor and I did with Silver Donald Cameron can now be viewed, if you have good Internet access. I haven't so have not seen it, but I did download the transcript of the...
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Article 5
David’s visit has been a great boost for Fantailand me. As well as giving me the encouragement and inspiration to get on with jobs on board, David has also put his designer’s brain to work on my...
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