I am pretty sure that when the Romans got to the end of building Harian's Wall an officer declared: "Aye, that'll do!" "You said 'aye'!", retorted one of the soldiers "Aye, I did,

The sea is a harsh environment, everything corrodes or degrades in some way, even stainless steel if it is not the right grade. When I was in hospital being rebuilt after my accident I was told that my

This is the bush being bored out ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

Parting off the rudder bush ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS

A couple of years ago I foolishly got drunk at my local sailing club. I was more interested in gazing lovingly at the plentiful supply of cleavage on display. However, in a moment of weakness, when one

I can make this photo worse. I can add a little more depravity to the level's that I have sunk. What makes this worse, the new low that I am taking you to is this: my wife is blind. Not partially sighted

At the beginning of 2017 I had a massive motorcycle accident. My bike spat me off and smashed everything in the top left hand corner of my body. The bike itself was fine as it landed on my left leg and

News travels fairly quickly and word spread of my efforts in resurrecting the autohelm dock, to the point that one of my fellow sailors asked if I could help him out. As I was at a loose end waiting on

If I am totally honest with myself I am not really a creator of art. I can appreciate art and I can even write erudite pieces on it, but I would describe myself as aesthetically challenged. I was once

As I am progressing with my boat restoration I am starting to spot the wee jobs that need done. A pulley here, a block there, a re-rope at the back; the unfortunate thing for me is that I am acutely aware

Before I begin I should point out that this is written partly with my tongue in my cheek and with a distinctly Scottish lexicon, if you are easily offended piss off now :) What the flying fuck is going

A few things have happened since I last wrote, due in the most part to the brief bout of nice weather I have been enjoying. It took two attempts to re-rope and wire the mast, it was simply too cold to

The weather where I live has turned into cold, wet, sleet, shitty badness. For the past three weekends I have had plans to fix things on my boat and continue its restoration from abandoned wreck to fun

Beech trees are fantastic beasts, they can grow to enormous sizes and the wood they provide is fabulous for burning. My mother had a beast of a beech in the bottom forest that was blotting out the sunlight

I have many outdoor hobbies and it took me a while to merge them under one umbrella, however I am pretty sure that it is "Chasing the Horizon". Now, this can be a fun hobby and one in which anyone

Amongst my many pursuits I am pretty handy with a chainsaw. I come from a farm originally, I suppose more of a homestead in modern parlance, and due to this I am able to turn my hand to many things. I

There are many ways to tell a story and I tend towards whimsy rather than purely fact. If I am telling stories around sailing I tend to avoid drenching them in nautical terms, to my mind it becomes hard

To my mind the single most important piece of kit you must have on a boat is a compass. With a compass alone you can find your way broadly in the right direction. I have been caught a couple of times in

It is a truism in life that the more skilled you become at something the simpler the kit you require. I remember as a child a "Master Carpenter" was due to turn up at a house my family was

If you take a walk along the Barvick Burn in Crieff, Scotland, you may be lucky enough to spot this entertaining Mole's House. A charming, seemingly idyllic spot on the banks of the burn, as it gently