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On Sailing a Folksong - back to the beginning
“Experience is not what happens to you, it’s what you do with what happens to you” – Aldous Huxley. ~~~ Well. it’s happened, as it was bound to. Having spent the past three yea… more →
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On Sailing a Folksong - back to the beginning
Bill wrote 6 months ago: “Experience is not what happens to you, it’s what you do with what happens to you” … more →
A World Of His Own
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Bill wrote 7 months ago: On 22nd April 1969, a third year student in London, I watched Robin Knox-Johnson return to Falmouth … more →
On sailing a Folksong - update
Bill wrote 8 months ago: Blue Mistress has twenty lockers with removable lids, twelve of them in the bunks. Laid out across a … more →
For love of a boat - Port Vendres, Roussillon, France 2008
Bill wrote 8 months ago: Port Vendres, Roussillon, France 2008 For historic images of Les Barques Catalan taken in Banyul, t … more →
Book sailing - "Only So Many Tides"
Bill wrote 8 months ago: I have been reading and enjoying Jon Wainwright’s book. He spent nearly four decades sailing a … more →
Pass it on
Bill wrote 9 months ago: In book-sailor mode, I found the following – the first paragraph of the preface to Deep Sea Sa … more →
For love of a boat - Aghia Galini, Crete
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Bill wrote 9 months ago: Aghia Galini, Crete 2006 Boat detail. Note the step on the stem at the waterline. For the origins of … more →
For love of a boat - Teignmouth, Devon and Poole, Dorset
Bill wrote 9 months ago: Two boats this time, the second one for comparison. Teignmouth, Devon, UK 2009 This is one of, I bel … more →
On Steeple Point - "Treachery at Sharpnose"
Bill wrote 10 months ago: Steeple Point Jeremy Seal, in Treachery at Sharpnose, covers a story that I have wondered about sinc … more →
Acknowledging the past
Bill wrote 11 months ago: On Boxing Day, at low tide, we walked on the beach. Empty quay, Bude, Boxing Day, 2008 The weather w … more →
For love of a boat - on the Dalmatian Coast, Croatia
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Bill wrote 1 year ago: Brela, Dalmation Coast, Croatia 2008 For the origin of this series – here … more →
For love of a boat - in Pelion, Greece
Bill wrote 1 year ago: Trikeri, Pelion, Greece 2004 For the origin of this series – here … more →
The Ketch Ceres
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Bill wrote 1 year ago: In a previous post on For love of a boat, I said that I am happy to post the image of a boat and let … more →
For love of a boat - on the Dalmation Coast, Croatia
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Bill wrote 1 year ago: Orebic, Peljesac, Croatia 2008 AA commented on my last ‘love of a boat’ post “If s … more →
For love of a boat - on the Catalan Coast, Spain
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Bill wrote 1 year ago: Portbou, Spain 2008 For the origin of this series – here … more →
For love of a boat - in Devon, England
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Bill wrote 1 year ago: We went down to the beach this evening to watch the Teign Rowing Club racing in the Shaldon Regatta. … more →
Enjoying the wait
Bill wrote 1 year ago: The trapeze artist said: “Living is walking the wire. Everything else is waiting.” The f … more →
For love of a boat - in Pelion, Greece
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Bill wrote 1 year ago: Trikeri, Pelion, Greece – 2004 For the origin of this series – here … more →
For love of a boat - on the Dalmation Coast, Croatia
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Bill wrote 1 year ago: The problem is this: here is a fine-looking, well-built, working boat sitting on a beach. “ It … more →
