“First of all, fear helps. One hand for yourself, one for the ship” I’m glad to see, among this month’s topics, the rather vital one of how not to fall…
Philippa Park
Dick Durham podcast – July 2015
“Bittles was no sailor, but he knew a good idea when he saw one” Exactly 90 years ago this month, Yachting Monthly conceived an offspring, Yacht Sales & Charters. The…
Jonty Pearce: One of those days
It was just one of those days. We all have them – days when everything we touch goes wrong and it is best to just give up and go back…
July 2015
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Sailwhipping – why not to fettle in a gale
One of the problems of being a busy GP living three hours away from our boat is that we have to schedule our diaries a long way ahead. Our planned…
Jonty Pearce: Large man in a small hole
Six years of regular use had taken its toll on our toilet, which now leaked. Not only did this give us unpleasantly wet toes, but it meant that the siphon…
Dick Durham podcast – June 2015
“The ooze had swallowed my boots. I was stuck in a quagmire of East Coast mud, 300 yards offshore” It’s an isolated spot, just a few cows grazing on marshland…
Libby Purves podcast: June 2015
“Some of the very best ‘looks’ in high fashion have travelled directly from ships and boats” Crewmates! We are iconic fashionistas. This status may not be immediately apparent to every…
June 2015
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Weston Martyr: The £200 Millionaire
Smith stood five foot five in his boots, weighed nearly 10 stone in his winter clothes and an overcoat, and he had a flat chest and a round stomach. Smith…