STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF IDEAS OPINIONS AND INTERESTS

THE REASONS WHY

Boats act on our imaginations and for some of us they connect intimately at a deep level. Our involvement with boats, whether just reading and looking at them, or designing, building, renovating, sailing them, provide routes to what has been called "the better angels of our nature". Our time spent with boats strengthens our connections with the natural world, its rhythms, and also with aspects of our cultural histories. These engagements feed us.

BLOGS I FOLLOW

Bursledon Blog

Danger Danger - Warning - The writer here at BB may be one of the few people who still remember the warnings broadcast by the robot in the 1960's sci fi series Lost in Space, but ...
19 hours ago
Ships Log - Yacht "Sparrow"

Opportunity is a Winner - An opportunistic sail grabbed from the end of a mahoosive heatwave.. but I'm jumping ahead of myself.. First off a bit more make do and mend with two coat...
1 week ago
Arwen's meanderings

Tips for buying or selling a small traditional sailing boat - *Some guidance tips if you are considering buying or selling a small boat* Arwen has gone. Her sale not without its stresses and a few lessons learned ...
1 week ago
The Skint Sailor

Gentrification and Jobs. - It seems there's been an effort to remove boats from the Eastney foreshore this week. There's a post about it on Facebook. Ostensibly to remove abandone...
3 months ago
LAST VISIBLE DOG

Getting the Urge. - Orion in our March skies. *The Urge for Going. * I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer...
4 months ago
Captain JP's log

The America's Cup in Barcelona - I haven't posted for a long time, but it's blog anniversary day and I've recently been in Barcelona where managed to see the America's Cup, so thought...
8 months ago
Creeksailor

FOR SALE - Sailing Just For Fun: Rare opportunity to own wooden gaff cutter Shoal Waters. Owner retiring. New sails. Yard trailer. Spare original sails. Ghoster sail....
1 year ago
Earwigoagin

Music Whenever: Mega Bog "Station to Station" - Found this on my son's playlist. Dreamy. I think it's about a breakup but not totally sure.
3 years ago
Available Light

Living the lies - In 1969, when I was 16 I left school and got a job as a labourer. My wages weren't high but to me they were a fortune and within a few months I bought m...
4 years ago
Voyaging / Annie Hill

The bilgeboards - In spite of being described by no lesser authority than Wikipedia, my choice of bilgeboards seems to have caused immense confusion among both visitors and ...
5 years ago
Mid-Atlantic Musings

The 1938 Governor's Cup Race - Once again Flea-bay has produced a piece of Moth Boat history. This time in the form of an old newspaper photograph dated the 17th of October, 1938. I wa...
5 years ago
jwboatdesigns

The month of the pumps - This was supposed to be the “summer of the paintbrush”, and yes, I have got quite a bit of that done but for a while there it was the “month of the pumps...
5 years ago
Aerobian

Thoughts on sailing an RS Aero in 47mph winds - The current forecast on Sailflow for frostbiting in Bristol on Saturday afternoon is 15mph gusting to 47mph. I’m currently trying to figure out what my fe...
5 years ago
SAILING MARGHERITA - a Willow Bay "Shilling"

A Video on "My Classic Boat", new sails and a paint job - Time passes by so fast and its ages since I posted here. A few things have happened since my last post. Firstly, I treated Margherita to some new sails. ...
5 years ago
Dizzy's folding bike

Kapiti Coast ride - On Wednesday last week (20 November), we went on a ride we have done many times before, but John took some interesting photos, so here we are with another...
5 years ago
Virtue 61 | Vertue 25

Biscay Escapade - Ivé long had a fascination with the Brittany coast with its multitude of charming coves and harbours and lovely towns and islands and longed to see it agai...
5 years ago
Sally II

Danger! Before you Scrape off your old Antifouling. - No, not the toxins or the dust (wear a mask and goggles or scrape upwind) but the danger you might pose to other people if you are of a malicious temperame...
6 years ago
Estuarian | Visiting places where rivers meet the sea.

Pelicans Brown and White - Pelicans both Brown and White gathered at the mouth of the Russian River today. The lower estuary reliably attracts wildlife and, with the launch site at J...
6 years ago
I've been thinking!

March already...!!! - It’s been almost one year since I last blogged, no excuses really, more a case of laziness, I believe the reason I haven’t been more diligent is that for my...
7 years ago
Proper Course

My Name is Tillerman and I am an Aerobian - I haven't sailed my Laser since April. It sits there on its trailer in my garage and looks at me mournfully every time I choose to go RS Aero sailing. The ...
8 years ago
Kiwifruit and Roses – from NZ to the UK

Little Venice - It has been one year since my hubby and I made the move from beautiful New Zealand to the UK. I can’t believe how fast time has gone. It has been a year fu...
8 years ago
Bill's Log

Maurice Griffiths and His ‘Eventide’ Yacht - *'Ishani'* Many yachtsmen will have affectionate memories of sailing and owning boats that were designed by Maurice Griffiths, and perhaps thousands...
9 years ago
SIMPLY SAILING

Decision Time - After a lot of thought I have decided to keep this Blog going. I will endeavor to put some new postings up in the very near future. : > )
9 years ago
Keep Turning Left

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