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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Posted by Alden Smith on Thursday, June 22, 2017

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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.

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BLOGS I FOLLOW

Bursledon Blog

East Cowes kerb appeal - What a great address Side view of the house, complete with mural - just great.
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Ships Log - Yacht "Sparrow"

Think we're ready... - ...well, as ready as I'll ever be.. Not surprisingly I guess for the end of March, the lift in week has been hit with a succession of spring equinoctial g...
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Captain JP's log

The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea - My last art post was about the simply awful Hogarth exhibition at the Tate, which was just terrible, having no interest in art or Hogarth or historical ...
1 week ago
Mid-Atlantic Musings

2023 Classic Moth Boat Mid-Winters--Gulfport, Florida - It's been a while since I last posted anything. Part of that was Covid related and part was due to event cancellations. Also, since my daughter is now...
1 week ago
Arwen's meanderings

beginning astrophotography - Occasionally non boat blogs appear here. Today is one such occasion. Regular readers will know that over the last 18 months or so I have taken up Astrop...
3 weeks ago
Voyaging / Annie Hill

One or two people have commented that I haven't updated my blog recently. - The reason that I haven't updated *this* blog recently, is because some time ago, I started a new one. To catch up with *FanShi* and me, please go to Fa...
2 months ago
The Skint Sailor

First Yachtless Gales. - The past couple of days have been a bit blustery. It's still weird not having to worry about the boat after almost a decade of ownership. I hear the win...
3 months ago
Virtue 61 | Vertue 25

Dutch salmon boats - A couple of years ago I discovered the zalmschouw ( salmon boat or drifter boat), I was at the time looking for a vessel suitable for my son to camp and sa...
3 months ago
Available Light

The Matter With Things. 2 - Last night I finished reading Iain McGilchrist's *The Matter With Things, Our Brains, our Delusions and the Unmaking of the World*, the biggest book I ...
9 months 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.
11 months ago
Dizzy's folding bike

South Island Trip - Nov/Dec 2021 - Part 3 - Part 3Arrowtown, Franz Josef, and home This is the third part of the holiday we had in the South Island in November/December 2021. Part 1 is here, and...
1 year ago
Creeksailor

Lion Creek - Sea-Country book extract - My book Sea-Country is no longer in print and in due course I will be making the book available from my own website in digital format only. Meanwhile, I...
1 year ago
SAILING MARGHERITA - a Willow Bay "Shilling"

Back in the water again at last! - The 2020 sailing season did not happen for me at all. Covid lockdowns delayed the work being carried out on Margherita by the boat yard in Poole and my ...
1 year ago
LAST VISIBLE DOG

Deepest Darkest New Zealand - Exactly a year ago I was a place in New Zealand I have never been, despite this being a relatively smallish three(-ish) islands, and me living here for ...
2 years ago
I've been thinking!

Coronavirus Lockdown Day 11 -
2 years ago
jwboatdesigns

- Development of Spooks gaff rig. I’ve been playing with the rig, the sails, and the settings on Spook, each little change has seen a slight improvement in h...
3 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...
3 years ago
Proper Course

Will the RS Aero ever be in the Olympics? - Recently on my new blog - Aerobian - I have been writing about the Olympic Trials to select the boats for the Men's and Women's One Person Dinghy Events in...
3 years ago
Sally II

Launched - Sally's 82-year refit concluded this morning at 7.30, when she was slipped back into the waters of Loch Broom. She's had a survey, a keel bolt dropped (pri...
3 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...
4 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...
6 years ago
Bill's Log

Bill’s Log - The Future - Regular readers will be aware of the lack of recent articles. My custom for many years has been to post to my websites (no longer active) and to my ...
7 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. : > )
7 years ago
Keep Turning Left

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