Stuff that makes us laugh

Lucy L Ford: Blind Navigation

2018-11-27T09:51:32+00:00November 11th, 2018|Yarns|

In which Lucy describes sailing with a very short-sighted skipper I had noticed that there had been much squinting at the chart plotter, and now he tells me... I sometimes wonder whether the blonde slim affair of the Skipper’s fifty-something dreams would be seen dead on his boat. Let alone hanging off the bow in [...]

Chilgrove Gin: The grape, not the grain

2020-11-06T11:25:19+00:00May 30th, 2018|Food and drink, Yarns|

BY GUY VENABLES            Not far from where I live the first English gin to use alcohol distilled from grapes, rather than grain, is to be born. And Chilgrove is its name. Praise be. For gins that use wine-based spirit are in a different class. It’s akin to the di erences [...]

Lucy L Ford: Fighting the urge (to use the heads) at sea

2020-11-06T11:25:47+00:00May 2nd, 2018|Yarns|

  Lucy L Ford on some strenuous and sensuous on-board experiences Before it is even possible to get the knickers off one has to get rid of about four layers of heavy weather sailing gear Most people spend their holidays visiting castles, churches or other places of historic interest. We spend our holidays visiting the [...]

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