Category: Yarns
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The ominous words: “And then the engine stopped.”
By Andrew Bray I once co-authored a book with Des Sleightholme and Bill Anderson. It was titled What Now Skipper? and dealt with all kinds of small-boat seamanship problems. One author would pose a problem,… […]
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Lucy L Ford: She’s a mistress, so why bother learning to tie a knot?
The skipper took his first mistress in 1992. She was not the blonde, slim thing that I had been expecting. In fact, when I first saw her, I thought she was sagging a bit round… […]
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Why I am never retiring!
In which Lucy L Ford attends a sea survival course – a birthday present from The Skipper ‘You have be able to jump into the sea when the time comes’… I can’t wait Apparently when… […]
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Andrew Bray: Forecasting
What there is now is what I would call absolute forecasting… but keep watching the visual signs if you don’t want to get caught out By Andrew Bray In mid-November I decided to go out… […]
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Birth of a legend
Trevor David Clifton on a tall story that became historical fact From our Instructor’s Tales series Eight pretty ladies stepped aboard, my crew for the day. It was the first day of the autumn regatta… […]
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The Brits at Brest
In the summer of 2016 we packed our things and took the cross channel ferry to attend the massive festival at Brest, where so many classic sailors go for the four-yearly jamboree. With Mike Smylie… […]
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Lucy L Ford and her “dinghy experience”
We have some great writers on Classic Sailor. And here is a great piece, from Lucy L Ford, on the pitfalls of going ashore in the dinghy: The ‘dinghy experience’ for the ungainly housewife has… […]