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Endless summer

Almost mid April and we are still having some good beach days.  Come Easter weekend the rain will begin and send us into winter- our unofficial date for the start of winter. .

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All kinds of crazy

The Burque Brothers .

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Lets declare war!!

Sailors we need to unite against the war on waste in our precious oceans !!The plastic pollution is ever in creasing and there has been numerous accounts of sea life struggling to survive due to...

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Adventure at night

South Africa is the place to be in April.  We have so many public holidays that one almost don't need to take a day off to have a good short holiday. If only I could've slept like themBUT somehow my...

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Rally the troops

While I am on the "save the ocean " wagon, here is another good clip called Ocean Story.Do your bit and sign the petition & send your message across the ocean. Click Here.

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Fitness? What Fitness?

In summer time we all have our own ways of keeping down the weight and staying fit.  Tillerman likes to run (away from the nursing home I presume);  O Dock does an ever increasing list of repairs on...

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Taxman

..Let me tel you how it will beTheres 1 for you, 19 for me'cause I'm the TaxmanYeah, I'm the Taxman..~ from Taxman by The Beatles ~The Beatles knew and so do we....Damn the Taxman.  These days there is...

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Bad Weather Sailing

J.S. Elcano 1:250 scaleEvery year when winter approaches and the rain starts falling, I start building model boats. It keeps my hand steady and me day dreaming of the days of old square riggers and...

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The Ice Dream

What would be better than a glass of pure icy water with a good measure of bourbon?A glass of pure icy water with a good measure of bourbon enjoyed on your yacht in Greenland while the sun...

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Over the Top

Part of my winter hibernation routine is getting a good "yachting" biography, this year it is Over the Top.  It's the story of Adrian Flanagan, the first ever person to sail solo Vertically around the...

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B-O-A-B

We all know that BOAT stands for Bail-Out-Another-Thousand, btu the Yacht History Supreme takes it to a whole new level that one would need to use BOAB - Bail-Out-Another-Billion.The 100 ft yacht has a...

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Sailing Yin Yang

So here I am fighting the age old struggle of yin and yang, but more so “sailor's yin yang”. I have been putting some time into deciding what kind of sailor I am, but the more I read about boats and...

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Aaargghhh!!

Aye me matey, its talk like a pirate day. Come on all ya scallywags, join the fun on sailinganarchy forumP.S. Talk like a Pirate, meaning the fun times we had as children, not the current problems we...

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Aloha Joe

FINALLY my postcard came that Joe sent me on his last trip to Hawaii.  Living in South Africa, one gets used to waiting some time for your mail, but luckily it is always reliable even thou it is sooooo...

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What's on the pond?

In the winter I was building a scale model ship and enjoyed it so much that I decided to start doing small model boats out of Balsa wood just for the fun of it. No works of art, just something to get...

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Anchoring system for tidal areas

There has been a lot of chatter on the John Welsford Yahoo group about a anchoring system fro tidal areas,  Here is a system short description of a system we used when I was younger.We used to camp...

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Get seasick much?

In all my years of sailing I have never felt the queasiness of the sea (touch wood, touch wood, touch wood).  But many of my fellow crew have.  How do you avoid seasickness? Click for - How to avoid...

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Sailor's Anatomy

click picture for larger versionfrom GCaptian's Maritime Monday.

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Nav Light

Came across this very smart and useful nav light for small craft..

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Harbour reflections

Lunch at the Local Fish & Chips jointSeagulls resting at BibliaAn oldie getting some new paintOne of the old fishing boat wrecksAnd another oneFisherman going out to catch

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Stocking Filler

Dear SantaIf you have not yet wrapped my yacht, can you please put one of these in there too?Sincerely smilicus.

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Island Lake

SunriseHoliday time, finally!.

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Change of Address

Please note: I have a new blog, smilicus' blog Hope to see you all on my new blog.

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Visit my new blog

Sailing Province

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Change of Address

After I have tried on numerous blogs, I finally found the one that fits me perfectly:Sailing on Elbow Grease

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