As an (ex) Marine Rescue Skipper, we had some fun days… but training is a serious business If you’d like to listen to this story, click here for our Podcast Show, ‘Turning Your Cruising Dreams into Reality’ “He’s lost at sea and unwell?” “The information we have,” the clipped, efficient tones state, “he is 55 […]
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Sometimes a journey is not about the destination but about the decisions along the way. If you’d like to listen to this story, click here for our Podcast Show ‘Turning Your Cruising Dreams into Reality’ The tangy smell of the salt laden breeze combined with the late afternoon muting of colours surrounded the sparkling cockpit,
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“At times like this, I was thankful I could manage the boat myself.” On social media recently I’ve seen some posts from people admitting they rarely helm, or take control of their boat. This reminded me when Noel was ill and it was up to me to get us to, and in, a foreign port,
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Cruising Helmsman gave me my first break as a freelance writer. That was almost 25 years ago! Upon hearing the news that the magazine is sailing off into the sunset one final time has made the Parry household very sad. Caroline Strainig was at the helm when I got my first exciting break to be
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If you’d like to listen to this story on our podcast show, click here. All I need is the padded cell; the straightjacket is tightening. Red tape is our new sport. I am starting to think all this is because we have turned renegade – leaving our cruising lifestyle. Delving into books of adventurous seamen
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A Tender Moment in a house of Ill Repute: Successful cruising is a matter of continual awareness If you’d like to listen to this story on our podcast show, click here. (Caribbean music supplied by: http://www.freesfx.co.uk) We’ve made it across the Atlantic to Barbados, arriving just in time for celebrating New Year’s Eve. Two
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or… having good stuff on the boat! If you’d like to listen to this story, click here. “I refuse to go sailing unless I can have a fresh water shower every day!” The schoolmistress voice sent shudders through my bones, “lord knows how her husband deals with this”, I thought. I am being unfair; we
If you’d like to listen to this story click here for the podcasts. With a hankering for small villages, we still savor the animation big cities and their inhabitants offer. These thoughts lead us back into a conglomerate of memories; here are a few, from deck level. San Juan, Puerto Rico Our history lesson
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There are lots of emotions onboard a sailing boat, excitement, seasickness, fear… Fear is a Funny Thing! You can listen to this story here, on the podcast show Turning Your Cruising Dreams into Reality. Recently, in the midst of teeth grinding fear I realised it was not the event itself causing my sleepless nights it
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