An ordinary single-handed sailor’s dull blog of his adventures at sea, boats he has sailed, some of his sailing friends and a few to admire and appreciate too.  

There is the odd exciting bit but that will be because I have done something wrong.  Mistakes are highlights! If it’s immensely boring I have done something right.  

On land I am social.  Most of the time I am alone at sea and I like it that way.  

My sailing has for the most part been in the tricky Thames Estuary.  From there exploring, The North Sea, The Channel, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Orkney, Shetland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, and a little of  the USA. I have also sailed in the Mediterranean Italy, France and Spain.  In 2018 ‘Talisker 1’ and I sailed 4,000 miles in the Atlantic Ocean.  

In March 2019 James Robinson and I crossed the Atlantic with Kris Adams and David Frost on their Kaufman 49 ‘Taipan’.  Not single handed that time.

I have sailed further than most but not nearly as far as some.  Since a Total Heart Block caused “in all probability” (I quote Papworth Hospital) by the Pfizer Covid booster in 2022 my sailing has been curtailed whilst my recovery has continued.