I hadn’t planned to still be in Guatemala in January 2023 which just proves that sailing plans are written in the sand to be washed away by the rising tide. This will be a short post because I hope to […]
I entered the New Year still in George Town, Exuma and loving every minute, while the UK enters a new and indefinite full lockdown. I …
Francesco and I motored up river, although we could have sailed, because I wanted to arrive at Mar Marine around sunset. We arrived on time, and …
Leaving Guatemala over the sand bar at Livingston I went aground for the second year running, and yet again called for Hector to pull me …
There’s a certain amount of Déjà Vu as I begin by saying that my plan for 2025 is to sail across the Pacific Ocean, and …
I hadn’t planned to still be in Guatemala in January 2023 which just proves that sailing plans are written in the sand to be washed away by the rising tide. This will be a short post because I hope to […]
I have a fabulous list of books planned for 2023, some of which can be seen on the boat in the feature photograph, and I will start the year by …
I had high hopes of sailing from Belize to Guatemala but it would always be difficult with a maximum 4 knots of wind! There is a sand bar across the entrance …
The passage from Isla Mujeres south to Belize was tough. For some or all of the time I experienced strong winds, adverse currents and big surfing seas, and as I …
I shall start the year by reading Anzio by Lloyd Clark. Anzio was the location in Italy of a WW2 battle in 1944 in which my father, Peter Mather, fought. …
Happy New Year! The Header Photograph is the sunrise taken from Coco Beach on Isla Mujeres on New Years Day. My January 2022 number one priority is to complete the forestay repair …
When I left home in 1978 I lived without a television for twelve years, and consequently, music was always in the background...BBC radio stations, singles, albums, cassettes and later CD's. …
When I left home in 1978 I lived without a television for twelve years, and consequently, music was always in the background...BBC radio stations, singles, albums, cassette's and later CD's. …