All at Sea with Stargazer

I live by the sea, maybe live for the sea, on an island in the tidal River Medway. Just downstream of the historic Chatham Naval Dockyard - where Nelson's Victory was built. For me the sea is about freedom and exploration - both personal and geographical. Stargazer is a 31' Hallberg-Rassy sloop; and companion on my journey

Friday, 12 December 2025

Winter Work 3

Stargazer's domestic battery bank died, off the Cap de la Hague, as we emerged from the Alderney Race at dusk. Fortunately, the engine...

Friday, 5 December 2025

Winter Work 2

Stargazer sailed, for most of the 2025 season, with an improvised dyneema backstay. Plus its redundant predecessor, which I was loath to cut...

Saturday, 29 November 2025

Winter Work 1

" You cannot make an omelette without breaking some eggs. " It is nonetheless never wracking, to be taking a saw to Stargazer'...

Monday, 29 September 2025

Zen Again 166

Stargazer makes her stately way home. Slipping west, past the open East Coast horizons of the Swale, toward the Medway. Borne by the flood...

Friday, 26 September 2025

Zen Again 165

Discretion proves to be the better part of valour, for one solo Dragonfly skipper. Tempted out, by twenty five, gusting thirty, knots of b...

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