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

Monday, 20 May 2013

Seal Watching In Newtown Creek

A lone Harbour Seal, hauled out on the point, surveys the steely, pre-dawn stillness expectantly. The sun languorously rises from its slumbe...

Saturday, 11 May 2013

Studland In Summer

It's Friday evening. The sun is setting on a working week. It paints Old Harry a honeyed gold. Stargazer swings contentedly at anchor. I...

Monday, 29 April 2013

Lulworth Celebration

The cliff, brindled Chartreus-green and a sun-drenched chalk-white, soars above Stargazer. At its head, twenty five knots of north-w...

Sunday, 7 April 2013

First Sail Of The Season: 2013

The setting sun paints sea and sky a fire-glow orange. We're anchored in the lee of a wooded island - briefly rendered as a coal black s...

Sunday, 31 March 2013

Poole Easter

25 knots of Easterly breeze gusts up Poole Harbour. There's a Siberian chill to it, that sucks the warmth out of the sun. Undaunted, the...

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