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

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Into The Mystic Cruise 2013 - update 54

Sun 18.8.13: Baltimore We're anchored off the quay, in Baltimore. Dinghies flit around us; and fiddle music drifts across the water. I r...

Saturday, 17 August 2013

Into The Mystic Cruise 2013 - update 53

Sat 17.8.13: Glengarriff. Our low pressure system is doing things, pretty much, by the book: • On Thursday, the warm front gave us a day of...

Friday, 16 August 2013

Into The Mystic Cruise 2013 - update 52

Fri 16.8.13: Glengarriff. I breakfast, under a blue sky, dotted with candy floss clouds... before rowing in to the quay;... ...where I make ...

Thursday, 15 August 2013

Into The Mystic Cruise 2013 - PS to update 51

(continued from update 51) An unseen hand seems to lift the veil of mist, which has shrouded the high peaks, all day. I set off for an eveni...

Into The Mystic Cruise 2013 - update 51

Thr 15.8.13: Glengarriff. The open companionway frames soaring hillsides, vanishing mysteriously into swirls of mist. I sit below, reading a...

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Into The Mystic Cruise 2013 - update 50

Wed 14.8.13: Glengarriff As the tide falls, ridges of rock rear, like black scaled crocodiles, from the tranquil surface, of Glengarriff...

Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Into The Mystic Cruise 2013 - update 49

Tue 13.8.13: Bantry Bay, on passage from Portmagee to Glengarriff. The dolphins' joyful antics brighten a grey day. They leap and dive -...

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