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

Saturday, 26 July 2014

Chapman's Pool

The wind abandons us off Anvil point. We ride the westbound tide to St Albans Head and ghost into Chapman's Pool on a zephyr, to anc...

Monday, 14 July 2014

Westward Ho

With an exuberant whoop from its whistle and a fire breathing sigh the steam locomotive pounds across Brunel's long legged viaduct -...

Sunday, 15 June 2014

Jurassic Jaunt

A mint fresh buttress cloaked in cascades of purple heather and plunging green grass reaches up towards the soft morning sun. Over...

Saturday, 31 May 2014

Whistle Stop Cruise: update 3

31.5.14. Studland Bay, Poole Stargazer heels to 14 knots of NE breeze and treads lightly into a dawn filled with promise, We beat down harbo...

Friday, 30 May 2014

Whistle Stop Cruise: update 2

30.5.14. Quai de la Hune, Cherbourg I awake to the creak of mooring lines as Stargazer stirs to the incoming tide. Tall windowed, pastel pai...

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Whistle Stop Cruise: live update 1

29.5.14 Quai de la Hune, Cherbourg. There's a fair breeze for France as we leave Studland in the misty dawn. The sun breaks through mid ...

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