We’re in Falmouth and the big news is that the genoa furler broke last Sunday. Whenever we tack, we need to partially furl the genoa since it needs to pass between the forestay and t ...
On a boat in the center of London. That’s what the St. Katherine’s marina is all about. We’re with all the tourists but then we’re not. They wander on the path in front of the re ...
The time Kincsem spent in Hamburg was put to great use for boat projects and visits with friends and family. Kincsem now has a second hydrogenerator, the missing wind generator was replaced ...
Having dropped the Admiral at the Edinburgh airport, it was back to sailing. A crossing of the North Sea to Helgoland was next and I had just the right crew to accompany me for the 450 ...
Corpach Sea Lock The first time I passed through the Caledonia Canal was in 1976 – East to West on my parent’s Salaminia II, a Camper & Nicholson 38 ketch. My recollec ...
The Admiral arrived in Edinburgh, so I left Kincsem at the mooring and rented a car in Fort William to drive to Edinburgh to meet her. A nice drive, certainly, and a couple of days of touri ...
Our plan was to sail up the inside of the Outer Hebrides (called the Minch) and then hop over to Skye on our way to Arisaig on the mainland. This was not facilitated by the sometimes f ...
It has been a busy 10 days to get Kincsem ready for the 2023 season. As always, I had a long list of to do items to get through. When I arrived, the boat appeared to be in very good s ...
It was the day after Puilladohrain that the amazing weather started. A strong high has been parked between the Hebrides and Iceland and we have benefited from mostly sunny ...
Kincsem has now arrived in Craobh (pronounced “Croove”) Haven where she will be for the winter. Cruising the inner Hebrides has been very enjoyable and comfortable with little wind and waves ...