There are times of the year when – be it due to the inclemency of the winter, or pressures of family or work commitments – it just seems impossible to get out sailing aboard your own, or any other, beloved craft. The pile of books […]
Oyster River, written by George Millar and published in 1963, tells the tale of a long summer the like of which most of us can only dream…
Relaunched in 2010, the rare 95ft Summers & Payne gaff yawl, Artemis, has swiftly fallen upon hard times once again. The project’s surveyor, Jendrik Odenwald, explains what has happened…
It was husband and wife, father and mother, now grandfather and grandmother, Ted and Bridget that started it all off for the Merediths when the couple bought the distinctive and elegant schooner back in 1992.
Elise was built on the Clyde in 1912 by William Fife III as an auxiliary gaff schooner with a Gardner two-cylinder paraffin engine. She was constructed for a WA Young of Paisley of mahogany and pitch pine on oak frames, copper fastened and the hull […]
Sara and I were intending to be on standby for as long as it took from 5 March, though the weather window came much sooner than expected with potentially good conditions for Tuesday 6 March.
