Philippa Park

Tom Cunliffe

  • June 26, 2015

Have you noticed the way the world seems to spin a lot faster in the first few hours after returning from a cruise? It struck me hard when I came…

Dick Durham

  • June 26, 2015

There is a cartoon drawn by Mike Peyton that sticks in my mind. Two boats are sailing abeam from an anchorage in light conditions. The helmsman of the one nearest…

  • June 26, 2015

I wrote a novel years ago, Casting Off, in which a furious wife, at the end of a scratchy weekend a deux, watches her husband carrying his bag up the…

  • June 25, 2015

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OGA, sailing, scouts

  • June 24, 2015

On Saturday 20th June the youngsters set off down the River Colne in Essex aboard Pioneer. OGA member, Judy Harrison, was skipper for the day and started by showing the…

Jonty Pearce

  • June 23, 2015

As the recession deepens and our economy shrinks, the opportunity to relocate boats to other areas has been increasing. Marina waiting lists are shortening, and dropping demand has seen managers…

  • June 22, 2015

Mooring rights, marina development and fish farms in Scotland could all be managed by 19 separate local councils rather than the Crown Estate after the Scotland Bill is passed. There…

Jonty Pearce

  • June 16, 2015

The sun is shining, the wind mild, and the seas calm. So why am I stuck miles from the water working in the garden and not sailing? The pressures and…

Jonty Pearce

  • June 9, 2015

During our Friday evening three hour drive to Aurial, we reassured ourselves that Saturday would dawn still and sunny for our inauguaral 2015 sail. Gladly, it did, though I woke…

Tom Cunliffe

  • June 5, 2015

“The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land” One of my favourite quotes is from Joseph Conrad. ‘The true peace of God…