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A summer of sights

As you get older in life you learn how completely and without warning life can change.  Every once in a while, life reminds you of this.  My accident on the ski slopes in Austria last year was one such reminder but, for whatever reason, fate decided that 2010 needed to provide another reminder.
As a result, […]

Quite a lot of boating.

Well the last little while has certainly proved to be extremely eventful, hence the lack of updates.  I will therefore be brief on each count and may even split over two posts updates.
Two weeks after the Dragon Boat racing at Oulton Broad it was the NBN summer BBQ at Salhouse Broad and a great evening […]

Here there be dragons!

In 2007 we attended the Dragon Boat Racing day at Oulton Broad.  The intention was to make this an annual thing but in 2008 were in Malaysia at the time the event took place.  In 2009 I was not long out of hospital after in extremely serious (life threatening) accident and in any case we […]

No rest for the wicked!

Work continues in fits and starts on Bandicoot.  Last weekend, with the help of my friend Mark, we gave the engine a full service so that’s all ready for the season - and we’re starting to build up a collection of the kind of spares you should always carry if planning to go to sea.
Heavy […]

Splish, splash, splosh!

And no, I am not talking about my friend Mark who decided to test out the wetness of the marina recently.  As you can see from the picture, Bandicoot is finally afloat again (and for the first time carrying that name).  The weekend following the Easter break was busy getting things ready to put her […]