Wandering
Horizon
Horizon – Lyme Regis, February 2016
One morning
One January morning in Teignmouth,
A water study
Near Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, April 2014
A Passage into Cornwall
7 – Downstream, Form and Function
The trip down river had a certain sense of urgency. The sky said it – there was wind up there.
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A Passage into Cornwall
6 – Malpas, Tourism, Pinned to pontoon
Malpas was the furthest upriver I wanted to take the boat. Any further and we would need a quay to lean against when the tide fell – possible, but not necessary on this trip.
A Passage into Cornwall
5 – River Fal, ‘Old Dreadnought’
The plan was to moor for the night against one of the visitors pontoons upriver..
A Passage into Cornwall
4 – Poor light, Carrick Roads, Quarantine
It was a poor day for photography. I had spent the night in Falmouth Yacht Harbour, sheltered from the strong easterly wind by the pilot boat Arrow.
Marine photography
A short passage to Dartmouth
7 – A brief moment on the passage home
I had plenty of time to reflect on single-handed sailing during the week away. I passed many yachts, some with large sociable crews, more with large racing crews. They are the norm. So what about single-handed? Is it about sailing from A to B with no crew or is it something else – sailing for the sake of it, a little of which can be illustrated on camera but most of which remains in the mind of the sailor? The following records a few moments on the passage back from Dartmouth to Plymouth on that Friday evening.
Beyond Steeple Point 