Ahh, it’s the weekend!!! That’s not something I have thought about for a very long time. Over the last few years, if I have thought about...

I used to dream about sailing. Literally, I would meditate and imagine being on a sailboat, surrounded by vast blue waters, feeling sun...

Today was a great day. We woke up to beautiful sunshine in the anchorage at Port Ellen. Asha did her lawyer work and I busied myself with...

Mark often said how special Scotland is and as soon as we reached the Scottish boarders he said he felt like our adventure has now really...

Daily log! The aim here is to be more regular…… I've had a lot on my plate so far on this trip. The lady is pretty high maintenance and I...

Boat life offers an entire spectrum of experiences, from the sheer delight of champagne sailing days, epic sunsets, cheerful dolphin...

Rain, rain, rain! That could almost be the start and end of this blog but it wouldn’t be completely true, just mostly! We have been in...

After I posted the last blog I realised that the next one had to be written from Scotland. Asha, Altor and I have worked pretty hard but...

Altor and her crew are still in Milford Haven but since the last blog we moved to a new area called Dale Anchorage in order to hide from...

Altor is at anchor in West Angle Bay, Milford Haven, Wales. The more I sail, the more I love the frequent forward progress and constant...

We have had over two glorious weeks in the Falmouth area. We’ve moved around as and when the weather, or more specifically, the wind has...

The day after I wrote the last blog we had a visitor. We didn’t actually speak to them but the Border Force appeared from behind a big...

Entry No. 8 I woke up this morning and had two thoughts. We’re in Falmouth! For a change, I’m going to write a blog about sailing! As...

Entry No.7 We stayed in Poole Harbour for six nights. The weather was lovely and the wind pretty much non existent which ensured a...

I have previously experienced living aboard but there are some substantial differences between the current adventure and the previous...

Entry No.6 ‘Preparation, preparation, preparation’ as spoken by Sir Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast. Piss poor preparation leads to piss poor...

Entry No.5 For reasons which I will elaborate on later in this post, we are still in Newtown. Trips like this are about moving forward...

12th April 2020 ​ ‘Altor of Down, Altor of Down this is Nimrod, Channel 16, over’. The name is intimidating enough but the sight of a...

8th April 2020 ​ When I sailed around the UK three years ago Chichester Harbour won my heart. It was great to be back again. Having...

2nd April 2020 ​ Entry number two is a positive one. Firstly, neither of us are exhibiting any signs of the Coronovirus. This is...