All good things come to an end

We had enjoyed our late winter break in the sun.  The hotel in Barbados had everything suggested by the brochure – and maybe more.  The food was plentiful, varied and of high quality, unusual these days in a hotel offering an ‘All Inclusive’ package.  The staff were...

HMS Bulwark v Portland Coastguard – Dispute in Lyme Bay

My thoughts were drawn back to an incident in a past summer. My wife and I were sailing our Dufour 36 Classic in Weymouth Bay on a gentle, sunny morning, when the radio suddenly burst into life. A fishing boat was making a “Pan Pan” call and was quickly answered by...

Privateer reprinted

Privateer 2nd Edition print Put several ‘James Bond’ characters together, give them a couple of elderly ships and a plan created by a female intelligence expert who knits as she schemes, send them to deal with modern pirates in the Indian Ocean and watch them create...