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Channel: coasts and harbours – Beyond Steeple Point
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Seeking maritime history in Ireland

On Friday we were in Cobh (pronounce Cove) – the port of Cork, looking at “the statue of Annie Moore and her two brothers. Annie Moore became the first ever emigrant to be processed in Ellis Island in...

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A visit to Appledore 1: the Maritime Museum

Over the years I have mentioned the trading ketch, Ceres, which belonged in turn to my great-great-grandfather, my great-grandfather and finally my grandfather. I promised myself that, when I finished...

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A visit to Appledore 2: Richmond Dry Dock

From my grandfather, via my mother, we had inherited a box of flood-affected old photographs of sailing vessels, including a large number of my grandfather’s trading ketch Ceres.  Among these were...

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A visit to Appledore 3: Bideford Bar

I have never crossed Bideford Bar but it seems that I have known it all my life. I thought I would check it out. Who knows? I may yet get the chance. Many sailors have crossed this Bar, and many still...

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A coincidence I could not ignore

I was intrigued to see, downstream from Blue Mistress,  two masts of a large schooner towering over the normal view. Sadly, her hull was hidden behind a barge and I had no time to investigate. However,...

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Along the Teign – in black and white – and colour

We walked from Drewsteignton to Chagford on a rare hot, sunny day. I was being introduced to the walk – “It’s a great walk. Not too difficult.” It is and it wasn’t. I took the camera with no particular...

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Little wind

Plymouth Sound – two hours ago (Posted from Blue Mistress via my mobile)

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Post it again differently

My last post was a try-it-an-see effort – could I upload an image from my camera onto my mobile then post it on the blog – from my boat? Evidently I can. With a little practice, I can improve on it...

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Three images from yesterday – Knightshayes

We were invited to visit Knightshayes accompanied by the former head gardener who had been involved in designing and planting the gardens for over forty years from the early sixties. He was talking...

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Reflecting on my approach to photography

When I was  a dentist, I took photographs all the time – mostly macro settings of small objects and areas. These were essential records of what I was seeing. In my private life, my photographs have...

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This morning

Towards Bolt Head this morning

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0800 – Salcombe

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A few days away – to Dartmouth and back

I’ve been away for a while – first a week on the boat then a trip to London for a ’45-year’ reunion. In the latter we met up as fellow students, still recognisable as the young people we used to be –...

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A mooring in Salcombe

Ever curious, I have been asking myself about single-handed sailing and why I enjoy it so much. The fact that I am reflecting on this at all is a clue in itself. I will enlarge on this later. What...

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A lot of sail and very little wind

On the Monday, I set off early towards Salcombe planning to get to Bolt Head before the tide turned against me. There was no wind so, under motor, a chance to note the effect of the tide and the...

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A small space – a lot possible

How would you spend all day in a space about six feet across from back rest to back rest, and approximately ten foot long with no headroom to stand upright? By ‘all day’ I mean I opened the hatch...

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A brief moment on a 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...

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Evening race, Troy Class, Fowey. Polruan in background

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Photographing sea

I am back from a week’s ‘cruise’ – west to Falmouth then up the River Fal, before the weather brought an end to it. I had originally planned to sail back to Plymouth today as we have a longstanding...

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Photographing sea 2

During a passage west, I have been thinking about the  difficulty of taking photographs of the sea that reflect the actual sea state, particularly the more exhilarating sea states. In the previous...

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