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Theo and I sailed the boat down from Glasgow to Brest in late November, in surprisingly fair weather for that time o the year. Although we did have to shelter briefly in Belfast Lough from a southerly gale, we made good use of the Westerly that followed and had a rather pleasant overnight sail from […]
Apsara is currently laid up for the winter, getting ready for a trip to the Artic next summer. The refit includes changing the standing rigging, which was thirty years old and therefore couldn’t be considered reliable for offshore sailing, as well as a new mainsail (the old one, still in good condition, will be kept
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For anyone who hasn’t been following the news lately, this year UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) is held in Glasgow. My son Theo (who is an experienced sailor with a transatlantic crossing under his belt already) is very active in the Climate movement and had already attended the COP 25 in Madrid. He was attending
Sailing to the COP 26 Read More »