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15:00Nov 5 · 15:00
Laying up the boat for the winter
The last sail of the year, the crane in the yard and the list of jobs for the spring.
22:00Nov 4 · 22:00
The night the bura came down on us
A hard wind off the mountains, two reefs in the dark and a harbour at first light.
13:00Nov 3 · 13:00
How I reef a mainsail alone
The lines, the order and the one thing I do before the wind builds, filmed in the cockpit.
19:00Nov 2 · 19:00
Riding out the jugo at anchor
A warm, wet wind and a rolling swell: a night in a cove with two anchors out and the engine on standby.
16:00Nov 1 · 16:00
Two knots of wind and nine hours to go
Trimming for a windless crossing before the maestral wakes up, and the patience it takes.
18:00Oct 24 · 18:00
Diving a reef off Vis from the boat
Anchoring over the reef, the first fifteen minutes and the shoal of fish that came to meet me.
12:00Oct 17 · 12:00
Provisioning for a week at sea
What goes into the lockers for seven days of sailing and diving, and what I take out after the first trip.
14:00Oct 10 · 14:00
Heaving to: the calmest thing you can do in a gale
How to stop a boat in heavy weather, and how we cooked lunch on it.
18:00Oct 3 · 18:00
Our first overnight passage to Lastovo
Fourteen hours, two watches and a sunrise over the islands.
17:00Sep 26 · 17:00
Gearing up for a dive from the stern
Weights, fins and the check I do before I go in, on a boat that will not stay still.
Notes from the Adriatic
One passage, dive or job a week, and what the wind was doing.