Net gains

There’s always something fishy in the voe

Years ago before GPS or Loran C made navigation a whole lot easier, I was headed up this coast on an overnight passage from the Strait of Messina to Camerota on the underbelly of Capo Palinuro. I was

At a very formative moment in my life I was taken to watch the film Dead Poets Society. I was 13 and was told it was a comedy about an inspirational teacher who transforms the life of his pupils. I em

IT was the smell which first drew Amelia towards the souk. A heady mix of sweet jasmine and piquant spices, together with another scent she couldn’t identify, combined to form something that made her

That’s when her husband Marionito’s boat appears on the shimmering horizon of the Pacific. By the time his skiff has been hauled onto the shingle beach, it’s already clear whether his toil has been pr

Rekindling lost wonder and becoming a sailor again – due to necessity