Here’s a great shot for you all at Christmas.
We will be eating, drinking and being merry over the next few weeks, so no more posts until 2010. See you all then and have a great holiday season.
A Turkish bulk carrier is seen half sunk near Sukhumi, capital of the breakaway Georgion region of Abkhazia. The [...]
There’s just one week left until Christmas so now is the time to get those last minute gifts. With no last delivery date, a magazine subscription is the perfect gift because you can order right up until Christmas Day and simply print out a gift certificate to give to your loved one.
You can buy subscriptions [...]
There’s something about New England. Maybe it’s because it reminds me of home. The scenery and coast line are so similar to those of England in so many ways and often I’ve seen a photo of some harbour (or I should say harbor as ‘Harbor’ is clearly the New ‘Harbour’ in ‘New England’) and thought [...]
My photo of the week on Sunday was of an International Foiling Moth and I’ve been looking for videos too. These things really are rather amazing. So I give you a video of foiling Moths at Rutland Water in the UK in 15mph winds and upwards, taking part in the Tiger Trophy. The hull weight [...]
I wish I were technically proficient enough to sail one of these. They look fantastic. Unfortunately, being middle aged and of large frame, I’m not quick enough to trim the balance in the gusts and lulls and in any case my balance isn’t great (maybe something to do with the pre-race ’snifters’ in the bar?).
The [...]
I promised you in the article on how to tie a bowline with only one hand that I’d show you one with a difficulty rating of 12/10.
It’s so quick that if you want to master it you’ll need to watch it over and over and over and…. again. You will also need a good light-weight [...]
BMW Oracle Racing have been testing in San Diego. Some great footage of the beast with the 3 wings… 2 horizontal ones on each side of the hull and 1 vertical foil. It looks strange but it moves like a dinghy.
In just 7 knots of wind the massive trimaran flies on only one of its [...]
Will it ever stop raining?
Carrick is almost isolated by swollen River Shannon
In what should have been a very busy period for the county town in the run up to Christmas, the almost isolated and cut off Carrick-on-Shannon has been left a partly submerged ghost town for nearly a week.
One local even made an enterprising business [...]
You have to be slightly mad. I mean to spend 8 months with no women around, sharing a pillow with 11 other men, sleeping in 4 hour shifts and having to ‘dump’ on a gimbled toilet. Madness! Oh yes, and you are permanently wet from spray or sweat, you’re dirty and the food is pretty [...]
Originally posted on Flickr by Stannesman
Is this the strongest dog in the world? Really looks like the dog is marching on with the distressed Riverdance on it’s back AND is having to drag miss ‘pretty-pink-boots’ too.
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