Instructor Pre-Assesment - I Passed! Following on from my post Becoming an Instructor? I got an instructor pre-assessment booked in early April. So I showed up one lovely sunny morning to a beautiful location on the River Trent for my assessment a little nervous, but excited to get on the water in a fancy modern
Becoming an Instructor? I have a passion for 'Doing things right' when it comes to boating. It's always nice to see when someone else does something correctly or well, and also nice to let them know you noticed. The UK inland waterways can be a little bit hit or
Sailing Electric or Petrol - Outboard Decisions Whilst we have a petrol outboard on Emily, a small 5hp Tohatsu, we need an additional lighter-duty one for our little tender (Need is probably a stretch; It would be handy!) This can also double up as an auxiliary engine for our wayfarer sailing dinghy, 'Piccalilli' Both of
Allotment Fake Spring, or Real Spring? It's feeling very spring-like at the allotment. Tulips, Snowdrops, Daffodils (And weeks!) are all starting to pop up. Only a few weeks from now, the plot will look entirely different, colourful, a nice contrast to the months of monotone of dead bindweed, woodchip and soil. I'm
