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Boaty Book Review: Hornblower During the Crisis, the Fourth Installment of the Hornblower Saga, by C.S. Forrester

For this fourth installment of our reviews of the Horatio Hornblower books, I must shamefully confess that I actually read…

book reviews, c.s. forrester, historical fiction, Horatio Hornblower, nautical fiction
This little wooden sailboat has a daggerboard to allow it to navigate shallow swamp waters.

Sailboats on the Teche? No, We Didn’t Neaux Either!

  I have to say that I’ve never thought of the Bayou Teche as the most likely place to stumble…

bayou teche, catamaran, louisiana, louisiana festivals, sailing, travel, trimaran, wooden boats

The Saga of Pas de Deux, Chapter 11: Pas de Deux Breaks Free of the Chains that Bind Her! Benn Finally Tastes Liberty on the High Seas! Sarah Continues to Await News of her Legal Status in the United Kingdom!

Yes, our dear little Pas de Deux, after at least 3 years of sad and patient waiting, has finally moved!…

catamaran, Ipswich, Photography, sailing, Suffolk, travel, uk visa
Vanlife v boatlife: which would you choose?

#Vanlife v. #Boatlife: The Eternal Battle

Which would you choose?

boatlife, camper vans, catamaran, husky, Liveaboard Lifestyle, sailing, tiny living, travel, Vanlife

Liveaboard Lifestyle: Why it’s always worth it, even when sometimes it seems like it’s not.

What with our lengthy separation  and the memory of Benn’s hard, lonely, and wet winter aboard Pas de Deux still…

catamaran, featured, Ipswich, Liveaboard Lifestyle, narrowboat, sailing, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Boaty Book Review: Hornblower and the ‘Hotspur,’ the third book in the Hornblower saga, by C.S. Forrester

After so much fun listening to the audio book versions of the the first two installments of the Hornblower saga,…

Horatio Hornblower, impressment, maritime literature, naval history, press gangs, sailing

The Saga of Pas de Deux, Part 10: No, I don’t have my visa yet. Benn put up the headlining on the boat. Not much else to report.

Lately, pretty much every conversation I have begins with something along the lines of: “So…when are you actually going to…

boat renovation, Catamarans, danish oil, sailboat diy, sailing, wood finish

The Saga of Pas de Deux, Part 9: A Married Couple CONTINUES to Suffer the Injustices of a Cruel World! A Vessel Lost at Sea and Heroically Recovered! Alternative Energy Sources Secured by Enterprising and Parsimonious Sailor!

No news is good news, as the saying goes — which only goes to show that whoever coined that phrase…

cats, huskies, rc sailboat, sailing, uk visa

On Bored/ Board Systems: Electrical Systems

Part I: AC/DC Power   Much of living on a boat (especially living on a boat affordably) consists of maintenance and…

ac/dc power, ac/dc systems, batteries, marine electrical systems, marine systems

Boaty Book Reviews: A review of Lieutenant Hornblower, the second book in the Hornblower saga, by C.S. Forester (audio version read by Christopher Radeska), followed by a short rant and a SPOILER

After finishing Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (audiobook version), there was no way that I was going to be able to stop…

book reviews, c.s. forester, classics, Horatio Hornblower, nautical literature

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