A cornerstone of yachting the world over. The dock party works like this. A chef or two are coerced into cooking a BBQ on the dock. Fridges are raided of alcohol. Plastic cups are appropriated. Neighbouring crews are invited. We had quite a good dock party last night. It started at about 3pm and finished […]
A follow up to my Friday night in Livorno pictorial. We are looking after the boat tonight. Let us see what we can do. That looks pretty good but it could be better. To the galley! A concoction of some merit. Much better Uh oh we have run out of this cocktail……. A clock work […]
Please be patient. The doctor is busy. He will be with you shortly.
Brain spasm. I have had myriads of magnificent musings rolling around in my head for weeks now but none of them have had enough substance to carry off a blog entry…….. Until now. Being the sole creative talent, management and marketing of this enterprise I call the shots. Lets get messy with words. There is […]
Medicals are not generally hilarious. But I just had a genuinely comedic medical. Medicals are an important requisite of commercial shipping. They let your captain know that you are healthy and are an insurance of sorts. The standard sailor medical is called the ENG1. We always planned to get one right before we started proper […]
If Italy was ever serious about conquering the world again they could achieve it easily with Gelato. What is Gelato? Gelato is the fresh made ice cream which is found in specialist stores on every street. The ice cream is extraordinarily good. It seems to use less water than normal ice cream so is less […]
A couple of salty tales from last week. Before our sea trial we had some serious winds hammering Livorno which were making our Yacht lurch quite a bit in dock. I felt the lurching strangely comfortable at night time but I did notice at lunch on Thursday that there is an art to eating food […]
Well its been an uphill struggle but I now have a job in the Super Yacht industry. Three long months of blood, sweat and tears. On the lighter side there have been more than a few cheers. I would like to take a moment to congratulate myself on my perseverance. Thanks to my lovely Wife […]
job-shocked or job·shocked (job’shŏkt’)adj. Suffering from job shock. Stunned, distressed, or exhausted from a prolonged unemployment and possible employment
Today started off a bit differently. I needed to return a set of keys to town. I lowered the gangway and hopped on board my trusty steed (bicycle). There was a formidable wind blowing at my tail as I sped off down the port road towards Livorno. I had almost slipped past a large truck […]