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I added a map with a pin in it for people who don’t know their geography too well. Click the “Where Are We” link in the top bar. I tried to use something called Blurbbits, which looked promising, but holy … Continue reading →

FINALLY, after not bothering for a long time, I have got around to finishing the migration of old blog posts to the now not-so-new site. For anyone who’s interested, it all started here . . .

COMMENT spam was starting to get annoying, so I have installed a reCAPTCHA gatekeeper. Comments are no longer held for moderation, but you will have to enter the words in the reCAPTCHA box. For those of you who didn’t know … Continue reading →

PICAROON Blog has moved from its increasingly frustrating home at Webs to this new custom WordPress site. I will try to migrate the archives over here, but until then, you can read them here.

THIS feels a bit like going to confession after a long time. Or would, if I’d ever been to confession. Y’know: not being catholic and all. Yes, it has been a long time (eight months!) since our last post. The … Continue reading →

NETFLIX now has a decent selection of sailing documentaries.The first one we watched was the confusingly titled The Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Vol. 1: Cruising Under Sail. I just posted a review of it in the fabulous, slowly expanding, Articles … Continue reading →

PHILIP added a brief, albeit humorous, description of our boat (including its illustrious 27-year history) in the menu, worth reading if only for a giggle.  Golly, he makes me laugh. We’ll be adding a bit about our dinghy, Goblin, shortly.

I must have had too much exposure to marketing copy, because the exclamation mark above came very naturally. If you look at the menu, you’ll notice that ‘Articles’ (already pretty damn exciting) has become ‘Articles & Reviews’. This is because … Continue reading →