Shangri La 2 at her berth in De Kranerweerd marina Another hectic but satisfying week! We haven’t travelled very far, but we have achieved a lot. One of the most important projects achieved was to fit an automatic bilge bump – an essential, as far as I am...
The view from Shangri-La at the repair yard in Zwartsluis Foolishly I thought that once we had bought the boat, we would simply start cruising, and I could get on blogging about our travels. The survey highlighted a lot of items that needed attending to – so...
Shangri-La 2 – really our boat this time Its starting to sink in – we have a boat! I have been very quiet the last few weeks, as the last time I leapt prematurely into print, I might have jinxed things as the deal fell through. But now, we have had...
My love of boats goes back to my early years when I went on holiday with my parents to Knysna in the Cape.
We stayed at a hotel on stilts, and I played in rowing boats and little motor boats on the lagoon.