Sailing the Gannetsway

We have settled back in West Clare, with the opportunity to deepen the family and community dimensions of our lives. Will the 'Anna M' sail the Gannetsway again? Will the electric drive be a success? Will we manage to ‘turn the Covid corner’, determinedly unvaccinated, in our late 70s, and manage to enjoy another burst of life, even while we await the summons, to the Great Beyond, that beckons even as I watch the setting sun beyond Mount Brandon? And what will we be leaving behind us?

Sunday, 17 August 2025

It's a great life if you can take it!

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Ger enjoying the passage out with Brittany Ferries.     The August post is overdue, because I have been down in  Nazaré working on the Anna ...
Monday, 7 July 2025

Aims of the Gannetsway Sailing Association (GSA)

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1) Provide members with opportunities for seafaring under sail. 2) Manage and eventually own the 13.6m schooner Anna M. 3) Research and deve...
Saturday, 5 July 2025

The Dance of the Spheres

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    It is an exhilarating feature of the internet age that one is able to listen to the media of one’s own choice, and  jump about the voice...
Saturday, 7 June 2025

'In the Name of the Most Holy One, Father, Mother and Son.'

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     For the first time in nearly thirty years, I found myself yesterday in the wheel-house of a fishing boat, at the controls while we haul...
Friday, 2 May 2025

A new edition of 'Wavedancing'?

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  When I wrote Wavedancing in the very early years of this century,  I could not find a  publisher, and published it myself in the name of ...
Thursday, 3 April 2025

Face to Face with Edom?

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  Who will bring me face to face with Edom?   (Psalm 107) We are told that the bulk of the Russian population still supports President Putin...
Thursday, 6 March 2025

Frozen at a Crossroads of History

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Just occasionally, we find ourselves at an historical crossroads of such moment that we may feel overwhelmed by it. Even our familial and da...
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Monday, 24 February 2025

Of Emperors and Fishes.

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I have just responded to the request for input to the upcoming review of the CFP (Common Fisheries Policy). This may seem to be an esoteric ...
Friday, 7 February 2025

The Turn of the Tide?

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The River Rother at Rye Harbour in East Sussex dries out at low tide, so that one could wade across it. My father used to keep his boat tied...
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