A FLUKE OF NAVIGATION! I have always had an interest in marine navigation, although it did not really click with me until about twenty years ago, when completing a coastal navigation course by … [Read more...]
RISKY BUSINESS-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 21/12/16
RISKY BUSINESS Christmas being a special time for family, I have decided to dedicate this week’s article to our own kids and try, if possible, not to mention anything about fishing, diving, boating … [Read more...]
ON A NOT SO GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 30/11/2016
ON A NOT SO GOOD FRIDAY NIGHT Whenever I am delivering a skipper’s course and start discussing the benefits of having a safety barrel to store essential safety items, I am drawn to my own … [Read more...]
MOON DANCE- published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 23/11/16
MOON DANCE! There was a lot of hoo haa leading up to the ‘supermoon’ last week, given it would not be this close to the earth for another 70 years or so. I was over in the eastern states at the … [Read more...]
SOLE SURVIVOR-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 2/11/16
SOLE SURVIVOR Now for all you hard core reality TV junkies, don’t think for one minute that this week’s article is about the recently completed Australian Survivor … [Read more...]
TRIBUTE TO CRAIG ELLIOTT-published in Augusta/Margaret River Mail 5/10/16
TRIBUTE TO CRAIG ELLIOTT Before leaving Port Hedland to head home I heard the sad news of the passing of Craig Elliott, from Gracetown. Craig had been fighting a … [Read more...]
