http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/07/20/exploring-alderney/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/07/20/exploring-alderney/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:00:25 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=557 We left St Peter Port up Little Russel. The tides were incredible. Fortunately we were pointing in the right direction! The approach to Alderney was quite technical with a number of transits to take into account but we successfully moored up in the SE corner of Braye harbour. Although I had been to Alderney before, where it had p!ssed it down the entire time, it was good to see that the weather was a little better.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2004/07/20/exploring-alderney/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/07/30/the-swinge-sailing-lessons-abound/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/07/30/the-swinge-sailing-lessons-abound/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:04:21 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=696 After tempers had dropped we all apologised to each other, including poor Lorraine who I think felt partly responsible for the incident, though it wasn’t her fault. It was no one’s fault, it was just a learning process but we very quickly learned that Sam’s temper can be short under stressful situations. Personally I kind of expected this and don’t have a problem with it, but I’m worried about Conny and Lorraine. Conny actually asked Sam to be more patient with us, and to Sam’s credit he apologised and said that he understood we wouldn’t learn anything with him shouting at us. Let’s hope it was a one-off incident.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/07/30/the-swinge-sailing-lessons-abound/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/07/29/alderney-and-baked-beans/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/07/29/alderney-and-baked-beans/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:57:46 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=692 Alderney is a Channel Island where it rains a lot. However the beer is good so we hit a couple of cosy snubs in St Annes and supped local ale. Back on the boat I cooked beans on toast, making it four days in a row that I’ve been chef.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/07/29/alderney-and-baked-beans/feed/ 0