Disappearing Into the Task
Sailing, pull up the main, third reef, coming about, pull in the head sail. Immediately my legs are braced, hands to the winch handle and I’m swinging it around, steady, engaging my whole body down to my toes, clutching at the floorboards. tummy muscles clenched,...What Happens in the Mantiqueira Mountains stays …
Dressed and slightly tidy, Fabian led Vitoria out the rear door of his office into a corridor that led to a parking bay for a few cars. He opened a door into a small garage, with helmets, clothing and a red-tanked Ducati. “Is that a Multistrada?” asked Vitoria. “How...
The Pull of the Internal Tides
I sometimes wonder what it is about sailing that pulls me back, again and again into the discomfort of clambering over life lines, stewing around in a poky galley, tossing through the night in an uncomfortable roll, hours and hours lost in the froth that rushes past....
Good Fortune rather than Good Work
Some would probably say Grant’s first million Euros was good fortune rather than good work. True, he did win the bulk of it through a lottery, but Grant had created his own pattern-recognition system. After a few minor wins while he adjusted his process, he won €2,000...
Ready to Launch? Not quite! But Fiery Scribes are coming!
Introducing Dyana “I’ve lived most of my life around the sea, as a child on my grandfather’s boat around Raglan harbour, right up to this year’s cruising around the Hauraki Gulf with my younger sister, a master mariner. And in between there’s been sailing,...Already Published!
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Is Red Diamond book 1 or book 2 of the Women Out of Time trilogy?