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Category: Non-Sailing

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Although the website is mainly dedicated to sailing in the Caribbean, there are numerous articles and pages with non-sailing content. You can find references to these pages here.

Night picture of the Veste Coburg
Veste lit up at night
Stacking up building material

House Renovations

White's Hathorn Explorer

Whites “Hathorn Explorer” Boots

Preparing work mat for sewing

Leather projects

Cutting board after first oiling

End-grain oak cutting board

Red Wing iron Ranger boots, lightly scuffed, on a table

Red Wing “Iron Ranger” Boots

Trangia alcohol burner B25

Trangia B25 Spirit Burner

Ka-Bar Becker Companion BK2 sharpened

The Invisible Edge

Backpacking in the mist

Emergency / Disaster Bag

Petromax lantern glowing

Off-Grid Lantern – Petromax HK500

Mise en Place Gulash in the slow cooker

Slow Cooking some Goulash

Preparing work mat for sewing

Leather work pad revisited

Oil soaking into mat

Leather work pad

Ingredients for waterproofing

Mixing Wax Waterproofing

2Kg of green coffee beans

2022-07-10 Roasting Coffee

Cloth Tool Roll and Waterproofing

Cloth tool roll

Sendra motorcycle boots

Sendra Sprinter Motorcycle Boots

Full Quill Ostrich boots

Tony Lama Full Quill Cowboy Boots

Passport and PCR Test. Photo by Printexstar on Pexels.com

Travelling is no fun these days

Snow in Coburg

Ready to head south

Sunset and lights on the Veste Coburg

Coburg, Germany

Frog Crossing

Finally returning to the Caribbean

Roasted whole Guatemala Antigua coffee beans

Coffee

Single-handed sailing adventures in the Caribbean

Who am I?

Zanshin at the docks in Nanny Cay Marina in the British Virgin Islands

Why name my boat “Zanshin”?

Lacing the new Nicks Packer boots for the first time

Nicks Handmade “Packer” Boots

1 Year old Nicks Rangers cleaned and buffer

Nicks Handmade “Ranger” Boots

closeup of waxed vegetable tanned leather desktop

Building the perfect work desk

Pinney's Beach, Nevis

GoDaddy ruins my original Website

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