The Sound of Water
Water on its own does not make any sound, it is silent. If we hear water, it is always ‘white water’, the sound of…
Category: How To Read Water
Joshua Slocum and the Birds
My thanks to Pertti Pesonen for reminding me of these passages in Joshua Slocum’s classic, ‘Sailing Alone Around the World’: On the 12th, some hundred…
The Secrets of Fly-Fishing
The Independent are running an exclusive excerpt from How to Read Water, about the secrets of fly-fishing. You can read it here.
Tudor Navigation
I went to an interesting talk about navigation methods used at the time of the Mary Rose last night. It was given by Rear Admiral…
The Colour of the Sea as a Map
For thousands of years, sailors have used the colour of the sea to help them make sense of the waters they travelled through. In many…
National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC), Fareham
I’m just back from a visit to the fresh National Maritime Operations Centre in Fareham. This is the new national headquarters of HM Coastguard and…
Using Wind Turbines for Natural Navigation, Weather Forecasting and Surf Reports
A guest blog post today from John Hudson of John Hudson Survival. “I live and work in Cornwall. Our granite peninsular juts out into the…