Happy Birthday to me!

and a jolly fine birthday it has been.

I will enjoy 42.

A fine morning's sailing - in which I did not go swimming!

My ignorance never ceases to amaze me. Today I asked what type of knot it is best to use when taking in a reef.

"Perhaps you should try a reef knot,"

the instructor said, whilst failing miserably to keep a smirk off of his face!