Sailing

Directing

Actor  

 SAILING 

could be worth a visit if you are thinking of going off to

 'live the dream..'

The sailing page also has links to items including:-

Pirates

I was boarded and robbed in the Gulf of Aden 

Red Sea  

NOTES: I hope helpful for transiting this area.

Attacked  

is the story of the boarding by pirates in the Gulf of Aden -

The Panama Canal 

pages have full details of costs, transit, documentation

 Atlantic  

is my personal log of my first Atlantic crossing.  

Medical 

equipment and drugs

 I carry on ocean voyages.

GENTLE SAILING ROUTE

 TO THE

MEDITERRANEAN

Why not take your boat to the Med next summer?

 a guide to the nicer places and a suggested passage plan, from the South Coast of the UK to the beautiful Mediterranean Sea.

More Here

The Ebook version is available now £4.50

UK to Med routes

Lists the possible routes via the French Canals or Portuguese coast. All UK to Med routes  in both directions

some pictures of la Rochelle storm damage

Lightning

in the Chesapeake a Lightning strike which destroyed every electrical item in the boat

Atlantic

The personal log of my first Atlantic crossing.

freeware C-Map

DIRECTING

When I was 23, 

I completed the BBC directors course and have been lucky enough to direct many productions on film and TV

FOR MORE DETAILS OF THE ROMANCE OF TELEVISION CLICK HERE

 Dr Who,   Blake's 7,

  Tale of  2 Cities,  

Secret Army,  

 Blood Money,

  Onedin line,  

Warship, 

Treasure Island  

Kessler

Hideaway  

 One By One 

Tangier, Z cars, Dixon,

Howard's Way, Angels etc. etc. etc.... 

I spent some time directing

  Netherlands television

 My Sailing Series is now available

BLUE WATER DESTINATIONS -

and at Amazon and Smiths etc are:-

KESSLER.

SECRET ARMY

 available on DVD

Doctor Who: Cyberman Box Set DVD

HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED

and other productions of mine from the Dr Who days are

ROBOTS OF DEATH

&

SEA DEVILS

THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES TO THE MEDITERRANEAN If you are thinking about using the French canals to passage between the UK and the Mediterranean then this booklet contains all the information you need.    It describes the Routes, the regulations the paperwork - How where and when to get the qualifications and license, the depths, air heights, locks and a whole lot more.    There are 'chartlets' throughout, the distances, dimensions & main stopping places and is the only publication to list ALL the possible stopping places on the Rhone River! THE FRENCH CANAL ROUTES TO THE MEDITERRANEAN

These beautiful original paintings,  with a boaty theme, are

available as Greetings Cards or Posters from the ART GALLERY.

Greetings Cards or Posters from the ART GALLERY.

Actor  

Started out as a 12 year old child 

at the

Italia Conti Stage School

in 

Archer Street

Piccadilly W1

(behind the

Windmill)

 Where the Rainbow Ends

Weekly rep at

Bromley

 and 

The Little Theatre

Great Yarmouth,

 Touring for Carl Clopet

 and Children's Theatre 

and

 lots of television and movies.

 A load of fun even  if I was  perhaps

 lacking in real talent.

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If you are thinking about using the French canals to passage between the UK and the Mediterranean then this booklet contains all the information you need.

 It describes the Routes, the regulations the paperwork - How where and when to get the qualifications and license, the depths, air heights, locks and a whole lot more.

 There are 'charts/maps' throughout, the distances, dimensions & main stopping places and is the only publication to list ALL the possible stopping places on the Rhone River!

here

 

I am pleased to say this web site is http://www.host100.co.uk/ who have been kind, helpful and understanding.

Admiralty  CHARTS   freeware C-Map   Every chart that you buy in the UK contains a huge ‘copyright fee’ within its price.  When you buy a paper chart for £21.35 you are handing the Admiralty £15.28 simply for the ‘copyright’ element they claim to own.    On every pack of electronic ‘chart plotter’ charts you buy for say £300, you are handing the Admiralty Charts nearly £200 for the copyright you already own.   In the USA, the government accepts that the original work done to create all their charts was all finished well over 50 years ago, and allows anybody to access charts, in either paper of electronic form, Free of Charge! More here

Contents

1 – Planning the voyage

2 – South coast to Chenal du Four

3 - Chenal du Four to La Rochelle

4 - La Rochelle to Spain overview

5 - La Rochelle to Coruña

6 - Coruña to Gibraltar

Why not take your boat to the Mediterranean next summer?

GENTLE SAILING ROUTE

 TO THE

MEDITERRANEAN

 There are several ways of getting your boat to the Mediterranean. On the back of a lorry, via the French canals, four or five day’s non stop across the Bay of Biscay then down the Portuguese coast or spend the summer or two, gently coasting southwards, enjoying the harbours, cities, towns and villages of France Spain and Portugal.

This is not a pilot book, rather a passage plan and guide to the nicer places between the South Coast of the UK to the beautiful Mediterranean Sea.  It can all be done in easy stages, to suit a lightly crewed boat, with perhaps only a couple of people on board who are without ‘offshore’ experience.  Actually, it is a lovely way to explore a lot of delightful foreign places.

 More Here

The Ebook version is available now £4.50

 Specially drawn charts of:

Cherbourg to L’Aber-Wrac’h.

Chenal du Four to La Rochelle

La Rochelle to Spain

La Rochelle to Coruña

Coruna to Gibraltar

+

illustrations, pictures, paintings

LIVING ABOARD AROUND THE WORLD

TO

THE MEDITERRANEAN

THE ART GALLERY has a series of 'boaty'  original sketches, drawings, photographs and oil paintings available as Greetings Cards or Posters.

Why not take your boat to the Mediterranean next summer?

GENTLE SAILING ROUTE

 TO THE

MEDITERRANEAN