The West coast of Ireland is dotted with islands that were inhabited in the early 20th century, but are now deserted, having been abandoned because access was simply too difficult. Probably the best known of these, because of the number of gifted, Irish language writers who lived there and wrote about the islanders’ harsh life, […]
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Here’s the recipe that we use offshore on Apsara. a cup of rye sourdough starter (in theory, a wheat sourdough starter could work, but rye sourdough starters are much more tolerant of the conditions encountered on board a boat. If you can only get wheat sourdough, make bread every day for a few days following
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After a few weeks in the Canaries, it was time to head back North. Rather than going the direct route via the Madeira archipelago, I decided to take the scenic route via the Azores… And as I couldn’t find anyone mad enough to sail the North Atlantic on a 36 footer at this time of
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