Doug’s Sea-Dog Tale of Scuttling of Sculduggery ‘Scuttle’. Verb. 1; sink (one’s own ship) deliberately. 2; deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail Oxford English Dictionary The faded name of Michelle Hamilton peers at me from the filthy cardboard flap torn off of a Yuengling beer box. Her number is written next to it. The Continue Reading »
As a child, you see things up-close and remember them. A scratch on a tabletop, a chip in a skirting board. My grandmother was called Molly. She always had a powder tin to hand, to dab the skin-coloured pink powder over the tiny blue blood vessels you could see all over her nose. She wore Continue Reading »
‘Scope-creep’. noun; coined by Doug and Michelle Hamilton. 1. The enactment of the unconscious expansion of projects. Often, but not exclusively, related to marine projects. 1a. An affliction highly contagious amongst sailors of all races. Applications: ‘suffering from…’ resulting in delayed launch-time, increased wallet-lightness, and boatyard insomnia. ‘the … got him in the end. He’ll Continue Reading »
‘Passage’ 1. noun 1; the action or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another >the action or process of moving forward… >a journey by sea or by air… Oxford English Dictionary A lovely ‘RV’ we saw in Jacksonville, FL I wake up with a nudge Continue Reading »
‘Commission’ 2. Bring (something newly produced) into working condition… Oxford English Dictionary This is the tale of replacing my old italian Arona fishing boat engine with an almost new Yanmar 3hm35f. We are safely back in the water, and all the unknowns of the engineering, propulsion and transmission, fitting into the boat, and re-wiring are Continue Reading »