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5 June. A squall gusting to 60mph had me out on the foredeck setting a storm staysail and a spitfire jib. Several waves broke over me, and to my …
With Pidgy’s tent at the forward end of the cockpit seat, I could not see him from below. I missed his beady eyes, so, after cleaning up after him …
Passing through the gate, we find ourselves in the Triangular square. It is larger than the previous square and is bordered on the east and south by complex D, …
On 27 June the day’s run was 132% miles. At 9 p.m. I turned in early; the wind was backing and I expected to be called out soon. At …
Argyll Chambers 28-32 Buchanan Street Pair of Allegorical Female Figures Sculptor: James M. Sheriff (attrib.) (1903-4) The two personifications on this building have been identified as Industry on the …
When I came aft from the jib picnic, Pidge was missing. My heart dropped; I thought that he must have been washed overboard. In the end I found him …
Former Glasgow Evening News Building 67 Hope Street Two Seated Female Figures and Associated Decorative Carving Sculptor: Not Known (1899-1900) Sitting high above either side of the largely unoccupied …
All this time I had been pondering my 1960 race across the Atlantic. Before the start I had known that the rival yachts would never see each other, and …
I got another sun-shot when the sun half showed through the ragged stormy sky. I had to grab the chance, and though I only poked my nose out of …
In 1932, Spyridon Marinatos was struck – while digging at Am-nissos in Crete – by the violence with which a Minoan villa had been destroyed and by the finding …