Tornado Round Britain

 A potentially delicate issue here, and one that our respective wives may, or indeed - may not, have firmly held opinions. Sensible people, when they go sailing for extended periods, by which I mean more than a day, take with them a boat that comes complete with a lid. Beneath this lid one can often find all manner of mod-cons such as showers, televisions, beds and the like designed to make the sailor's overnight stay a restful and snug one. As is well known though, we are definitely not sensible people. The nearest we are going to get to taking a bed with us is the vaguely bed-like form of the catamaran and the nearest we have to a roof will likely be something that we will have to wear. Havng said all that neither Pole nor I are in the Bear Grylls league of hardiness and working out how to convert your average ex-olympic class racing dinghy into the kind of 'pied a mer' that will keep body and soul together for a month or so, is going to take some thought.  My most rece...

 A vital issue to be resolved before departure is what to call the boat. There seems to be the remnants of a name just visible on the side of the boat: 'Sesh' .. ???  This just seems inadequate. To me, the name should either be funny (in a subtle and intellectually challenging way, ideally) or should evoke the grace and beauty of the boat in question. There is no need to evoke the grace and beauty of the crews, of course .... But an alternative might be something that reflects the nature of our challenge. Either way ... we feel the trip would be lacking something without having a good name for the boat. We've had a long, hard think about it and, apart from developing a cracking headache each, have come up with nothing suitable. So .... over to our team of informal advisors and supporters .... Come up with a boat name for us please !!! Terms and conditions apply ---- there is every chance we'll go with the best or most popular suggestion that comes in. But, knowing the m...