Tag Archives: Roaring Girl

Experimenting for speed

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Sarah Tanburn

It’s about 1050 nautical miles from Valletta to Gibraltar if you go via Ibiza. I wrote about the wonderful sail we had when we decided to head to the Balearics. On the way to the Pillars of Hercules I learnt … Continue reading →

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Throw up and carry on

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Sarah Tanburn

I get seasick. Not just a little nauseous, but aggressively, stomach-emptyingly, endlessly sick. I can be seasick in a puddle. Over several thousand sea miles I can grade key trips by their vomit quotient. Top of the list remains Sines … Continue reading →

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Moonshadows and mistakes

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Sarah Tanburn

The gentle northerly breeze has made a little swell, maybe 10 centimetre high waves rolling with heartbeat regularity through silky black water. Each rise  heels theboat a little so that the wake rippling down her hull is punctuated as if by … Continue reading →

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A philosophy of luck

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

My friend, Peter Matthiessen, was the first Dane to sail solo round the world. These days he makes Aries wind vanes, very clever self-steering mechanisms that keep a boat sailing at a consistent angle to the wind. Peter has a … Continue reading →

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Giglio and GPS

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Sarah Tanburn

Isola Giglio is small, but it’s not that small.  We have sailed from there south to Giannutri and Cittavecchia.  We’ve sailed north past it from Rome to Elba.  You can see a picture of tiny Giglio harbour on our travel … Continue reading →

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It’s who you know

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Sarah Tanburn

Which fifteen fictional characters have influenced you most?  Not just the ones you love, but who changed you?  As a writer, a reader, as a person.  As an adult, or from childhood. This question is floating around the net right … Continue reading →

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Why blog?

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Sarah Tanburn

What has blogging ever done for me?  Over at her Confident Writing site, Joanna Paterson has encouraged readers to consider What has blogging given you the confidence to write or create and then *share*… that you wouldn’t otherwise have done? … Continue reading →

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Which books are crucial crew?

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sarah Tanburn

When we moved from a house to a boat, I had a library of over 3000 books.  Rather too many to put on to one 12m yacht, so some had to go.  Most of them had to go.  Very nearly … Continue reading →

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Writing on the water

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Sarah Tanburn

Back ashore for a while, I’m missing our Roaring Girl. She’s currently ashore in Malta, after a great summer cruising around the edges of the Tyrennhian and Aegean seas. Strange though it may seem, though,  it’s often easier to write … Continue reading →

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Good stories please

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Sarah Tanburn

Jimmy Cornell is one of the great figures of long distance cruising.  He first sailed away with wife and two small children in the mid-’70’s and has done three and half circumnavigations since, plus some stunning high-latitude voyages.  His books, … Continue reading →

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