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Cruising a small boat in the western Med parts one and two

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Ben Crawshaw Onawind Blue

Cruising a small boat in the western Med is the name Ben Crawshaw has given to a series of YouTube videos he has put together about his expedition to Ibiza and Formontera from the Spanish mainland.

So far there are only two of the series to watch, but already it’s clear the adventure was a real roller-coaster ride. Part two finds him on an exhilarating run to Formontera to meet friends for a dinner date aboard a restored 1929 British lifeboat; however the contrast with his honest account of the fear he felt in part 1 when sailing overnight to Ibiza could not be more stark. It’s not for nothing that he’s called the first episode Fear is a giant octopus.

See the videos at his weblog The Invisible Workshop here and here. Ben Crawshaw fans – and there are many – will be pleased to know there will be more to come…

I thought of Ben’s first video last night as I dipped into my book collection during a bout of insomnia. The volume in question was Old Jack by W H G Kingston. It’s a romantic story of derring-do on the high seas, and I have to say after just two chapters the adventuring has already been immense and the body count is mounting.

I was particularly taken with the advice an experienced sailor gave the young protagonist when he said that he would never be frightened so long as he was with his companion and the ship’s captain:

‘Peter laughed. “We may be very well in our way,” said he; “but Jack my advice is Trust in God and hold on to the weather rigging.”‘

For more on Ben and his Light Trow named Onawind Blue, click here.

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Author Gavin AtkinPosted on November 7, 2009July 7, 2015Categories Boatbuilders and restorers, Boating, boats, ships and the sea, Designs and designers, boat plans,books of plans, Events, Free boat plans online, Locations, Modern boatbuilding, River boats, Sailing cruisers, Small boats, TechniquesTags ben, blue, crawshaw, honest account, Invisible Workshop, lifeboat, Light Trow, onawind, sailing, small boat, spanish mainland, weblog, western med, youtube videos2 Comments on Cruising a small boat in the western Med parts one and two
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