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Clive Robertson swaps a London media career for four years in a boatyard working on his wooden boat restoration project and recording it all expertly on Youtube.
It was October 2015, I was 30 years old, and dreaming of sailing the world some day, perhaps even owning a gaffer of my own.
By weekday, I was a media producer, by weekend, a sailor. For years I balanced this compromise, the prospect of ‘climbing the ladder’ versus being on the river in East Anglia, something I wasn’t willing to let go of.
At the time, I owned a 22ft fin keel cabin cruiser, kept in Holbrook Creek on the River Stour but with very little funds available after the £750 monthly commute and no maintenance facilities in Holbrook Creek,
This live event features the salmon defender in conversation with coastal Indigenous leaders about our wild fish.
When the jackbooted march of current events becomes too much, places of refuge and respite are necessary for the maintenance of sanity. If that’s what you’re seeking, I have recommendations. A little R&R, if you will. And if you have your own suggestions, I’m happy to hear them in the comment thread below.
Rebuilding with the Tally Ho crew
When you really need escape, how do you get there? A sailboat is one answer, even if it’s currently stuck on dry land. In Sequim, Wash., a young Englishman named Leo Goolden decided to resurrect a 1909 sailing yacht called the Tally Ho.