Tom Cunliffe
Time was when ocean sailors cast off the shorelines knowing there would be no communication with the outside world until they fetched up on another continent and toddled off to the poste restante. With luck, news from home would be waiting and letters written on passage could be mailed which might, or might not, arrive before they returned.
That’s all history now, life has have changed and I have to chuckle when I read of ocean warriors south of Cape Horn calling their local chandler for advice on a leaking valve or asking the weatherman when they should tack. It’s even started to happen to me. One of the fun things about running my internet club ( the emails from members in unexpected circumstances. I had a note yesterday from Jon who I had last heard from discussing return routes from an ARC voyage. That was
