There’s little more embarrassing than coming into a hammerhead berth down-tide by mistake. Most of us know the feeling. Everything looks fine until you suddenly realise the boat doesn’t want to stop …
Going down with the tide
It’ll soon be the season of equinoctial gales. If you keep the company of old-fashioned longshoremen and you’re having tea in their shed near high water when it’s blowing stink, one of them is almost …