
Jacob’s Pilot Ladder
Apologies for the slight delay in this (last) week’s edition of the blog. I’ll owe y’all one. I have been repositioning a little workboat…
Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.

Apologies for the slight delay in this (last) week’s edition of the blog. I’ll owe y’all one. I have been repositioning a little workboat…

Good morning, all. I hope you are well. I certainly am. The kids were off school this week for their October break. For non-Scots,…

Apologies for the delayed article. I’m afraid I’ll be a little brief this week due to contracting a lovely little pathogen from my children…

Little Green Lies No salty anecdotes for you this week, my friends. I have returned home from the sea to colder weather. Commercial duties…

It has been a peaceful, but rather dull week of decent weather offshore. With twelve hours on watch and a reasonable satellite internet signal,…

My first duty this week is to thank my new friend Steven Wilkinson, of the excellent Substack Pitchfork Papers and his company Good and…

Monarchy, Mortality, and Morality. I never met The Queen. Neither did most of you. But I’m willing to bet that every single one of…

I have returned to the sea, for a three-week trip. On this occasion, I have signed on as Mate. That is second in command…

We work long days at sea, and Sunday is no exception. 12-hour shifts are my current minimum each day, with occasional overtime required. We…

Threat detection, empiricism, relativism, and authority. It’s been a busy old week! Since joining my ship on Wednesday I’ve had nine arrivals and departures,…

part 2 continued.

Why the more subtle iconoclasms of the left, affect us all. ‘Haha. So you are employee of the month? These Americans. When I was…