Captain JP's log

Two boats in the 2015 Great River Race caught my eye in particular. One was Jubilent (above), a replica of the Naval Victualling Commiss...

G'day all! Buff Staysail here! Buff by name and Buff by nature! I told JP I'd write something on the GRR but you know how it is ...

Hi Guys, OMG, you GRR guys ROCK! I mean - those outfits, they were totally awesome - or should that be oarsome - GEDDIT!!! Take the ...

Hurrah for Chris (of Rowing for Pleasure ) and co (aka the "Whiskered Terns") on Gladys ! Here they are pulling well during to...

Two hundred years ago London was a mess with raw sewage flowing into the Thames and thousands dying of cholera. In 1858 the " Great S...

So now you know. You might be wondering what JP was doing in a museum with these sorts of exhibits? Well it was grade 1 listed awesome...

In my last post I asked whether you could add foils to everything, and there could only be one response to that question and add foils to...

Can you - should you - add foils to everything ? Also, where are the laser canons? Surely it has laser canons, somewhere in the bow... ...

Yesterday was a busy day on the Thames foreshore for men and women with hi-vis gear: but what were they doing, where, why and for how long...

Over the last few years, as part of the Thames Festival , tall ships have been coming to Greenwich for the last weekend of August, a three...

The water is not as inviting as it looks at first:

I was recently researching a picture my dad gave me, trying to work out where and when it was painted. It was of an urban scene, in London...

Nice video from the PLA on how they track how things are changing below the surface. Next of course, how the Thames is changing - from a...

J-Class Bicentenary 2015 from J Class Association on Vimeo . So I was watching the video above and had this thought. It's a grea...

"Ben's bloody brilliant!" booms Buff. Ok, enough alliteration, but it is good news for boating as it appears that its not ...

Two foodstuffs and a drink: what are they?

The three year anniversary of the 2012 Olympic Games led to some hand-wringing comments about its legacy being squandered. But over the we...

The America's Cup and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race often boast of their tradition and ancient history, but the Doggett's Coa...

The Devizes to Westminster is one of the world greatest and toughest endurance kayak races, and its spirit has been captured in this recent...

More ACWS photos from Saturday. The eagle eyed will spot that some had already been posted but have been clipped tighter.