Ibiza Summer Sailing

Summer's here and the shade sails are up in the side garden. Well, almost, because a shortage of rope to secure my triangular sail has left it billowing under the square sail.

I couldn't get any suitable rope in the village so Jaki suggested I use some of her garden twine. It was totally inadequate for the job and would have snapped in twain should a gentle zephyr or force 1 gale have blown up over the field.

I was surprised at her lack of knowledge in this matter as her favourite programme at the moment is Hornblower and I'd seen her sit through Hero Horatio's frigging in the rigging of a captured French Corvette only yesterday.