Category Archives: Outdoors

Year of the Tiger

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Stranded Mariner

I just came back home from a relaxing week, camping out at Dianshan Lake. Away from the fireworks and noise of the city, that marked the coming of the new year of the Tiger. I did a bit of sailing … Continue reading →

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Windfinder iPhone app

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Stranded Mariner

I posted earlier on this blog about the Windfinder web site, useful for wind and weather reports. As an iPhone user I am happy that there is now also an app for Windfinder. There are two versions, that both can … Continue reading →

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Lamma Island’s boulders now in concrete and paint.

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Stranded Mariner

From the South China Morning Post of today. A typical Hong Kong solution for something that isn’t a problem. Instead of being happy and proud about the beautiful nature on the outlying islands, some dimwit with nothing better to do … Continue reading →

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Animated Knots.

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Stranded Mariner

On one of the forums about cruising I frequent, I found the site Animated Knots. It’s the coolest site about knots I have ever seen. The contents of the site also can be purchased as a program, to run independent … Continue reading →

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Windfinder

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Stranded Mariner

A heads-up for a nice website with wind and weather information. It’s called Windfinder. Apart from up to date information about wind speed and direction, it also provides wave heights and periods, temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, and barometric pressure. Forecast … Continue reading →

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Hiking in Anhui

Posted on August 4, 2007 by Stranded Mariner

Last weekend we went hiking in Anhui province, not far from the Yellow Mountains. The name of the trail is ‘Hui Hang Gu Dao’, which means literally ‘The Old Path’. From Shanghai it is about 7 – 8 hours driving, … Continue reading →

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