Archive for October 2008

Testing the Crewfit Junior and Crewfit Adult Lifejackets

WHY TEST YOUR LIFEJACKET ? The majority of yachtsmen never, ever use their lifejackets. They may wear them on deck but most are careful enough – or lucky enough – never to fall in, and most are blasé enough – or careless enough – never to get round to trying them out in the water. This makes no sense. How many times have you bought something – a camera, perhaps, or a tool, or a cooking utensil – and found…

A Levels (Part II) – Traumas with Mercers College

When she finished the last instalment of her GCSE exams in June 2007, Xoë was almost in tears. She couldn’t wait for us to sort out the materials for the next lap of her education – her A levels.