SIN ZIN

Never judge a book by its cover? Never judge a bottle of wine by its label?

Not me.

If the bottle comes in the hand of a good friend, in this case, Karen, visiting from California; if it is a bottle of red Zinfandel and if it is the same as we enjoyed some years ago, it will be good.

The label? Sin Zin ... clever!

The wine went down a treat aboard Seol na Mara after a pleasant day sail 'doon the watter'.


Karen also has a good eye for a photograph. This is her picture of a swan. For years it has sat propped against the wall of my desk.





Seol na Mara is berthed in Bowling Basin which is the west end of the Forth and Clyde Canal (Scotland). She is a Fastnet 34 sloop with a yellow hull. This is her 28th season.



This sea lock opens out to the Clyde Estuary which means that the boat is near home and, that - subject to the tide - it gives access to the open sea. The photo (taken February 2007) shows her tied up in Bowling Harbour.