There is nothing,
--absolutely nothing--
half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats.
(The water rat in The Wind In The Willows)

Notes and legal disclaimer:

• This site is still under construction so please wear a hard hat.
• This site best seen on a monitor at 800 x 600 with a (any) REAL browser.
  Wimps who use Web-TV, AOL, or a microwave oven to view this site may experience problems and not fully enjoy the orgasmic experience. Do me a favor and don't come complaining to me. Don't say I didn't warn you. And do yourself a favor and get yourself a real computer.
• Absolutely no smoking allowed.
• Pretty girls enter free (but subject to search and seizure)  

Some of my interests are sailing, traveling and dixieland jazz.
As of now I have begun pages dedicated to:

• My Photo Album  (As my mother would say: "You used to be sooo cute!")
• My Father, My Mother and My Siblings  (Photos)
• Memories of my childhood
• Sailing Lore of the days of old
• Rounding Cape Horn in a Windjammer  (National Geographic 1931 article)
• A short history of Celestial Navigation,
• Breve Historia de la Navegación Astronómica,
• Great Circle Sailing,
• Sight Reduction by the Marcq St. Hilaire method
• Piloting and dead reckoning
• Astronomy
• History of Communications
• Cryptography  (and why you should use it)
• How to Keep It A Secret, by Jeff Prosise, PC Magazine, July 1994.
• The Zimmermann Telegram
• William and Elizebeth Friedman,  Breaking codes was this couple's lifetime career (Smithsonian, June 1987).
• Dixieland
• The Cogswell Society
• Duluth!, funny speech by J. Proctor Knott, of Kentucky, in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1871
• Judge Roy Bean, Hang'em first, try'em later
• Engrish, some humorous signs in "English" I have found in my travels in Asia.
• Just So Stories  for little children and imaginative adults
• A funny article about puttering
• Trouble in Store for Mr Claus
• Spanish Cooking
• Old Sherry, the first one hundred years of Gonzalez & Byass.
• Chronicles of a Gay Gordon, transcription of a book written in 1921 by a distant relative.
• All the women I've loved before
• Travel - Huelva  (My trip to Huelva in December 2001)
• Travel - Asia  (I was in Asia in 1997, 1999 and 2000)
• My trip to China in 2004
• Cantonese Opera Rehearsals in Washington DC
• Travel - Cuba  (I was in Cuba May 1999, This is a work in progress)
• Essays  (My humble view of things)
• A contemporary story about a Giant and a flea
• A Letter to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard
• General Martínez Campos in Cuba
• Traditional Spanish units of weight, length and other measures
• My new Fuji Finepix 1400 digital camera
• Ensoniq AudioPCI S5016 User Manual
• Carkit #38, 40 W Audio Power Amplifier
• Technical Articles  (For those who have an inquisitive mind)
• Play my numbers game
• How I installed a split air conditioning system
• The fire in the Windsor building, Madrid 13 feb 2005
• Causes I support
• Quotes about what civilized and ethical people should not be doing.
• Photos of Atocha train station after the March 11, 2004, terrorist attacks
• El Ciudadano Iscariote Reclús  (In Spanish)
• Biografía de Quevedo
• Ande yo caliente y ríase la gente, Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561-1627)
• Ahí me las den todas
• Esquela humorística
• Central Hidroeléctrica de Grandas de Salime
• Central hidroeléctrica de Belmonte de Miranda.
• Wiring diagram and parts list for the Vespa Primavera scooter.
• Movie subtitles, Vespa wiring diagram, Valesa Cultural, etc
• Andalusia, Alabama, let's not go there.
• Why I hate CompuServe
• Why I hate Alitalia
• Logitech misrepresent their products