Nick de Smith

We live in land-locked Goudhurst in Kent. A very beautiful area but, unfortunately, miles from the sea (though we do have a Wayfarer dinghy on Bewl Bridge Reservoir).

The pages on this site represent a very brief snapshot of what I'm up to; recently its been mainly sailing... and bats (the type with wings!), and rebuilding the house, and skiing in Sweden, and hiking in Chile & Ecuador, and....

I did a 2001 Fastnet race campaign on a great yacht, Incisor of Wight (not surprisingly, based in Cowes). Click on the Sailing menu item to get race reports, photos and updates.

I have a interest in bats, mainly because we live in a old Oast house that seems to have hundreds of the little things hiding in or around it. My background is in electronics, maths & computing, so I've actually started to put my degree to some use, and am doing a substantial "midnight project" in that area. Click on Bats! for more information.

If you have any comments about the content here, please use the guest book. You can view the comments of others, or leave your own note. I always try to repond within a day or so.

This site is being continually updated - as I get time, more of the bizarre projects will get mentioned, and maybe even the kids will get some space (two of them are Judo champions - one at National level).

Thanks, Nick...