I come from strong sailing stock; my grandfather built yachts for the family in the front yard and my father sailed short-handed halfway around the world. Follow my adventures across the Atlantic and around the world in 2012.
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Aotea what?!?!
December 28th, 2011 | Published in Uncategorized
Ahhh, New Zealand! Finally! Land of the Long White Cloud. The Maori legend of the settling of New Zealand is that paddlers in a huge canoe from Polynesia saw on the distant horizon a long white cloud, and underneath lay the promised land, a rich bounty of never-before-seen wildlife that were quickly made into dinner, [...]
On my way home… but when?
December 23rd, 2011 | Published in Global Ocean Race
What a week of contrasts… Going from resetting the GOR speed record to drifting aimlessly in the fog on a mill pond ocean. Musically we’ve gone from intensity of the “Flight of the Bumble Bee” to “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic” played on a bass tuba, by a valium addict. Not the most inspiring stuff. Sadly [...]
The flying boat!
December 20th, 2011 | Published in Global Ocean Race
For days now we’ve been stalked by a monster of a front that has been whirling through the GOR fleet as a ball of spiky red wind barbs. With the system on final approach, Sam and I decided to go for broke to consolidate our lead over the Fields. We ran deep through puffy 45+ [...]
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