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 2011.
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Class 40 World Championships
July 27th, 2010 | Published in Sailing News
I just finished the Class 40 World Championships in Gijón, Spain and wanted to share the experience as communications in English appeared to be non-existent. Class 40s are designed for the classic short handed Transat races- their coming out party was the 2006 edition of the Route du Rhum- so when I heard that the [...]
Cyclists v. Sailors
July 4th, 2010 | Published in Sailing News | 3 Comments
I appeared to be out of the room when passion for kicking pig skin was handed out, so the vuvuzela buzz of the World Cup passed me by without incident and I tend to only feign interest in the all conquering All Blacks when I fear I’m about to be accused of being a bad [...]
Alert! Code Red Code 5
June 21st, 2010 | Published in Mini 6.50 | 2 Comments
The annoyingly confusing and contradictory sailmaker’s parlance can lead to a Kiwi’s Genny being a Brit’s Spinnaker and a Frenchman’s Spinak. A solent is not the water the separates the Isle of Wight from England, but a small jib, unless it’s a maxi-solent in which place takes the place of a genoa, which is normally [...]
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