Sailing Around the world in… I don’t know … days

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Last weekend we met up with our friends Chris and Christine Ellsay in Nelson New Zealand. Chris and Chris, with their three kids aged 10, 8 and 6 are sailing around the world and it was refreshing to hear them say – “I don’t know how long we’ll take”. They’re 3 years into it and […]

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Oh – I Do Love to be Beside the Seaside

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It’s an old song but it certainly rang the bells for me recently.  Over this last New Year’s break 2010-2011, my family, extended family, and friends that we call family all traveled to Matauri Bay in New Zealand for probably one of the best aquatic experiences one could imagine. Unfortunately, it was sans sailing cruising […]

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Slow Tack or Fast Tack – That is the question

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I once sailed with an ex-submarine captain who would turn the boat through a tack extremely slowly. When asked why, he had several good reasons. (1) Look behind you as you come about. If you are leaving swirling water eddies behind the rudder, these are a sum of kinetic energy that was previously in your […]

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Hello down there

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The sailing lesson today is to use Loctite on screws on your boat when you don’t want to lose them or when you don’t want to climb the mast.

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Sailing in Sydney Harbour

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The experience of sailing on the Sydney Harbour is not to be missed by anyone. Sailing under the Sydney harbor bridge and then right past the Sydney Opera house is one of those events that everyone should do at least once in their lifetime.

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