2017-10-31 14:52
Standing along the pier at the V&A Waterfront, watching each of the boats get ready for departure, bags strewn all over the deck, crew scrurrying on and off with last minute tasks to com… Read More
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Follow me as a train for the Clipper Round the World Race 2017-18 and participate in Leg 2 of the race from Punta del Este to Cape Town
2017-10-09 19:13
After getting back from my training in Portsmouth and taking a week off to recover, the first thing I did was apply online for the South Africa and Uruguay visas. The South African visa was… Read More
2017-10-09 19:13
Its a crazy, funny, exciting, scary pit in my stomach kind of feeling.Will I be able to work shoulder to shoulder with my team!? How will the waves and wind affect me out in the ocean!? I've… Read More
2017-10-09 19:13
I wasn't expecting this! Im actually getting bored sitting in my hotel room, watching Punta people stroll by.I woke up nice and early and headed straight to the yacht club right after breakf… Read More
2017-10-09 19:13
And so we set off with a lot of fanfare. There was a military band playing for us and a naval ship to flag us off. After a lot of parading around in the Marina, we finally took off.Since I w… Read More
2017-10-09 19:13
Woke up at 0400, then at 0600 and then gave up trying to sleep anymore. So I checked my emails, messages, Facebook, WhatsApp and it was just 0630. Spoke with Nandu and one, one excited, one… Read More
2017-09-19 13:32
“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.” ― Lemony… Read More
2017-07-31 11:19
Level 4Day 1: Come back experts. It’s an order!Starting this level with mixed feelings about how it’s going to pan out. And to top it we had Sir Robin come to each of our boats t… Read More
2017-07-23 20:58
Level 3Day 1: Doom & GloomAfter a good 10 day break, including two days with Alok, exploring London, I was raring to sail again. Doom and his twin, Gloom, had other plans that involved p… Read More
2017-07-14 20:18
My land lady volunteers at a Roman villa in the New Forest. She play acts a Roman lady come back to life after 1,600 years and walks a bunch of school children through her villa. Most of the… Read More
2017-07-09 10:15
It's day 2 of my 10 day break till Level 3 starts. Started off by getting to my BnB to be greeted in sheer delirium by Bran. Tail thumping bundle of energy, he greets all guests with equal e… Read More
2017-07-06 22:06
Level 2Day 1: AbandonmentAfter a week spent learning how to rescue a man over board, we started this week with a day long exercise in figuring how to stuff the panic and get onto a life raft… Read More
2017-06-30 13:20
Time flames like a paragon stoveand what burns are the minutes I live~ Irving Layton, The Selected PoemsDay 1: The Importance of AttachmentsThe first day of training was so reassuring. Felt… Read More
2017-06-22 21:19
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore~ L Frank BaumI must warn you readers before I go any further that this is my first real trip to the UK, so I'm likely to sound like a gawky… Read More
2017-06-18 07:21
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~ Andre Gide That's most of the stuff I'm packing. Yes meagre even by my standard… Read More
2017-06-08 18:29
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” ~ Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!Whic… Read More
2017-06-02 11:50
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tideIs a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied” &n&helli…Read More
2017-06-02 04:11
There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.~ Charles Proteus Steinmetz June 1st and the countdown to my training has begun. As I… Read More
2017-05-30 18:52
“I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and say to myself "well, that's not going to happen” ~ Rita RudnerOne of the things I’m just not good… Read More
2017-05-26 12:09
Sore today, strong tomorrow … Read More
2017-05-25 08:45
Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Expl… Read More
2017-05-25 08:44
If the world ran the way a crew runs a set, we'd have a better, more progressive world. Steven Spielberg Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/crew.htmlIf the world ran t… Read More
2017-05-25 08:43
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off… Read More
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