A gentle sea breeze caresses my face as the sound of waves fills the space around me. The sunshine is bright and warm, and the smell of the jungle reaches our cockpit where I find myself writing most of these days. Here in the tropics I am happier than I have been in a while, […] More
TweetMozambique Cyclone Idai – Sailing towards a storm, a little earlier than planned, during cyclone season… Late April, May and June is the right time to sail this coast….We left mid March because of an extraordinary weather window which would carry us the first 1000 miles downwind, instead of upwind… Click here for full post: […] More
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We had so many responses to last week’s episode, that we felt compelled to highlight them in an extra video. So yesterday we went out on a Deben Lugger sailboat into the mangrove river outside Krabi Boat Lagoon with John of Java Yachting. It was a beautiful day for messing about in boats, and a […] More
In June 2018, after 70,000 miles and 27 years of sailing experience, a cruising couple on board SV Kelaerin abandoned her 150 miles off the coast of Washington. They were almost home. The video footage above was taken four hours after the rescue. It must have been a terrifying and heart-breaking experience for Joy and Jim Cary. […] More