long distance cruising Archives

Tua-Tua, spring projects

I don’t have that much time to spend on a blog post right now but figured I’d give a...

The Boating New Zealand magazine published an article back in September 2019 about Gary Underwood, the designer of Shoestring...

I have just found some new information regarding Thomas’ disappearance which I wrote about back in 2014 as the...

So, what’s been going on? Thinking, planning, dreaming. That’s pretty much it. No sailing whatsoever. I moved down to...

I’ve been a vegetarian since spring 2013, eating mostly vegan food (at home almost exclusively) mixed with some diary...

Just stumbled upon the following quote by Sterling Hayden: “To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must...

I can only assume it’s Tamata as he never made it to Polynesia with neither Marie-Thérèse nor Marie-Thérèse II...

This text is blatantly stolen from here In our modern society, people tend to conform. It is getting increasingly...

Here are some thoughts and ideas I have for customizing my future Norwalk Island Sharpie, which will either be...

The sad fact is that internet forums tend to fill up with so called experts who have strong opinions...