Virtual Winds & Weather4D Pro
Early bird gets the worm
Unwired
Spending a few days on the boat affords us time to start poking around in cubby holes…and tracing wires that are not labeled…and pulling those wires out to find….they are not attached to anything! Back in the spring, we installed new NKE instrumentation and autopilot on Shearwater – the installation went reasonably well, although there
Pacific Cup 2014 – The Fun Race to Hawaii
There and back again
French tailgating at the Vendée Globe
This past weekend was a fun one filled with ample servings of sailing, travel and good food. We flew to France on Ryan Air (round-trip tickets were $77 each!), and then drove from Beauvais (north of Paris) to Les Sable d’Olonne to see the start of the Vendée Globe nonstop, round-the-world sailboat race. We had learned
Lead up to the start of the Vendée Globe
The once-every-four-years Vendée Globe will start this weekend, and 20 solo skippers will set off to race around the world, without stopping. It’s an incredible feat to be able to accomplish – both to manage the boats (think running with scissors) and to deal with the exhaustion…for almost 90 days. It is a delicate balance of
Porto and Oporto
Recently, we were able to show our good friends, Ari and Yani, our boat – they are originally from Argentina and had been our neighbors for a few months before moving to another apartment here in Madrid. We meet regularly to solve the world’s problems; our solutions are frequently offered in an eclectic mix of
The Southampton Boat Show
