22 Sunday Jan 2012
Posted in Life Outside Sailing, Pleasure Cruising, Regattas, Sailing Courses
Quick video tour of an amazing mountain viewing point (Mirador del Rio) designed by Manrique. A bit fuzzy at first but clears up to reveal a spectacular view.
Called ‘the eighth wonder of the world’, by Rita Heyworth, the legendary Hollywood movie star…the garden of water is a MUST-SEE …
Cruising down the highway at 60mph, top down, sun shining, sky blue…and best of all…volcanoes to your left, volcanoes to …
Continued from “Lanzarote Sightseeing Part 1: Volcanoes & Blowholes” TEGUISE, GRACIOSA, & CESAR MANRIQUE From the fire mountains and sandy …
After 2 weeks of seeing this gorgeous island from the sea at every possible angle I finally got to spend …
Okay, so the final day of my quest to become an RYA DaySkipper started out a bit…”special”. I LOVE TO …
Day four of the DaySkipper course has to be my absolute favorite up to this point. Why? Because everyone loves …
So today, I got to be skipper of the boat. ANCHORS & NAKED PEOPLE What can I say…good day. Did …
A peek into the thoughts and personality of half-asleep me getting ready for the day (at 0730).
Lovely day…busy day..at moments tiny bit scary day. Today there was no messing around with safety briefs or bilge checks. …
How was day 1 of the final 5 days to becoming a DaySkipper (The first major milestone in the road to …
Recap of my thoughts from the first day…the neat people I met and what I’m going to learn this week. …
Today was quite possibly one of the laziest days I have experienced since being twelve years old and on summer break …
When everything went so terribly wrong yesterday, I kept saying that today had to be a wonderful day. I was …
Today sucked. SEASICK & UNDERMANNED 8 crew members…2 got sick and never made it to the boat. 2 got seasick …
A thorough inspection of these fabulous racing machines…
INTROVERT DAY So today is my “introvert day”…which is why, much as I love the company of my crew, I find …
Quick blurb at the end of a looooonnnng day
A YACHTSMAN’S GALE The final morning of the rally started out looking very much like a day that was about …
Reflections about the trip from Puerto Calero to La Graciosa…
What a great day! We sailed 35 miles in 7 hours. I got to helm this beautiful Beneteau First. And …
GETTING TO KNOW YOU So today was the first day of my two-week island sailing adventure here in middle of …
I am more excited than words can express! Today, I got an invitation to a wedding in India Mid-February. …
So today my special custom swimsuit arrived…and yet another brick was removed from the wall of procrastination I’ve built around …
For those who didn’t read my previous post, I went to an RYA First-Aid course in Scheveningen and had a …
There are 4 stages of knowledge… Total Ignorance (not knowing what you don’t know) Informed Ignorance (knowing what you don’t …
CRAZY IN LOVE – WITH SAILING Have you ever been crazy about someone? Like REALLY crazy? So crazy that even …
CRAP HAPPENS! …and nowhere more so than at sea. You can plan for days, read every forecast, take every precaution…but …
Today I found this little drawing I made a month ago when I was dreaming of my last day on …
15 days ago, I was in Aegina Greece, having coffee at a sidewalk cafe on the harbor with three British skippers, watching with …
