SAILING

I met Julie at Dubai airport she was waiting for me in this large black KIA SUV. These are very popular in Dubai.  We drove from Dubai international airport to Dubai investment park away from downtown Dubai. We stopped at the frame which looks like a big goal post styled structure. There were massive queues […]

1922 – 2014 US Boat Designer Of Vancouver Yachts  Best known as a designer for Sparkman & Stephens, a partner in the firm of Maclear & Harris, designer of the Vancouver series of cruising boats, and a pioneer in the world of multihulls.  In 1942, after being appointed a cadet at the US Merchant Marine

I listened to the Resilient Mind podcast by a Jim Rohan. Thought it was valuable lesson for a successful life. 1 Be a student not a follower 2 take advise not orders (only give yourself orders) 3 make sure what you do is a product of your own conclusion (debate them than decide) What’s best for you 

A Golden Hind, led by his art and might, Bare him about the earth’s sea-walled round With the unresisted Roe outrunning flight, While Fame (the harbinger) a trumpe did sound.  That heaven and earth with echos did abound; Echo of Drake a high praise of his name, Name royaliz’d by worth, worth raised by fame.

I left Gibraltar when I saw the rock cloud or the Lavente winds. Meaning the winds that blow from eastern Mediterranean Sea. The winds are channeled through straits between Spain and 🇲🇦 Morroco .    I was warned about the threat of ORCA whales around the straits of Gibralta. They tend to attack small sail

This is a moto of the Special Air Service Regiment. Now I very rarely if ever mention my time serving in the SAS, why? Because I have always felt it’s a personal thing. When I did serve in the SAS in the 1970’s they weren’t that well known as a military unit. It was only

I flow out from the U.K. on the 5 February from Gatwick with Aegean airways to Athens international airport. I had to stay overnight near the airport as I was getting the Olympic flight the following morning to the small island of leros near Turkey.  Leros is one of the small islands in the Dodecanese

I flow back to Greece from London Gatwick on the 5 February via Athens to Leros.  My flight from Athens airport to Leros was scheduled for following morning. Flight delays were announced at the gate to Leros eventually being cancelled completed due to high winds. Leros small landing strip is at Pentani at northern part of

Definition of destiny; the choices by the  actions of an individual.  However fate is something outside of choices of an individual. What if there was such a thing as destiny and fate intermingling together. What would that be called?  I bought Stella Polaris my Vancouver 32 in the April of 2021 from Saku and his wife both

The reality you experience can shift depending on how you choose to observe it. What if the universe itself shifts adjusts or even reconfigures itself based on where you direct your attention it sounds almost like something out of Science Fiction doesn\’t it.  What if I told you that this isn\’t just an abstract idea