SAILING

I took the autobus or Guagua from the Estacion de Guaguas de Valle Gran Rey to the small main town of San Sebastián La Gomera which is on the east side of the island facing the island Tenerife. With the classical shape of the towering volcano of mount Teide at 3715 metres. The highest point […]

I flow out to Tenerife with overnight stop at Los Cristianos. The following morning I took the fast Fred Olsen ferry to La Gomera with quick ferry change from San Sebastián to Vuelta Harbour near Valle Gran Rey.  I had a good walk from the harbour after a tuna salad lunch to my apartment at

The older I get the more bemused and even disturbed about the actions of my fellow human beings! I call it the human condition which was brought to my attention by an Australian Biologist called Jeremy Griffiths. Jeremy has even formed an organisation called the World Transformation Movement.  From Jeremy’s point of view the way

(Western hedonistic individualism.) Alexander Solzhenitsyn speech at Harvard University to the students and Principles. I am sincerely happy to be here on the occasion of the 327th commencement of this old and most prestigious university. My congratulations and very best wishes to all of today\’s graduates. Harvard\’s motto is \”VERITAS.\” ( Goodness of truth)  Many

In the past few months there has been a number of sailing fatalities caused by possible human error and or severe climatic conditions. The sea can be both magical and daunting mother nature can catch out the unweary sailors. I want to look at the first incident of a couple sailing from Novia Scotia to

The United States presidential elections have become a circus. The first debate in Atlanta Georgia I found hard to watch it was painful affair.  Must admit I kept thinking are these two men the best candidates for the president of the United States of America?  Joe Biden I know is a good man at heart.

Maybe like me you’ve thought “what is the purpose of life?” Is there a purpose to it fundamentally?  Are we here just to create more life? Or are we here to become observers  of life. Do other species of life on earth ever consider this or is it just us humans who have the intellectual capacity

I returned to Cyprus after 5 week stint in the U.K. A distant friend of the family asked me if I’d be interested in project with Fibre Laser Welding machine manufactured in China.  Initially I turned him down, why I didn’t think he was offering me enough money for all my practical and technical expertise

Why I chose Stella Polaris for long distance sailing, especially solo.  On the morning of January 6 1997, a story was breaking about two yachts that had overturned in the Southern Ocean while competing in the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race. The Australian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre had asked for urgent assistance from the Australian

In the democratic world people who oppose the government or political parties are called in the U.K. the opposition. Certainly not given the title of dissident.  However the opposite is true in totalitarian regimes such as the Russian Federation. Opposition  politicians in Russia are classed as enemies of the state and dealt with accordingly.   Usually assassination is