Another of my favorite cover images! I took this a few years ago in the Tuamotu archipelago of French Polynesia. One of my favorite things about sailing inside the lagoons of these idyllic atolls is that the water is smooth and protected from the swell, and yet the trade winds blow consistently, unimpeded by land.Continue reading “Cover Photo: Beautiful Sailing in the Tuamotu”
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Cover Photo Series: Alone at Fatu Hiva
La Baie des Vierges – Hanavave in Marquesan – is probably the most iconic anchorage in all of the South Pacific. Certainly it has an outsized importance to small boat sailors on their way across this vast ocean. It seems to epitomize the remote, exotic, tropical idyll that so many people envision when then dreamContinue reading “Cover Photo Series: Alone at Fatu Hiva”
Ocean Cruising Club Lockdown Lectures
To keep our spirits up during the pandemic, the commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club had the wonderful idea to organize a series of Lockdown Lectures. The OCC is full of adventuresome and accomplished sailors with fascinating stories – there’s no clubhouse, just a great group of people. I’ve really enjoyed all the Lockdown Lectures,Continue reading “Ocean Cruising Club Lockdown Lectures”
Polynesia’s beautiful underwater world
I recently made another a little reel, which I hope gives a bit of a sense of the gorgeous underwater world and incredible marine life of French Polynesia in the South Pacific. We both love the diving and snorkeling there, whether its with the big critters – manta rays, dolphins, sharks – or the colorfulContinue reading “Polynesia’s beautiful underwater world”
South Pacific Starry Night
Now that a little time has passed since SAIL magazine published our “Starry Night” photo as their double-page spread opener in July, I wanted to share the photo here – it’s one of my all-time favorites 🙂
Gone Floatabout 