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Hidden Sea and the Pyramid of Fire
A Russian adventure to the desolate shores of Kamchatka. Hidden Sea and the Pyramid of Fire from SURFER Magazine on Vimeo.
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California 2012
It took me awhile to get a few photos of my trip to California late last year with my brother to sail aboard SV Harmony…
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The strange story of Constellation
This is a bit of a long-winded story, but bear with me: I’ve somehow regained ownership of Constellation, the boat I sailed from Europe to Australia, and I want to tell the story from the beginning – I...
View ArticleNBN Co. FOI request
In the middle of last year, I filed a freedom of information request to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, as I was interested in the possible use/installation of...
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Bass Strait crossing
A handful of photos from the weekend – Crossing Bass Strait from Launceston to Docklands via the Curtis Island group, aboard Antarctic expedition vessel The Blizzard, a 20m Radford designed schooner...
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Off to cross the Pacific
On May 7th, 2013, I fly out to Sydney, Honolulu, and then Oakland, California – this is the cheapest way to fly one-way to the USA. I’ll get a really cheap week-long rental car, and head up to Napa,...
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Transpacific Preparation
Unfortunately I haven’t had the mental energy to create any long-form content on this blog, so a lot of updates over the last month I’ve been in the States preparing have just been short updates which...
View ArticleSan Francisco to Marquesas
At 5am on June 12th, after a night of seeing off our really great San Franciscan friends, both new and old (you know who you are!), we moved over to the fuel dock for final pump-out, and to meet Rob...
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Marquesas to American Samoa
We hauled anchor out of Hiva Oa, raised the mainsail, and keenly watched our repaired boom under full canvas. Was that flex? How much flex is too much flex? How strong is this wood boom compared to the...
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American Samoa to Australia
15nm out of American Samoa, the wind died, and the sun set. The forecast showed zero wind for the next several days, and I was forced to start the engine or drift. I started up the engine at nightfall,...
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Cetacean [Research] Recipes
This evening I received the press release from Sea Shepherd announcing that the Japanese whale research [poaching] vessels had left Japan today. Out of curiosity I looked up the AIS details of the...
View ArticleQuotes & snippets from the South Pacific
I had the opportunity to read several great books while recently crossing the South Pacific. Sometimes people have asked me ‘why would you want to sail across an ocean’… and I tell them it’s the only...
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Interviews & Harmony for sale
My dear ship Harmony is currently in Sydney harbour, and I’m now open to all reasonable offers for her purchase. I can’t afford to keep Harmony in Sydney endlessly, nor can I bear the worry of her...
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The strange story of Constellation
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Post-sailing
Time between posts appears to be increasing – not because nothing has been happening, but perhaps rather because too much has been happening. 2014 has marked a handful of significant events:...
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