Down the Rabbit Hole
We take to the skies for the first paragliding that has ever been done in Tonga. Insane images.
Two Different Worlds, One Amazing Trip
Paragliding, whale watching, kiteboarding and more in the remote Austral islands and on Huahine in the Societies
Way way way out there
The prettiest island in the Pacific? It isn’t Bora Bora. Find out here where it really lies.
Where have all the trades gone?
We lose the wind in Moorea and the Tuamotus and are left…having a blast!
Crossing the Equator, Galapagos Arrival
We take a quick pause for a swim in open ocean across the equator en route to the Galapagos
Imminent Landfall
Day 8. 190 Miles from Lanzarote. We cleared Gibraltar two days ago on a nice force 5 Northeast wind. I hadn’t sailed in that kind of traffic since passing through the Torres Straits, between Australia and Papau New Guinea back in 2004. Tim actually took a picture of the radar screen on his watch, with…
The return of calm
I woke up this morning as if in a different world. Gray wicked skies, lumpy and confused seas and howling winds were replaced with a cloudless warm sky and calm. The seas had subsided to a light swell and while I don’t usually get excited to motor, sliding along under power is a welcome respite.…
Finally Underway!
Closings are never easy and Discovery was no exception. Our scheduled closing date, December 15th came and passed with almost $600,000 in two separate wires lost in the murky world of international wires. For a week and I half I paced the docks, called my bank repeatedly, cussed and drank an inordinate amount of very…
In the name of “Discovery”
What a crazy week. I arrived in Nice France after a cancelled flight out of JFK, long night in a shady hotel, missed connection in London the next evening (after being rerouted through London instead of Madrid), lost bags in Nice. Checked into the hotel, had a nap, ate a pizza and promptly broke a…