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Two motu’s, or islands, in a beautiful lagoon seen from the top of a mountain, Maupiti, French-Polynesia Credit: Shutterstock Pacific island sailing, Island life and the wild blue yonder never ceases to amaze, Jess Lloyd-Mostyn tells us. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the Pacific Ocean is empty. We grow up with maps and globes…

Fox’s Marina and Chandlery – River Orwell This prime facility at Ipswich is more than just a marina, boatyard and chandlery, it has a glowing reputation that stretches far beyond the shores of the east coast, writes Sue Pelling. There are few marinas in the Ipswich area of the east coast as welcoming and convenient…

I can’t count the times I’ve been lured into deep water by those two words. It has happened again. A few months back, I was preparing seminar outlines, arranging airfares and travel plans as I got ready to fly to the USA to present seminars at the Port Townsend Wooden boat Festival and Annapolis Sail…

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Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond By Lin Pardey I have lived and breathed sailing for the past two years, not just afloat, but ashore. While David and I were cruising on Sahula and meandering through the 250-mile-long coral fringed lagoon of New Caledonia, I spent several mornings each week writing the first chapters of a…

Winter in New Zealand By Lin Pardey Gale force gusts of wind rake across the cove. I dodge a wintery rain squall as I run between the house and my office. Yesterday it was bright and sunny, crisp. David had walked into my office late in the afternoon to say, “I am tired of being…

We are anchored in a very quiet spot just 12 miles from Noumea, New Caledonia. After three weeks of great weather, rain has set in. Perfect time to do a bit or writing. Today I finished editing a short story I started when we were preparing Sahula for the voyage away from the New Zealand…

Today I enjoyed fun zoom calls with two of my favorite sailing writers, John Kretschmer and Herb McCormick. I am doing research and preparation for the seminars I am presenting over the next weeks, Storytelling for Sailors, writing, blogging, video can they add to your cruising life? (I’ll be doing these at the Port Townsend…