Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and safe winds for 2012!

How not to X How to

Two different approaches, a MOB on both.

Lots of mistakes, poor decisions, but above all instructive. "How not to":

Now the "how to". Can you spot the differences?

Photos of the Year

Some of my favourite photos of 2011

 

Sydney to Hobart Race 2011

 

Nikon-Walkley nomination for The Daily Telegraph press photos award.

Australian sailor Jessica Watson, the youngest individual to sail unassisted around the world, battles huge seas 60 miles off Sydney on the second last day of her 210-day journey.

The start of the Route du Rhum 2011 - Sailing crowd!

I like this photo because of the huge crowd that went for the start of this race. Who says only soccer can move people?

I'm afraid I can't remember from where did I get this photo but I really like it for the simplicity of it.

 This one was taken by me at the Audi MedCup that took place in Cascais, Portugal, back in May 2011.

I love Sailing

Promoted by RYA, monthly prizes are there for the filmmakers and photographers that can best capture this love about sailing.

You can find some more info here

The first 100% Ecopowered Racing Boat

We all be winners...

Plato

"There are three kinds of men: The living, the dead and those who walk in the seas."

Between Home

Another single handed sailor I used to follow. He has a great spirit, determination and seems a great guy.
He has his own site http://www.bigoceans.com/ and some great videos at his youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/bigoceansvoyage

Can't wait for his Between Home film to be released!

Between Home is a high spirited, poetic adventure documentary, that chronicle's a young person's rites of passage, from novice sailor to expert in three years of life aged in salt, sun and wind.

Happy Fish

So true...

Grey Goose

Another good taste commercial from the archives

Mark Twain

Two of my favourite lines from Mr. Twain

Just another day in the office

1 day to go!

Captain John

I'm a big fan of Captain John's Sailing Tips.

 
Captain John has a youtube channel with lots of interesting and useful "how to..." videos.
Check them here:  Captain John

He also has a website that can be found here

Underwater

Different and awesome perspective of the 2009 Melges 32 World Championship.

Sun movement and sunlight phases

Very interesting web app

Suncalc.net

California Sailing

There goes my California Sailing Dream...

Mingming

I've been following Roger Taylor's voyages from some time now.

He's sailing all over the world aboard his little 21" junk-rigged Corribee since 2006.

For the record, designed by Robert Tucker, the first Corribee was launched in 1965.

Now I have just started reading his last book,  "Mingming & The Art of Minimal  Ocean Sailing", that covers three lengthy voyages in Mingming, including a trip to the Azores and the northern passages.







Like is sailing, he also has a "minimal" site were you can follow his adventures
Simple Sailor


and some youtube videos that can be followed here:
Mingming / Youtube

Survival Mode

This is incredible footage and a reminder about the respect we all should have for the Oceans.
The complete movie - that I trully recomend - is called "Oceans", from Disney Nature.

Audi MedCup 2011

Back into May this year I went to Cascais, in Portugal, to follow this Audi MedCup opening race. I took some photos and for some reason I really like this one that I took with my iPhone.

Scottish do it better?

Sinatra used to drink it. I rather go for an Irish one but what a fantastic TV ad this is!

 

Dangerous Madness

Accordingly to Yachting Monthly's website, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's latest domestic policy is a plan to seize yachts, as they are owned by wealthy 'fugitive bankers', and use them instead for tourist voyages around his country's coastline.

He also announced on TV that he plans to takeover mansions on Los Rocques, a beautiful Caribbean archipelago off his country's northern coast, popular with yachtsmen and convert them into affordable hotels for domestic tourists.