New Wally
byAfter spending some rare quality time with Luca Bassani, the creative and innovative founder of Wally Yachts in Monaco last year, I learned first-hand why his…
Yachts, Adventure, Luxury, and Tech
Top Yachts In Monaco
byWhen it comes to celebrating the end of the summer season in high style, it’s pretty hard to compete with the Monaco Yacht Show that takes…
The Top Yachts At The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
byLet’s face it, when it comes to superyachts, Europeans are…spoiled. Many of the largest and most prolific superyacht shipyards are located in Holland, Germany and Italy….
Death, Love and Marriage
byThis post was going to be about death, love and Lonesome Dove because death, love and Larry McMurtry’s masterpiece about life and death in the old…
London to Monaco is Way More Than Just Another Charity Ride
byThis is one of those posts that I’m simply compelled to write. I can’t tell you why. All I can say is this: After literally riding…
This is why I ride
byHi Folks! I’m finally blowing the dust and the cobwebs off the ol’ Swizzle blog here because I’m riding 23-miles each way to my beloved job…
The Healing Power Of Island X
byWe couldn’t wait to get back. Part of my vagabond youth was spent in Antigua in the mid-1990s, and a slightly more mature me has returned…
Baby-On-Board in the BVI
byMany of the important events Caroline and I have shared invariably occur on a sailboat. Our first date involved a nearly blind, navigation-electronics-less cruise through black-bean-soup…
Death AND Life
byI’m not sure if you’ve noticed but…I write about some pretty ridiculous stuff. And even though I must admit that spending way more than my fair share…
Peter-Palooza
bySince many of you have heard the incredibly sad news about Peter McGowan’s health. And since many of you have also reached out to see what…
Gratitude List 2018
byThe older I get, the more grateful I get. And part of the reason why I’m getting more grateful (apart from the simple fact that I…
The Tahiti Touch
byThere may be no better introduction to the seductive power of French Polynesia than to begin at The Brando on the Tahtian atoll of Teitaroa. View…
What do you do when you don’t know what to do?
byAs you can easily surmise from my inscessant social media-ing, I love cycling 100’s of miles across Europe as part of the London to Monaco ride…
London to Monaco 2018: Last Day And Night!
byFor those who were lucky enough to be there, the last 110 kilometers of this year’s London to Monaco ride put a fitting exclamation point on…
Cycling From London to the Sea (and for the Sea)!
byI was descending down through the quintessential Italian Hill towns with Sara-Jane Skinner, Blue Marine Foundation‘s Head of Partnerships (and one of the key people who’s helped…