Gratitude List 2020
byWe’re all looking forward to putting the political schizophrenia and the suffering the global pandemic of 2020 has caused in the rear view mirror. And I…
Yachts, Adventure, Luxury, and Tech
The Hardest Day
byEditor’s note: I’m reposting this story from last year’s London to Monaco ride because for the first time since 2016, instead of cycling across France with…
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…
Caribbean Coming of Age
byI cried like a baby when our son was born. I bawled my eyes out when he rode his bike without training wheels for the first…
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…
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…
Heesen Teams Up With Winch Design On Explorer Superyacht Concept
byI may be a bit biased but, I believe there is nothing—not a house, or a plane, or even a private island—that’s more exclusive than a superyacht. Of…
Fly Tropic Ocean Air Direct To Your Yacht Charter In The Exumas
byYou all know that I’m in love with the impossibly blue water and white sand beaches the Bahamas are famous for. And you’ve probably also seen…
Special Report: Performance Classic Yachts
byThe following is the first of a three part series on Performance Classic Yachts–one of the most innovative and elegant modern yacht companies I’ve seen. I’ve…
Snow Day
byI have a million other stories/emails/texts to write. And countless social media posts of Mexican sun, Pacific waves, and one of the coolest golf courses I’ve…
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…
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…