Mission to Monaco: Episode 1
byWhat does a humble luxury travel writer do after being locked down for one of the craziest years anyone can recall? What does anyone do after…
Adventure
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…
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…
Who wants to come on the Ultimate Luxury Trip with me?
byOk, so, I’ve got some pretty amazing trips coming up that start with a three island tour of Hawaii (Maui, Kauai, and the big island) for…
Cruising Antigua and Barbuda: Caribbean Strong
byEditors Note: I’m reposting this story from way back in an effort to bring some attention to the sheer beauty of sailing in the Caribbean with the…
Antarctica Changes You
byI honestly don’t know where to start. I don’t know what photos to post. I don’t know what stories to tell. And after being immersed in…
In The Wake Of Joshua Slocum
byI guess you could say that we all travel in the wake of Joshua Slocum, really. His solo sailing exploits around the world at the turn of…
When They Go Low, We Go South…Like Antarctica South
byI just bet that I’m not the only one that looks at the news, and some of small, fearful, dishonest, short-sighted, hyper-self-centered people making some very big…
Can someone show me how to get back to the ocean, please?
byOkay, this post goes out to all of you who’ve been hoping to get a daily dose of salt water serendipity from ol’uncle Swizzle, but have…
Can Sunglasses made from ocean plastic Help People, the Planet, AND look cool too?
byDuring my wanderings as a yachting and travel writer, sunglasses are as much an occupational necessity as they are the requisite expression of what my wife says is my “unique”…
Sailing to Bermuda in 30 to 50 knots is a great way to lose weight
byWe weren’t expecting what was waiting for us. The warmth of the sunrise, a slowly building northerly breeze, and some of the strongest coffee on the…
Comanche: Here’s what 25 knots of easy, breezy, record breaking boatspeed looks like
bySometimes things just fall into place. Like yesterday’s little pre-Newport Bermuda Race practice run we did from Newport to Block Island and back on Jim Clark’s 100-foot…