Go Here Now http://www.sailing-story.com to view a video of our sailing vacation on the SV Whimoway, from Darwin to Thailand. Our first sailing trip was to Gove, Australia. Our sailing story then takes us on through Asia. A real sailing adventure.

Mariann and Victor's arrival.

First time out with new rig

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First time out with new rig

Agnes Carlsson and Idol-friends enjoyed a boatride in the archipelago of Stockholm late summer of 2005.

First time out with new rig

http://www.SamosMarinas.com Visiting Samos with a chartered yacht from a yacht charters company in Greece is a great experience. Samos Marina in Pythagorion is a great shelter for sailing yachts.

This ship is the world’s oldest active ship and a California and National Historic Landmark, and currently is docked at San Diego’s Maritime Museum. She was constructed in 1863 at the Ramsey Shipyard on the Isle of Man. Iron ships were rare then, with most vessels still being wood. The ship began her sailing life with two near disastrous voyages to India. On her first trip she suffered a collision AND a mutiny. On her SECOND trip, a cyclone hit her in the Bay of Bengal, and with her topmasts blown away, she barely made port. In 1871 she began a quarter century of work transporting emigrants from England who wanted to settle in New Zealand. The ship made 21 trips around the world during this time, some trips lasting up to a year. The NEXT stage in her career began in 1902, when she began sailing back and forth between California and the Bering Sea, transporting fishermen and cannery workers on the northern journey, and transporting canned salmon back to California. San Diegans paid $9,000 for the Star of India in 1926, but, since steam ships now ruled the seas, the once proud ship sat deteriorating for decades, but was finally refurbished and restored, and in 1976 sailed for the first time in fifty years, as over half a million onlookers watched. The ship is now sailed at least once a year and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteers and skilled craftsmen. The song is Enya’s “Orinoco Flow”. The soaring full orchestra sound and “sail away” lyrics seem to go really well with video clips of this wonderful tall masted ship. (The above historical information was obtained from printed material from the Maritime Museum. Here’s the website for the museum: http://www.sdmaritime.com There are several vessels that make up the museum, all of which are very interesting (including the Russian submarine I did a video about), so the place is well worth a visit if you like this type of thing. Here also is a great video that shows the ship as it's sailing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQgab-CwJc )

Extract from a promotional video for the Vortex Asymmetric Kite

Having fun in Key West at the Key West Sail Club.

Mariann and Victor's arrival.

The “Festival of Sail” started today, August 20th, here in San Diego and the event runs through Sunday, August 24th. It’s great watching these tall masted ships sail into the harbor! The song is the great Crosby, Stills & Nash 1960s classic “Wooden Ships”. For Baby Boomers like me, it’s hard to believe that David Crosby is now 67!, Stephen Stills 63, and Graham Nash is now 66! I had the opportunity to see a reunion concert of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young around 9 years ago and it was a FANTASTIC evening!

32nd America's Cup

the little things entertain me.

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the little things entertain me.

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Dude, check this out! We're totally gonna cut our sailboat in front of that huge ferry! It's gonna be awesome!

Just some spare footage which was used for something else. I have always loved "Sailing" by Christopher Cross.