Sailing

Blood pours from her nose, but there’s fire in Dana’s eyes. Few people can say they’ve tussled with a Viking and survived. A descendant of a Viking, admittedly, yet still towering well over six feet tall, at least two-hundred kilograms and a beard as red as the pub exterior. Though…

Interview by Barry B Hill © 2019 I ask permission to come aboard. We sit in the rear of the boat, a tight cockpit for a boat of the size. I hand him a bottle of Amaretto. Barry: Alcohol has so many rules Barry: I imagine that you have to…

Written in March 2021 When the COVID-19 pandemic first sent its shock waves rippling across the globe, I was on a small sailboat in Mexico. My partner Liam and I were on the first leg of what we expected to be a global circumnavigation by sail. …

español How do we use the community joy approach to live a joyful life? Community joy is a journey — not a destination. If we think of that journey to joy as a sailing adventure, the 5 pillars of community joy (relationships, purpose, fitness, contemplation, and fun) [1] are the…

I have been missing sailing a little more than usual today. Usually, it’s a bearable amount, but today my heart is tied in a clove hitch…

Alright, let’s spill the beans. I just love my team. I can say this wholeheartedly as we just returned from a team offsite and we had an amazing time, both working on delicate topics and getting to know each other as individuals. One thing we did, was going on a…

Lessons learned when the COVID-19 pandemic brought our travels to a halt — Originally published in April 2020 with Waterborne Magazine We were ready to go. My partner Liam and I our tiny but mighty sailing home, SV Wild Rye, had made the long journey south from our home in BC’s Gulf Islands to our current anchorage in La Paz, Mexico. We had…

Crossing the Atlantic in a 3.5-foot boat is a risky trip that will be punishing on the body. Andrew Bedwell is stoked. — By Robin Donovan Andrew Bedwell has invited dozens of people to board his sailboat, and not a single person has liked it. “When you get in it for the first time, everyone… is like, oh my God, this is awful,” he says, nonplussed. Bedwell has already gotten used to what…

Land Ho? Not yet. The wind has died completely! Last night we sighted a single red light in front of us about 4 miles out. It is a 40-foot sailboat with one red light on the top of her mast. She never showed up on our radar. A 20-meter length…