Despite being frightened by stories about exceptionally dangerous storms, such the 1979 Fastnet or 1998 Sydney to Hobart races, not all storms create dangerous breaking waves. But some storms do and its been on my list for a while to understand what conditions will result in waves that may be dangerous in the open ocean.... Continue Reading →
Shipping Vega to Sydney
When we first bought Vega, we had envisaged spending a season in the Mediterranean then sailing her home to Australia via the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In the end we loved the Med so much we spent three seasons there. I ended up sailing across the Atlantic with friends in 2016 and settled my itch... Continue Reading →