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- March 01, 2010by svmooseI kept steering harder to the right. But the rudder couldn’t overcome the force of the wind. Thirteen tons of steel struck a gleaming SeaRay broadside. Stainless steel tubing shattered like shrapnel. The remains came back to earth in slow motion; the clatter on the deck returning time to normal...
- December 11, 2009by svmooseWhat is it about this season that obliges people to write these newsletters, these interminable epistles that range from last autumn’s trimming of the hedge to the current nasal health of the (ubiquitous) grandchildren? Why doesn’t Easter or Valentine’s Day cause such an outpouring of well-...
- June 03, 2009by svmooseWe have just reached civilization, after having been for 3 months in Chagos (middle of the Indian Ocean). Madagascar we are now and so far the beer tastes good and the tomatoes and lettuces are the best in the world (any vegetable will be great after having lived on fish and canned food in Chagos...
- February 16, 2009by svmooseLittle Adu Atoll, a tiny necklace of coral and islands, adrift at the bottom of the Maldives – themselves dribbled down, like an afterthought, below India – is a pleasant place. It wraps its arms around 25,000 people who live on a half dozen of the larger islands that surround the central lagoon....
- January 12, 2009by svmooseWe have had a wonderful time in Asia. The Malaysians are the friendliest people we have met, and we enjoyed our stay here, even though there is hardly enough wind to sail. We enjoyed our trips abroad, China was interesting, but we especially enjoyed our 14 days hiking in the Himalayas in Nepal! But...
- December 19, 2008by svmooseIrene and I just got back from a month cruising Thailand and it was, well, underwhelming. We sailed up from Malaysia (actually, let’s get this straight from the outset, we motored, in fact we had the motor running almost everywhere we went.) I’ve never had so much contrary wind. We could cross a...
- October 31, 2008by svmooseWe hear this question all the time, and it does not become easier to answer…. But here is a try…. We have different reasons for different countries, but in general I must say that the Pacific is the nicest we have seen. It starts with the Panama Canal. I think everybody should go at least once...
- September 19, 2008by svmooseWe’re on the hard, again…..This time in Satun, Thailand, just across the border from Malaysia. Moose is in need of some TLC (tender, love and care) and man, this is the best boatyard we have seen in ages! I mean, as for a working boatyard. We really liked Northsand boatyard in Whangarei, New...
- August 21, 2008by svmooseLast month I had to fly Singapore-Amsterdam-Curacao to attend to some business. Business in my case meaning "chasing Hindu gentlemen" who are unclear about the necessity of paying their rents. On the outward leg I had a four-hour layover in Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. I was traveling alone, and...
- August 11, 2008by svmooseI first heard of the Straits when I was reading Tim Severin’s “Sinbad Voyage.” I was left with a hazy impression of languid breezes and a metallic sun, with perhaps the diversion of piracy. Severin came down this waterway in a reconstruction of an Arab dhow; he had sultry weather punctuated by...
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