During one of my recent visits to Kobe, I had a bit of time for myself one afternoon. So I took the opportunity, and paid a visit to the Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbour just a bit outside of Kobe. The … more →
Stranded on the Largest IslandStranded Mariner wrote 3 months ago: During one of my recent visits to Kobe, I had a bit of time for myself one afternoon. So I took the … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 4 months ago: I found a link to these spectacular pictures on a sailing forum I regularly visit. Pretty scary stuf … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 5 months ago: A big heads-up for the web site of 15 year old Jessica Watson, youngest round. Jessica is setting ou … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: On December 20 we left for Phuket via Bangkok. We had rented a boat from Rob Williams’ YachtPr … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: An early Merry Christmas to you all from the Stranded Mariner. I am taking the family to a short hol … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: ‘Waratah’ will have windvane steering. After having done quite a bit of research, I sele … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: When I started out planning to get my own boat built, I also realized that it had been quite a long … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 10 months ago: Nowadays on Sundays I go sailing with the Shanghai Boat and Yacht Club. We use the facilities of the … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: Seems the Olympic sailing events in Qingdao will be interesting. I found this article by Laura Baldw … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: On one of the forums about cruising I frequent, I found the site Animated Knots. It’s the cool … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: Much has been written about storm survival tactics, and much of it is about the different systems of … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: Today I want to give a heads-up for OceansWatch, an organisation I recently joined, and which deserv … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: One of the things that had to be sorted out, is the choice of navigation and communication equipment … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: A heads-up for a nice website with wind and weather information. It’s called Windfinder. Apart … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: It could have been an advertisement for steel hull boats. This steel hull yacht was rammed by a frei … more →
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 year ago: I am still not sure if I will build my own boat, or buy an existing one (either new or second hand). … more →