Once upon a time, in a barbaric, pre-internet age with tall ships and silly hats, there was a revolution. Long …
Continue reading “How the French disappointed good ol George.”
Another victory for the bold (repair) crew! We got the second capstan working. As it turns out, if you have …
Continue reading “For some reason, the compass is missing.”
After an inspection of the state the sails are in, we have come to the conclusion that while it might …
Continue reading “Back to the Old World?”
The first thing in our quest to cross the Atlantic onboard the Venatura is to assess the scope of the …
Continue reading “When the vertical position stopped being a challenge.”
A lifelong dream fulfilled. Venatura. As she stood here ashore on supports, we could already see her submerged to the …
Continue reading “There are a lot of seagulls here.”
As you may know, we’re on our way to Canada, where our sailboat is waiting for us. We need to …
Continue reading “We’re on our way to Canada!”
We are ready. We’re going to start the renovation of Venatura. The problem is that at the moment we are …
Continue reading “Souris – The time has finally come.”
Bad naming conventions don’t always have to come from the lack of creativity of explorers. They sometimes come from just …
Continue reading “There’s a hill in England where history had it’s way with names.”
source: http://abeltasman.org.nz/ Today we’re going back a bit more, to the European age of discovery. Back to 1642, when one …
Continue reading “A man who somehow missed Australia”
source: internet We discovered in the last post that creativity is not a feature of an explorer. What then? Why …
Continue reading “What makes an explorer? Meet exceptional Tom Crean”
