Chasing The Blue Beyond

The first Grand Voyage Segment was  a 28 days Iberian Celtic Nordic Baltic Explorer. Then on to the British Isles , Scandinavia and The Arctic Circle , North Pole,The Polar Bears and The Northern Lights...and a big layover in The United Kingdom to watch Stadium Sailing in Portsmouth for The America's Cup. ▼    July 2015  (9) Portsmouth-America's Cup World Series Race Portsmouth, ACWS The U.K.-Mind, Body and Sea Portsmouth-America's Cup with Oracle Team USA Trai... Portsmouth, UK-Chasing The Fastest Sailors InThe W... Portsmouth, UK-America's Cup World Series Bon Voyage AmeriCAN Dreamers Being There-With Holland America Edam, Netherlands- Dutch Cheese Market ▼    June 2015  (37) Western Norway-Hardangerfjord Vøringsfossen and Sysen Dam-Team Ionic Eidfjord Passage, Norway's Ecstasy Flåm Mountains-Primary Colors Flåm, Norway-Free For All-H2O Ålesund, Norway-Everyday Epiphanies Norway-Red, White and Yellow Houses Trondheim-I Love...

It is the most famous sailing event in the world and the oldest competition in international sport. The best sailors race in the fastest boats. These AC45 catamarans are different. They are faster, lighter and they fly on the sea---the boat's foils are out of the water, so things get very fast very quickly. There's very little of the CAT in the water. It's about aerodynamics.It's about control systems. It's about hydraulic systems. It's not Brain Surgery, it's Rocket Science---reminds me of Formula 1. In fact, Red Bull had one of their open-wheel cars next to their bar concession on full display-Zoom. I broadcasted a few live video feeds using Twitter's new app Periscope. It was cool to get all the views and have people from Europe and in fact all over the planet see my world through my lens (Samsung S5). Avec Philippe Presti, the French Olympian and coach of the America's Cup champions ORACLE TEAM USA With Artemis Racing Grinder Chris Brittle

It was like Formula 1 on water The America's Cup World Series is in The UK this week-and what do you call 2 days of rain in England---a Weekend!  Conditions were shifty, gusty and all-round demanding ,but that helped the teams  get the pressure they needed as those AC45 sails turned into engines and got speed. BAR and Oracle USA  were neck and neck competitively and it just proved how close the races will be tomorrow and Sunday. Avec Philippe Presti, the French Olympian and coach of the America's Cup champions ORACLE TEAM USA If Britain can rule the waves then I can wave the rules and get closer to the boat's before the crowds show up for today's practice runs.  See Video Below: Race Official Martin Stephens

World Voyages: Sailing the Seven Seas ▶ The journey begins where the land ends. Rome was just the runway... × Haven't been everywhere, but it's on the list, in NON-ALPHABETICAL ORDER. Curated some video and photos of our trips around the globe. Europe, Asia, Middle East, USA, UK, SE Asia. You name it, Sarah and I have been there! Free to KNOW, GO and DO. When I landed in Rome, everything took off—literally and spiritually. Aviation and navigation have always felt intuitive to me, like ordering a coffee at Starbucks or sending an email. I fold myself up like carry-on luggage, ready to deploy at any destination. FCO Airport was no exception—it was my personal launchpad. To travel well is to live well. Done right, the road—or the sea—becomes your teacher. I haven't been everywhere yet, but it's on m...

Took a bit of video and some great photos of not only Oracle's Rig, but also Emirates Team NZ, Softbank Team Japan and The Swedish Team Artemis out in The windy Solent. Out at historic Portsmouth Naval Dockyard and met up with 2x America's Cup Champion, Skipper Jim Spithill, from Oracle Team USA, going for #3 next Sunday Capturing a bit of The SPIRIT of Racing-With Land Rover BAR I managed to hitch a ride on Charles and Annie's Ballistic Inflatable (Zodiac) and the 500HP  was no match for Mothers Nature and The Land Rover BAR crew. Last July, while we were on The QM2, an Oceanliner, we reached 22 nautical mph, nearly getting blown off the deck, and these guys can throttle it to 50, in the tiny  spaces of a 20 meter trampoline.  Even though it was a sea trial,t he boat's foils are out of the water and things get very fast very quickly.  There's very little of the boat in the water. It's about aerodynamics, it's about control systems, hydraulic systems. It...

I'm winning at this life thing. I'm well-travelled. I have strong opinions on every subject imaginable from linguistic to time travel,  a curriculum vitae of impressive life hacks and street cred I picked up while in the badlands of The Far East AND The Not-So-Far East, and yet there are people so much cooler than me: Extreme Sailors. Toucheé! Launching at the apron at 10AM, it was teamwork again in action, making it look easy - smooth is fast, and the fitter they are, the faster they are, and Ben Ainslie's team looked solid and  in the water and sailing through The Solent in no time.  Capturing a bit of The SPIRIT of Racing- I managed to hitch a ride on Charles and Annie's Ballistic Inflatable (Zodiac) and the 500HP  was no match for Mothers Nature and The Land Rover BAR crew. Last July, while we were on The QM2, an Oceanliner, we reached 22 nautical mph, nearly getting blown off the deck, and these guys can throttle it to 50, in the tiny  spaces of a 20 meter ...

“hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic...” If Paul Elvström is the patron saint of Yachting, then Van Morrison should be his apostle. His lyrics sum up getting "caught" by the sea. "Do you know a cure for me?" you may ask. YES, I do: SALT. I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.'   -- Out of Africa   Karen Blixen  Extreme Racing returns to British waters I stopped by Ben Ainslie Land Rover BAR HQ As special as it was to be in the hanger, the AC45F was meant to sail in blue ocean, and all that kinetic energy and the need for speed needed to be translated on the blue ocean. . On my World Cruise in 2011, in Auckland, NZ,  took this shot-who woulda thought I'd be so close to the action today,  Everything you could ever learn at The B School MBA comes from managing a world that's less than 20 metres long. There...

 On Cunard's Queen Mary 2 :NYC to New England with calling on Halifax, and  Boston Harbor on July 4 2014-  and a stopover at UMass  JFK  Library , a trip highlight. More Americans died in the D Day invasion then the whole Iraq war Cruiseships Come True Freedom is, not WHAT you do to what has been done to you, freedom is  nothing but a chance TO BE BETTER But freedom isn't free. 3 weeks ago, I visited the beaches of Normandy , and had awe and gratitude for the sacrifices made so that I could have a future, and  live the AmeriCAN dream- traveling  freely around the world. "We shall not cease from exploration, /  and the end of all our exploring /  will be to arrive where we started /  and know the place for the first time.”  T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland Impossible Is Nothing- Traveling is an activity not an accomplishment, but what a n active run I have had! Geography is the topography of ignorance, a finite disappointment no...