Nov 7, 20212 minno hiding on a boatI regularly dial into the webinar series "Blue Water Sailing" run by Grand Large Yachting Group in association with Yachting World. If...
Oct 17, 20214 minCruising Couple - Knot a ClueGeorge and Kaci from the US started cruising on their power cat in 2019. As they are planning to cruise much further than a power cat...
Oct 10, 20213 minyou done growing yet?From the moment you entered this world, you were utterly dependent on caregivers to tend to your every need. When seeing the first...
Oct 3, 20212 minwhy we travel“Journeys are the midwives of thought“ says Alain de Botton in his book “The Art of travel”. A creative metaphor that journeys and...
Sep 26, 20212 minin the nowWhen you write a weekly blog, you eventually get to a point where you can’t think of anything to write. Yes, there should be plenty of...
Sep 19, 20213 minNomad Sailing Family - Aboard EastWestRomain, Lien, Agathe, Alice & Mia have not cast off yet but are eagerly preparing their world cruising adventure. Little Mia was only...
Sep 12, 20212 minyou are what you eatA personal view on seeking a happy and healthy life. German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach coined the phrase “We are what we eat”, and he...
Sep 5, 20215 mincruising couple feature - two get lostFollowing the successful posts about Sailing Alma, Feel the Breeze and SV Rehua I reached out to some more lovely sailing people to see...
Aug 22, 20212 minwhy we sailThe wind blows with 40 knots gusting 55, surrounded by 8m swells the whitecaps look like bloody mountains. Every now and then, another...
Aug 15, 20213 minclimate-friendly shippingOur oceans cover 71% of our planet and their currents govern the world's weather and churn a multitude of life. As humans, we depend on...
Aug 8, 20212 minsailing in NorwayI grew up in Northern Europe and spent a couple of holidays in Sweden and Finland but never had the chance to get to Norway. So when it...
Aug 1, 20212 minorcas playing with sailing yachtsOver the recent months, we have heard more and more news of "Killer Whales attacking Sailing Yachts in the Med". There has indeed been an...
Jul 25, 20211 minsailor profile: erik aanderaa | norwayBikinis, Piña Coladas and white sandy beaches are not his class. At least not when it comes to sailing. Aptly named the "Viking of the...
Jul 18, 20212 minwhere can you sail?Bluewater cruising during Covid times has its challenges as any skipper currently underway will tell you. Combine this with daily...
Jul 18, 20211 minback onlineHi, ho new and old subscribers. I am back online. As many of you know I was posting from my blog page lars.vc for the last 3 years. The...
Jul 29, 20202 mindon’t rely on electronicsNext to the catamaran vs. monohull discussion, the debate about old school navigation skills vs. electronic chart plotters and digital...
Jun 23, 20204 minsailing innovation anyone?It’s about time I wrote about sailing again. There is too much going on in our world that could drive the best of us into depression. So...
Jun 8, 20203 minare you a good person?I think I can hear you. “Not again one of these attention-seeking headlines…” you might be thinking. Don’t worry I actually mean it,...
Apr 19, 20202 minwilfried erdmannIn 1987 I met Wilfried Erdmann. I was 15 at that time and he had come to my hometown to give a talk about his 1984 to 85 non-stop, solo...
Apr 14, 20202 mingreat barrier reef bleachingIn my previous post I briefly mentioned the most recent bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef. A few people reached out and asked what that...
Apr 13, 20203 minback to finding a boatIt is about time to re-focus mind and soul and continue our search for our future home. Being confined to our land based place combined...
Apr 12, 20203 minpolitics, economy and humansFollowing my last rather aggressive rant I’ll try and tone down in this week’s blog post. That’s not to say I am in any way ok with...
Apr 5, 20204 minthe lucky generation?So here we are. Only a few months ago I said to my wife that we are the “lucky generation”. We were lucky because we born into a world in...
Mar 21, 20202 mingo, and self isolate!21.03.2020 I have to write this down. Even if it is just to keep a historical record. At the time of writing this the SARS COV-2 virus...