I regularly dial into the webinar series "Blue Water Sailing" run by Grand Large Yachting Group in association with Yachting World. If...

From the moment you entered this world, you were utterly dependent on caregivers to tend to your every need. When seeing the first...

“Journeys are the midwives of thought“ says Alain de Botton in his book “The Art of travel”. A creative metaphor that journeys and...

When 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...

A personal view on seeking a happy and healthy life. German philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach coined the phrase “We are what we eat”, and he...

Bikinis, Piña Coladas and white sandy beaches are not his class. At least not when it comes to sailing. Aptly named the "Viking of the...

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,...

In 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...

Following 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...

What’s your dream? What do you enjoy doing? What life are you living? If you are a parent, what do you want for your kids? Picture the...

I recently finished a book by Richard Eyre – The Happiness Paradigm. Don’t want to go into too much detail but there is a part about...

For the last two years I have been working on my next book. Tobi & Mobi Dee – The Secret of Happiness – is a story about a young sailor...

Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big, rambling castle in which his toys are manufactured. His workmen, selected...

Got up this morning at 3:45am. Shower and kiss the family (boys asleep – love you boys). Fastest Uber drive to Syndey domestic terminal...

Illustrator Steve Cutts sets his animation, “Happiness,” in a teeming urban environment, with hundreds of near identical cartoon rats...

Last week I had the incredible pleasure to play with stingrays. Yep, stingrays. Well, to be correct they are actually called cownose rays...

As you know we are currently searching for the right boat for us. Our favourite is a Beneteau 57. As with all bigger purchases in life...

I tend to listen to some slow house and groovy beats when I write. Also some classical music but for this weekend let me share some beats...

Rianne, Gerben and Jr. Captain Benjamin set sail to explore the world and feel the breeze on their Beneteau 57 “Perfect Sense” Rianne and...

It is about time I got back to completing this short blog series about the “6 rules for happiness”. I know “rules” sounds a bit weird....