"Wind, sea, boat and sails, a world that is both compact and considerable, without beginning or end, a part and yet the whole of the universe, my private universe, all my own."-Bernard Moitessier, The Long Way "To be a person is …
Before going to France and moving on-board Oxalis Borealis, I had read everything that I could find on the Schengen area and the 90-day visitor limit for non-European passport holders. …
I did cover the process of choosing our Nautitech Open 40 in a past post. But selecting the brand and the model is only part of the battle… There are …
After sailing across the North Atlantic and spending a few days visiting Brittany and “Pays de Loire,” we aimed for La Rochelle, and what a treat it was… Our Nautitech representative, …
At the first notes of “Alone in Kyoto” by Air, my gentle alarm music for so many years, I get out of bed. Except, it's not morning. It's the middle …
We just killed two birds with one stone! As we were negotiating to obtain insurance coverage for Oxalis Borealis, it became clear that our intensive training could not compensate for …
We are just back from ten days of training in Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines. Our goal was to further our Sail Canada certifications and obtain the International Certificate of Competency, …
Or, from Bali Catamarans to Leopard, Fountaine Pajot and Lagoon, discovering Nautitech, Catana and Outremer on the way. Nothing beats the feeling of spending a day sailing on a monohull. But …
The thought of buying a catamaran for an extended adventure having never sailed one before seemed no riskier than some of the past business adventures I got myself involved in; …
Isabelle and Martin have started their sailing adventure in July 2019 from La Rochelle, France, aboard their Nautitech catamaran.
