No Luddites Here Never let it be said that the crew of Aleta are a bunch of Luddites. Perish the thought! Not only do we embrace fancy navigation technologies like AIS, radar, and satellite communications, as an inherently lazy bunch …
Position: 38°35’01″N 28°42’04″W Captain’s Log, Supplemental*: Our Atlantic Crossing was magical. I tucked a reef in the main when we set off from Marigot Bay, St. Martin, and never bothered with it again until we reached Horta, about 2,200 miles …
Position: 37°17’43″N 37°28’44″E The earthquakes in eastern Türkiye and northern Syria were devastating and the horrifying costs in human lives keeps rising. Damage spreads across a broad swathe of Türkiye’s most historical areas, areas we spent weeks exploring this time …
Position: 45°53’04″N 123°57’51″W Dubbed one of America’s best beach towns, and one of the world’s 100 best beaches by National Geographic, Cannon Beach is Oregon’s most recognised seascape. Haystack Rock dominates the view out to the Pacific Ocean, dwarfing the …
Position: 45°37’26″N 122°40’42″W The Pacific Northwest has a short, but rich history littered with brigands, murderers, and ne’er-do-wells. Suffice it to say I’m talking about the colonial invaders of the past couple of centuries. The native peoples no doubt have …
Position: 45°37’58″N 122°01’13″W What better way to spend the afternoon than on a walk with your dog? It’s especially good when your dog knows the way to the pub. Even better if they can walk you home again. I understand …
Kicking off the new year in practical style, we’ve been asked to share our top travel tips. Never ones to back down, we put our heads together and here’s what we came up with. Before we dive in, a couple …
What with President Putin practicing escalatio on the Ukrainians, and then the Covid variants on top of that, it has been a nervous year, and people have begun to feel a bit like Shrödinger’s cat. – after Tom Lehrer, That …
Position: 54°57’51″N 2°52’38″W It’s not really a secret that I like motorcycles. Since my first turn around the Loudon’s orchard in Wantage on a 50cc moped back in 1972 I was hooked. The little bike, probably a Puch or Honda, …
