Kiwi Spirit Sails ahead of Hurricane Arthur
We had an uneventful four and half day sail from St. Augustine, Florida to Newport, Rhode Island. There we met with North Sails, Harken...
Kiwi Spirit June 2014 Update
"A man is never defeated unless he quits." Richard Nixon. The blogs will start again in September. For now we can all take a break. Know...
Air National Guard Rescues One-Year-Old at Sea
I am hesitant to weigh in on the current news item of a one-year-old needing to be “rescued” off a sail boat hundreds of miles at sea...


Kiwi Spirit Reached Home Port in St. Augustine, FL on Saturday
We made great time from Antigua in the Caribbean to St. Augustine, some 1,320 miles. The winds were 14-22 knots and around 100 degrees...
Kiwi Spirit arrives in Antigua
Fred delivered Kiwi Spirit to Antigua for handover on Sunday at 2:00 pm, just as I was touching down in Antigua on a flight from Miami…...
Failure - It’s Being Talked About
There has been a lot of talk of failure as of late. Failure of equipment, of efforts to find a downed plane and to solve issues in...
"Unfinished Business" and "Spirit Undaunted"
"Unfinished Business" and "Spirit Undaunted” were the titles to articles in the April issues of Sailing Magazine and Cruising World...
Future Blogs – Help Wanted
From now until the departure in early November, there will be just a few blogs. I leave on the 23rd of this month to go to Antigua to...
What will be different this November?
In one sense not much will be different, but in another we have learned a great deal. First and foremost, we will address the structural...
Game on – Second Attempt to Start this November
Dr. Paris appeared before the City Commission last evening and made the following announcement: Mr. Mayor, Commissioners, ladies and...