The weather over the last few days here in Auckland has been quite mild, clear skies, cold at night but unseasonably warm during the day. Lovely conditions f...

…About that time I flew half way around the world on a plane with 16 Russian crew and only one other passenger. 2007, Emirates Team New Zealand, based in Auc...

It has been more than twenty years since I first visited Venice as deck hand on the yacht Joss. We stopped at the end of a month long charter on the then Yug...