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....

…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...

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...