Night sailing

Sailing at night can be the most frightening/ challenging/ scariest thing ever. Everything gets so much more intense, especially if the weather is bad. You are going in blind and cant see fuck all. On the other hand this is also the time where you get to be a part of the most magical and …

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Reflections of an Offshore Passage

The time leading up to a big passage is usually filled with immeasurable amounts of nerves and anticipation as you carry out all the preparations that needs to be in place before departure. Such as maintenance, going over all your equipment, provisioning, refueling, studying the weather patterns of the area to passage planning etc. When …

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A Treasure Found at Sea

During our recent Pacific Crossing we found a little treasure hidden in our bookshelf onboard Beaver, it turned out to be over triple the age of all of us. It was given to me with a bunch of other books by some friends last year in Martinique and I didn’t really look much into it …

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Dear SV Beaver

You have been our home now for the last three and a half years and it has been one crazy ride so far. It has taken a lot of hard work and modifications to set you up as the strong independent fine ocean crossing vessel you are today. A lot of tears, swearing and frustration …

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