Circumnavigation 2020 onwards
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The Komodo dragon’s hunting strategy is to ambush its prey & with one venomous bite that significantly tears the flesh, the venom prevents blood coagulation and drops the victim’s blood pressure. The dragon will then catch up with you later, once you collapse from hypovolemic shock.
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Life lesson
As one would suspect, I became a bit unhinged in the transition from managing a busy maternity floor to fretting if the zippers of the…
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Boats that float
The thing about boats is that no natural force believes they should exist, except maybe buoyancy, and even it permits a boat to exist only…
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Buying a boat sight-unseen during a pandemic
From what we could tell from afar, this boat was in amazing shape and was an excellent deal.
● About Us
Yo! It’s Ann and Ian on our 1984 Wauquiez Amphitrite. Photos & blog by Ann, keeping us afloat and moving forward by Ian.
● Of interest
Check if your gov’t has ratified the UN High Seas Treaty, if not lobby your gov’t – we can have 30% of Oceans a marine park and have a well-regulated global fisheries
Great podcast from Outside Magazine about military parajumper training in breath holding
See this story of Cook Islanders shipwrecked on Minerva Reef in 60s (film coming soon)
BBC Planet Earth: pack hunting – first documentation of snakes hunting the marine iguana in Galapagos
Book Rec’d: Christina Thompson The Sea People on ancient Polynesian Navigation (this is sooo good)
Sailing Afrikii 