Sailing

  • Sailing the Sea of Cortez, Mexico

    Sailing the Sea of Cortez, Mexico

    At the end of June, I embarked with my longtime crew on a sailing expedition to explore the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. This was another epic adventure in a long series of sailing adventures that we’ve been doing as a group, in one form or another, for nine or ten years now. Although we’ve sailed…

  • Sailing The Leeward Islands – Trip Summary

    Sailing The Leeward Islands – Trip Summary

    This past August, I went sailing in the Leeward Islands with a group of friends – Sean Safdi, Zac Schulman, Dyana Kazan, Evan Kazan and Evelyn Dahab. Evelyn was new to our crew this year, and the rest of us have been sailing together for the past couple of years. Here’s a summary of all…

  • Sailing and Scuba Diving in Baja, Mexico

    Sailing and Scuba Diving in Baja, Mexico

    At long last, here’s the official blog post for our 2007 trip to sail in the Sea of Cortez in Baja, Mexico. Slideshow. Notice that all the photos are GEOCODED. I brought my GPS along on the trip and recorded a track log the whole time, which I merged with my photos.. so for each…

  • Sailing and Scuba Diving in Belize

    Sailing and Scuba Diving in Belize

    Over the past December holiday break, I went exploring in Belize with a few friends. There were 9 of us this year, and this was our 4th big trip together for 7 of us, and the first trip for two others. Sean Safdi, whom I planned the trip with wrote an excellent report of the…

  • Sailing Egypt’s Nile River on an Ancient Felucca

    Sailing Egypt’s Nile River on an Ancient Felucca

    In December of 2006, accompanied by a local guide and my longtime friend Sean Safdi, I sailed the southern Nile river in an ancient Felucca sailboat. Although an ancient design, the boat sailed easily, and was maneuverable in the variable conditions and rapids of the river. A few photos from the journey. Read more about…

  • Back from Tahiti!

    Back from Tahiti!

    Listening to: Weezer – Pinkerton Back from Tahiti! Photos and everything are coming online, and i’m posting links over at www.SailEarth.com Here’s Seans Synopsis of the trip, pulled from his post at Travel Talk Online. Hey, Just returned from an amazing charter with the Moorings out of Raiatea in French Polynesia. A little too overwhelmed…

  • Sailing and Diving in the British Virgin Islands

    Sailing and Diving in the British Virgin Islands

    Media and trip report from Sailing and Scuba Diving in the British Virgin Islands THE PHOTOS!. (Out of over 500 pics I took on the trip.) VIDEO RMS Rhone… -Exploring the RMS Rhone Shipwreck…Great classic wreck dive. We went down in about 70 feet of water and found the Rhone. Its the classic wreck dive…