http://withoutletters.com Minimus Sailng Team Weblog Tue, 11 May 2010 11:30:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is just totally awesome.... l'Hydroptère - L'histoire d'un rêve - The story of a dream (3 min) from Team Hydroptère on Vimeo. http://withoutletters.com/2010/05/11/the-fastest-boat-in-the-world/ Well I am now back at work and settled back into regular life after an amazing trip to Auckland. I thought it would be a good idea to do a round up of the various media that has been posted on the trip. Sail World published an article I wrote ... http://withoutletters.com/2010/04/22/o-canada-media/ I knew it was going to be a good day when we were walking down the dock toward O Canada and walked right past Moose Sanderson, Rolex sailor of the year and winner of the last VOR. (One of the Team Origin tenders is tied up just next to O ... http://withoutletters.com/2010/03/16/o-canada-day-one/ From Seafever via gCaptain http://withoutletters.com/2010/03/10/annimation-of-the-oceanic-effects-of-the-chilean-earthquake/ This is pretty cool... Intensity & Intricacy On the Water from Wing Productions on Vimeo. http://withoutletters.com/2010/03/02/team-origin-video/ I'm super excited about this! I've been selected to participate in a new program from Wind Athletes Canada to participate in a program that will allow some Canadian sailors to go down to New Zealand and learn to sail an Open 60, O Canada (ex Spirit of Canada). This is a ... http://withoutletters.com/2010/01/29/wind-athletes-canada-open-60-program/ Good News came from France this week. I received word from the Classe Mini that my 1000nm qualification was approved by the committee. This is great news as I have the paper to prove that I am now halfway through my Mini Transat qualifications! The boat is once again at Boat ... http://withoutletters.com/2010/01/29/1000nm-qualification-approved/ Here are some details on an upcoming Able Sail Kingston fundraiser. Clive is an excellent speaker. I'll be donating a ride on the mini for the silent auction. Hope you can make it! Type of event: Speaker with Silent Auction, raffle and dessert and coffee will be served Date: November 19th Time: 6:30pm-9pm Venue: ... http://withoutletters.com/2009/10/23/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-oceans-a-46000-kilometre-sailing-voyage-around-the-planet/ Wow what a ride. I'm not talking about some big surf down a wave, or a ride on a new boat. I'm talking about my first steps in sobriety. A few months back, 97 days ago to be exact, I was confronted with a problem that I've had for ... http://withoutletters.com/2009/07/08/undrunk-sailor/ This is just a quick reminder that the Water Show is tomorrow! The weather looks perfect for hanging out in the garden and enjoying some great artwork with friends. Hope to see you there! http://withoutletters.com/2009/06/05/the-water-show/