Category Archives: Archive

For better or worse, I’ve rearranged the site to display all the posts on the home page instead of the welcome message.

There are some (a lot) more photos from Racine here, professionally shot, though none of me – I was too far from where the action was!

Some pictures below from the Catfight Regatta at Racine this weekend. Most of the on-water shots (Sunday) were taken hand held with a long zoom, so are a bit blurry. However they give some idea of the action. There was … Continue reading →

I ran across this little classic piece of Kiwi culture on YouTube last week – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYvMeT2GC14&NR=1 I’m sure it will seem a little weird to US eyes, but full of meaning to those of us who grew up in NZ … Continue reading →

As a visitor here, I hesitate to comment too much on US domestic politics (no such reluctance to comment on US policies that affect the rest of the world), but I will confess to being more impressed by Mike Huckabee … Continue reading →

The NZ Herald reports that the world price for NZ’s commodity exports has surged by 17% in the past 6 months, evidently driven mostly by increased prices for dairy products as a result of increased use of feed corn in … Continue reading →

From MSNBC today, a report on intelligence assessments made before the war in Iraq – The intelligence assessments, made in January 2003 and widely circulated within the Bush administration before the war, said that establishing democracy in Iraq would be … Continue reading →

Last weekend I attended the first CRAW regatta for the year, towing the Blade up north on Friday night to Lake Ripley near Cambridge, Wisconsin. Mixed results – I broke a pintle after less than 30 minutes on the water … Continue reading →

I came across the following video online that features the same kind of boat I sail (the Blade F16) in a race in Florida last year (the Space Coast 45). Click Here

FYI, there is currently a problem with the site – the “Read more” links on blog articles are not working properly – you may see a message “You are not authorized to view this resource. You need to login”. The … Continue reading →