Keeping sailing simple with Captain Mike

Robb Y    Expert Interviews, Outdoor Activities, Water Sports     Activity Interviews, learn to, sailing

Mike From Seaside Sailing

Captain Mike runs Seaside Sailing in New Jersey and has just two rules for the people who come aboard his boat. Number one: Have fun. Number Two: Don’t fall off the boat!

Safety is a serious matter at sea, although Mike’s not a man to dampen the fun; crew aboard his ship can get as involved as they choose in the running and rigging of his 44ft sailing yacht, the Express Mail.

We’ve spoken with him about what people get up to on board, and his role as Captain. Here’s what he had to say: read more

Sailing: True eco-power

Robb Y    Lifestyle Activities, Water Sports     sailing

Sailing boats have been made from all types of material: wood, fiberglass, even aluminum. Well, have you ever seen a boat made from recycled plastic bottles?

The ‘Plastiki’ is the brainchild of expedition leader David Rothschild, and is constructed of 12,500 plastic bottles. Devised not as a gimmick, but to be good enough to sail around the world, the ship was tested to the full on a recent 8,000-mile ocean voyage. It left San Francisco in March heading west into the Pacific, and at the end of July arrived in Australia. On route the ship and its crew visited Hawaii, Bikini Atoll, the Gilbert Islands and Fiji. read more