Virgin.com has published my latest article "Full Circle -- A Pilot's Journey Home", which chronicles the Lee family's departure from Emirates Air in Dubai back to the United States after four years living in the desert. Read about how Dubai can turn your husband into a walking zombie and cook his internal organs. And, how it can offer financial freedom, … [Read more...] about Virgin.com Publish “A Pilot’s Journey Home”
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The Gemini Effect
In the last decade or so catamarans have gained in popularity within the broader yachting community. Within the catamaran sector itself there has been further upheavals including the rising popularity of power catamarans and the advent of mega cats or "super catamarans" over 60 feet in length, including Richard Branson's beast, the Necker Belle measuring over 100 … [Read more...] about The Gemini Effect
A Scientist, Tycoon and the Third Private Citizen in Space
In a recent telephone interview with maverick scientist and business millionaire Greg Olsen, I asked him whether he had experienced an “aha” moment on his journey into outer space in 2005 -- only the third “international” civilian ever to do so at the time. “All ten days were an aha moment but I didn't have any individual spiritual experience or anything like that, I was … [Read more...] about A Scientist, Tycoon and the Third Private Citizen in Space
The Transformation: My Tribute Video to the Audi-R8 Catamaran
There is this genius called Bo Zolland who works for a 3D design company called VizualTech in Sweden who recently created a set of Audi-R8 inspired catamaran speedboat designs. They eventually found their way all over the Internet including to Multihulls Magazine which is one of the oldest and most revered publications in the multihull sector. Since I presently work for a … [Read more...] about The Transformation: My Tribute Video to the Audi-R8 Catamaran
Clifton Shark Files Goes Live
It was around 2000 that I heard a vague reference to a shark attack that had occurred at Clifton Fourth Beach, South Africa sometime during the 1970s. At the time I was working as an editor for a technical publishing house called George Warman Publications and surfing my brains out each evening at Llandudno after work. I remember taking a long lunch one afternoon and … [Read more...] about Clifton Shark Files Goes Live