The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
Going Green, Gone Wrong
Preliminary information from the Blue Schooner Company suggests the vessel was hit by a “sudden and violent” storm, causing it to capsize and sink. Survivors reported donning survival suits and boarding life rafts as the vessel began to sink.
The return of cargo-carrying sail ships
People don't see the "true ecological price" of container ships. "The price of people falling ill due to the climate change, for instance. That's never paid for."
‘It’s a little bit of utopia’
Olivier Barreau and his twin brother, Jacques, are part of a small but growing number of entrepreneurs who are grappling with the problem of how to transport goods across the globe at a scale that makes economic sense, without further damaging the planet.
A Sailing Revival?
With all the justifiable doom and gloom around this week’s release of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report I thought it would be good to think about what changes could be made in our area of interest.
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