Sail

We love having Liz Clark as one of our Wend Ambassadors. She’s adventurous, eloquent and pretty inspiring and we’ve enjoyed keeping up on her adventures in the South Pacific. But over the holidays Liz docked Swell and crossed back over the Pacific (it’s faster on an airplane) to spend time… Read the rest

Blue water of the South Pacific. Sweet, undiscovered waves. Exotic beaches. Friendly locals. Big fish. You can read it all over on the weekly Voyage of the Swell blog series on iWend.
Captain Liz Clark is doing a solo circumnavigation of the world aboard her sailing vessel, the Swell, and… Read the rest

There’s nothing better than having someone pay for you to do something that you love. Which is exactly why if you have a crazy adventure in the works for the upcoming year, you should apply for the 2009 Polartec Challenge.
Polartec Challenge is an international grant program that supports the… Read the rest

From Volume 3 Issue 3… Read the rest
A vast, mystical space, full of enchantment, fear and wonder, the ocean is easy to fall in love with. An avid Santa Barbara surfer, Tom Kendrick decided to turn his passion for the captivating ocean into a career in commercial sea urchin diving. A personal

From Volume 2 Issue 2
Many adjectives could be used to describe John Haslett’s journeys on a balsa raft: harrowing, grueling, breathtaking, ingenious, crazy. But to describe Voyage of the Manteño … Read the restitself, the word riveting works best.
Sometimes it’s Haslett’s storytelling that draws you in, combining technical detail with rich

I recently came across the story of Donald Crowhurst, in the film, Deep Water… Read the rest. As a junkie for all things nautical myself, the story of Crowhurst is a haunting one. Crowhurst was an English businessman and amateur sailor who participated in The Sunday Times Golden Globe sailboat race in

Words and photos copyright Captain Liz Clark.
Got a note from Liz today from her satellite email. Here’s an excerpt from that email, about a storm she was in. Liz is currently somewhere near Christmas Island and going strong. Look forward to another update from her in our summer issue.… Read the rest