sailing

As I was scouring the Creative Commons of Flickr to find photos for this week’s edition of ‘Round the World, Styx’s “Come Sail Away” started playing in the coffee house I was sitting in. So because of that and the fact that the weather happened to be the perfect mix… Read the rest

You may have heard of Laura Dekker before. She’s a 14-year-old Dutch girl with hopes of becoming the youngest person to attempt a solo circumnavigation of the globe. Concerned about her welfare, the Dutch government barred Dekker from beginning what it stated was an “undeniably daring and risky” voyage in… Read the rest

11,000 miles is a long way to sail. Our Wend Ambassador Liz Clark knows that well. But what about sailing those 11,000 miles on nothing but recycled plastic?
In April, adventurer and environmentalists David De Rothschild will be taking on the waves of the great Pacific Ocean as he attempts… Read the rest

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