What kind of books do you like to read?

by Rich Wilson | Nov 28, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk4

Welcome to sitesALIVE! I like to read biographies of accomplished people (for example, Abraham Lincoln), and also histories of certain events. I remember reading The Path Between the Seas, by David McCullough, about the building of the Panama Canal while we were...

How would you recommend that one prepare for and be well informed about piracy when sailing off shore? Specifically I’m thinking about the eastern Caribbean, but I’m interested in the oceans beyond as well.

by Capt. Murray Lister | Nov 27, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A - CaptMurrayLister, Q&A-Expert-wk4

Good Day Dave, Sadly piracy problems can occur anywhere at any time as even away from the well-known areas, there is still a mob of enthusiastic amateurs.  In a small craft it is virtually impossible to stop anyone boarding, given that even if you were armed, the...

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Has this Vendee Globe has been physically easier for you than the first one so far and do you take more pleasure in this one?

by Rich Wilson | Nov 23, 2016 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxqEVo9xbp4Video can’t be loaded: Q&A with Silvia’s 3rd Grade Class – Cairo, Egypt...

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Is your asthma problematic for you during the Vendee Globe and do you have everything you need to take good care of you or is the sea air beneficial?

by Rich Wilson | Nov 22, 2016 | Q&A - 3-Asthma, Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Eatv8jB74Video can’t be loaded: Q&A with Axelle, Boulogna Billancourt, France...

How did you get to be here from when you were a 12 year old boy?

by Nandor Fa | Nov 21, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A-Expert-wk3

When I was 12, I was wrestler, as all of my older brothers did. I was 17, when I had an injury on my knee and had to change for something else. By the time I started kayaking, and than a little later canoeing. This speed canoe was my primary sport until my age of 27....

What do you like best about sailing? What don’t you like?

by Nandor Fa | Nov 21, 2016 | Q&A, Q&A-Expert-wk3

Alex: Sailing is a technical sport, very complex. I really like the process of design, build, prepare the boats, and after sailing her out here. I like all the elements of sailing, but I hate the calm, I mean the dead calm, no wind at all. That is the most terrible...