#Hope and Anchor Hobart

[timegents]

The Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor

REVIEW: Finding a pub more than 200 years old in Australia is difficult.

In fact there are just two pubs that I know of that can lay claim to having an establishment date going back two centuries or more – Tasmania’s Hope and Anchor Tavern in Hobart and the Macquarie Arms Hotel in Windsor, NSW.

Although both these pubs continue to serve beer today, they both had periods when their taps ran dry, and they ceased operating as hotels.

The Hope and Anchor Tavern (formerly Hope and Anchor Hotel, the Alexander, the Whale Fishery and the Hope) was built in 1807, and claims to be the oldest Australian pub, having operated until 2008 when it closed for refurbishment. The Hope and Anchor reopened in 2014 after the building and its extensive antique collection were purchased by Chinese developer Kim Xing for $1.5 million.

The entrance of the Macquarie Arms Hotel facing Thompson Square

There’s some rivalry between two Tasmanian pubs for the title of Australia’s oldest watering hole though. New Norfolk’s Bush Inn claims to be the oldest Australian pub, because their venue has operated continuously since it was licensed in 1825, whereas the Hope and Anchor Tavern has had periods of closure (whilst still holding the licence) since 1807.

We���ll let them fight that one out.

Meanwhile the subject of this week’s review, the Macquarie Arms Hotel at Windsor claims the title of the oldest Australian mainland pub, after opening to the public on July 31 1815.

The bar of the Macquarie Arms Hotel

The walls of the old place were literally shaking when we stopped by the Windsor pub on Sunday. There was a band playing in the beer garden, and the place was busy serving up lunches and drinks to tourists and locals. In fact, there was a roped queue, five or six deep, waiting to be served at the bar. We grabbed our drinks and made our way upstairs, where it was a little quieter and not as busy.

The Macquarie Arms has been on my bucket list of pubs to visit for some time, so I was pleased to have ticked it off on Sunday. The pub has a fascinating history, despite incorrectly stating on its beer coasters and other signage that it is the oldest in Australia.

The Sydney Gazette reported the opening of the Windsor pub on Saturday July 22 1815:

PUBLIC NOTICE.-A large and commodious House having been some time since erected, and lately completed, at a very considerable expense, in the TOWN of WINDSOR, for an INN ; and a suitable Person having been engaged by the Proprietor for keeping the same, Notice is hereby given, that the said Inn, called “The Macquarie Arms,” and kept by Thomas Ranson, who formerly was an Innkeeper in England, will be opened for the Accommodation of the Public on Monday the 31st of this present Month of July.

Windsor, 14th July, 1815.

The pub was built by former convict and Superintendent of Government Works at Windsor, Richard Fitzgerald. He was given a grant by Governor Lachlan Macquarie to establish Windsor’s first hotel on the proviso he built a “handsome commodious inn of brick or stone” and it was “at least two stories high”.

Fitzgerald engaged Thomas Ranson, formerly an innkeeper in England, to keep the inn for him, which was officially opened by the Governor himself.

The Macquarie Arms traded as a pub until 1835 when Fitzgerald leased it to the 50th West Kent Regiment as an officers’ mess. From 1840 the buildings was used as a private residence before it was again licensed as the Royal Hotel in 1874. It traded as the Royal Hotel until 1960 when the name reverted to the Macquarie Arms.

The Macquarie Arms Hotel is like a museum in parts, but looks a little tired in parts down stairs. The additions and alterations over the years hasn’t done the pub any favours. She could do with some restoration work, although there’s plenty of historic atmosphere to be found if you explore its many rooms.

The Macquarie Arms Hotel, for the simple reason it’s mainland Australia’s oldest pub is well worth the drive to Windsor for a visit. Four out of five schooner glasses for the old girl.

Macquarie Arms Hotel, Windsor REVIEW: Finding a pub more than 200 years old in Australia is difficult. In fact there are just two pubs that I know of that can lay claim to having an establishment date going back two centuries or more – Tasmania’s Hope and Anchor Tavern in Hobart and the Macquarie Arms Hotel in Windsor, NSW.

[blinkandrevile]

I meet my doppelganger by chance when I'm on my way back from therapy. The clinic is in the middle of the city, so it's only about fifteen minutes away by bus and the buildings around it are relatively fancy. The waiting room is a mishmash of businesslike types who're clearly there because it's right next to their offices, and people like me who are broke and can't afford to pay full price for a doctor so we go to the doctors that bulk bill and try our best to get decent medical treatment out of it. The therapist there doesn't bulk bill, but if you get a doctor's referral she only charges $40 each for six sessions. We've discussed a recent diagnosis, but before I could really get into how it's been affecting me it's 11:30 and I'm gently ushered out of the hall. I hear her talking to her next patient as she leads them back through. I pay my $40 and I wish I had enough money to get food. I leave and head back through the city to the bus station. I can see someone walking up the path in my direction. I'm surprised how much he looks like me. He looks surprised too. He's several meters away by the time I realize that we're the same.

He's in a button-down and slacks. Under his expression of surprise is one of permanent stress and exhaustion etched into his face. What surprises me is that he's as big as I am, round-faced with thick limbs. I feel guilty for noticing it. I feel guilty for being that way. I can see on his face that he feels guilty, too.

Our paths aren't diverging. I have to go to the bus station. I want to go home. He's got a coffee in his hand and he looks like he wants to get back to work. With opposite paths we're being pulled together and my heart races with nerves as he draws near. People talk a lot about what you'd do if you met your doppelganger. They tend either towards fucking or killing them, with some gentler types noting that they'd hug and befriend that mirror of the self. The possibilities flash through my mind as the distance between us closes begrudgingly, but all of them make me want to throw up, even the thought of talking to him. I don't want to see this, I realize, don't want to meet his eye when he gets close enough for me to see the colour of them. He drops his gaze a second before I drop mine and we push our bodies to opposite extremes of the sidewalk, my shoulder almost grazing against storefronts in my urgent need to stay clear of him. I don't see what he does but I can tell he's doing it. I can see the wide-eyed panic on his face before it glazes over into dissociation. I can feel it on mine. I'm glad I couldn't afford food. I'm not sure I would've eaten it. I think it might have gotten tainted.

I take the bus home and I'm relieved when I reach the normalcy of my bedroom. The dishes on the drawers are as comforting as always. It's too hot to be under the blankets but I crawl under anyway and I don't know what to do and I can't sleep and I wonder if he sleeps better than me and I play a game on my phone until I'm distracted enough to breathe again. As soon as I stop, I wonder if his dad's in jail and how much he eats and why he doesn't seem like he's disabled and I'm suddenly enraged that there might be a version of me out there that actually got a fighting chance at life and my stupid phone game stops working for me so I get up to make some bread. An hour later I've convinced myself that it was just psychosis rearing its ugly head again, and I resolve to talk to my boyfriend about it and what it might mean, and within a week I'm pretty much okay. I don't book another appointment with that therapist. It was my fifth session anyway. I know I won't have another $40 next week. The electricity bill's coming in soon. You have to have priorities.

It gets worse after a month. The avoidance starts to spread. It's another patch of the sprawling capital that I can't go. First it's just the area straight up from the bus station into the main CBD. Then I figure he must go shopping often there if he has a fancy desk job, so I start avoiding the shops. He probably has the same taste as me, so I keep the same clothes I've always had and hope this coming summer isn't too hot. I get on the bus to visit a friend one day and the two-minute stop in the station makes my skin crawl. On the trip back home I feel like I'm burning alive. I resent him for taking the city away from me. I'm struggling to leave the house. I live so close to the city. It's too close for comfort. I buy a plane ticket.

My boyfriend is understanding. He lives in another country, so as long as I have a reliable internet connection he moves where I move. In the airport, I don't feel as excited as I feel like I should. All of my trauma is anchoring me here, and I'm relieved to be getting out, but I feel like a dog on a chain. Still, it's better than staying. The flight doesn't take long. I'm comfortable. It stops off in Sydney, then we fly over the strait and land in the Hobart airport. Everything goes smoothly. I get off the plane and go to baggage collection.

There's someone there dressed like me, and I swear to god if it's that fucking guy again I am going to be absolutely humiliated. I squint at him - he hasn't seen me, I think - and sure enough, it's me again. He's wearing a T-shirt and jeans. It's a stupid shirt with a picture of a wolf on it. I don't own it, but god, I wish I did. It rules. I'm completely miserable about it. 

You can usually feel it when someone's watching you, and yeah, he feels it. He looks up from his phone and glances at me then does a double take, and it's incredibly embarrassing to see. I wonder if it's as embarrassing to see how shocked I am to see him. The chagrin on his face is making me want to scream. The baggage is moving so slowly. It's so slow. I rip my eyes from him and we pointedly avoid looking at each other while constantly shooting looks at each other to check if one of us has moved or done anything. I decide as soon as I see my baggage that this isn't going to work and I blow the rest of my savings on the soonest flight back to Perth that I can get. I ask my best friend if I can stay with them and they're confused but fine with it. I call my boyfriend and he's worried for me. I understand. Things are weird right now, but things with him are fine. I love him. I'm back home two days later and I sleep for 18 hours in my best friend's spare room. They live a little further out of the city. I'm comforted by that. I'm pretty sure my doppelganger is the kind of person to stay in Tasmania. Better prospects, I'd guess. That comforts me, too.

A year later, my boyfriend moves here to be with me, and we relocate about forty minutes north of the river. I don't know that my doppelganger thought I was going to stay in Tasmania and moved back here too, back to his career in architecture and what ends up being three dogs in his unit south of the river. We don't end up crossing paths. I don't need to go to the city anymore, and if I ever go further south than that, I'm always driving and I never happen to go exploring down there. I have everything I need. Several years pass.

I'm off to the shops. My husband is at work, and my freelance work isn't due for another week, so I figure I can have the day off. The small local supermarket that I grew up with has been converted into a gargantuan mall over the past thirty years. Whenever I walk through it I feel strange. The very middle of it is exactly the same; a heart of cream and turquoise with polished white linoleum floors. I remember how it echoed one Thursday night when I was fifteen and shopping for school shoes and I sang and yelled and laughed until I realized there were a few other stray shoppers and shut my mouth up very, very tight. It could never echo now. Even at 6am, the whole place is packed. I wouldn't come here, except that Lush has announced that one of my favourite soaps is being discontinued, and I want to go to the store here to stock up before it's gone forever.

I'm dismayed upon arrival to find that what once was a towering stack of yellow and gold marbled soap is now a nearly empty display. There's just one chunk of soap left, and it's relatively small. Probably won't last me more than a few months. My disappointment quickly makes way for relief as I dodge my way through swaths of excited teenagers to get into the store, making a beeline for the last of the soap. Hurrying and bumping people on my way, I finally get to the display. With a sigh of relief, I reach my hand out - but quickly draw it back as it brushes against the hand of another. He has a small white circle of a scar on his left thumb. I look up in alarm and my doppelganger stares astonished back at me. 

We look at each other for a very long time. Some teenage hand winds between us and takes its prize. I'm starting to become aware of the looks the staff members are giving us. The doppelganger is, too. His eyes are grey. I've seen that look before, when I catch myself in the mirror when I don't expect it. The whites of my eyes shine back at me like glossy eggshells. Both of us are as terrified as each other. It doesn't make it better.

The intense anxiety of the outside eyes upon us breaks the spell, and in an instant the both of us are marching shakily out of the store and in opposite directions. I'm heading out to my car. I don't know where he's going. I don't want to. All I know, all that can calm me right now, is that I could tell from his expression that this was not where he usually conducted his shopping trips. I knew what he'd wanted was the same as me. I wonder if his dad is dead. I leave the mall empty-handed.

I don't go to there anymore.

[jeremystrele]

The Greatest, Escapist Homes Of 2020!

The Greatest, Escapist Homes Of 2020!

Roundup

Sasha Gattermayr

Casa Acton by Josh FitzGerald of Archier. Photo – Adam Gibson.

Casa Acton by Josh FitzGerald of Archier. Photo – Adam Gibson.

An Architect’s Own Hideaway, Buried In The Tasmanian Bushland

Casa Acton is the home of Archier‘s technical director Josh FitzGerald, which he built himself, by hand. Located in the Hobart suburb of Acton Park, this modest, cabin-like home made from locally sourced building materials is perfectly in sync with its bushy surrounds.

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Cliff House by Auhaus Architecture. Photo – Derek Swalwell. Styling – Bek Sheppard.

Cliff House by Auhaus Architecture. Photo – Derek Swalwell. Styling – Bek Sheppard.

An Ocean-Side Sanctuary Designed To Age Gracefully

This grand beachside home in Ocean Grove represents a confluence of opposing factors. Located on a windswept sand dune overlooking the Barwon bluff on one side, and the Point Lonsdale lighthouse on the other, it is exposed to both the beauty and the intensity of such a rugged beachfront spot.

When designing Cliff House, Auhaus Architecture chose to reflect the rugged location in material expression, opting for raw and natural materials at every opportunity.

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The ‘tent house’ in Noosa by Sparks Architects. Photo – Christopher Frederick Jones.

The ‘tent house’ in Noosa by Sparks Architects. Photo – Christopher Frederick Jones.

The ‘tent house’ in Noosa by Sparks Architects. Photo – Christopher Frederick Jones.

An Unconventional ‘Tent House’ In The Noosa Hinterland

This ‘tent house’ by Sparks Architects was inspired by the ultimate ‘gone bush’ activity: camping under the stars. The innovative design facilitates two distinct modes of living – one where the home’s roof and walls are wide open, and the other where the house functions as an insulated box.

Designing and building a tent-like residential structure is a huge and impressive undertaking – so much so that you actually might recognise it from Grand Designs Australia!

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A family home in Red Hill, Victoria designed by InForm and Pleysier Perkins. Styling – Bek Sheppard. Photo – James Geer.

A family home in Red Hill, Victoria designed by InForm and Pleysier Perkins. Styling – Bek Sheppard. Photo – James Geer.

A Family Home That Mirrors Nature

Jane and Lloyd Fenn and their children Lillian, 11, Audrey, 10, and Eddie, 6, moved from Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula with the hopes of better connecting to nature – something they’ve achieved in the design of their beautiful home.

Their family home in Red Hill, Victoria, has been designed in direct response to its sloping, bush block. But rather than flattening the site, the designers decided to lean into its existing conditions, developing a tiered floor plan that naturally distinguishes different areas of the home.  Designed and built by InForm in collaboration with Pleysier Perkins architects, the house is clad with locally-sourced rough sawn timber, and seamlessly blends into its natural surrounds.

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Bluff House by Rob Kennon Architects. Photo – Derek Swalwell.

Bluff House by Rob Kennon Architects. Photo – Derek Swalwell.

This Non-Conventional Holiday Home Is Mostly Underground

Bluff House is located in a landslip zone, meaning the majority of the structure had to be built into the foreshore rather than on top of it. By anchoring bedrooms underground with a cantilevered living domain above, Rob Kennon Architects have mastered this site’s challenging requirements, while maximising the views from an almost entirely subterranean position! Incredible!

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The Two Sheds house by Roger Nelson of NH Architecture and DREAMER. Photo – Rory Gardiner.

The Two Sheds house by Roger Nelson of NH Architecture and DREAMER. Photo – Rory Gardiner.

The Two Sheds house by Roger Nelson of NH Architecture and DREAMER. Photo – Rory Gardiner.

This Lorne Home Is A Dream Collaboration Between Two Architects

On a bush block just outside Lorne, Victoria, lies the holiday home of architect Roger Nelson. In collaboration with DREAMER, the original plans for a sprawling 700sqm home were reduced to 220 square metres across two linked but distinct pavilions. Though technically belonging to Roger and his wife Jane, the house has been designed to cater for generations of children and grandkids alike to escape from the city to reconnect with one another and the outdoors.

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The Wallis Lake House by Matthew Woodward Architecture. Photo – Brett Boardman.

The Wallis Lake House by Matthew Woodward Architecture. Photo – Brett Boardman.

The Wallis Lake House by Matthew Woodward Architecture. Photo – Brett Boardman.

The Wallis Lake House by Matthew Woodward Architecture. Photo – Brett Boardman.

A Breathtaking Lake House Completely Open To Its Natural Surrounds

Hold onto your hats, this one might just knock the wind out of you! Matthew Woodward Architecture were engaged to create a sturdy but experimental residence atop this windswept 25-acre property overlooking Wallis Lake on the north coast of New South Wales. The awe-inspiring result is a robust dwelling, crafted from rough and raw textures that will weather with time, and blends seamlessly into the rugged surrounds.

The north-facing house opens itself to the elements, utilising sliding glass doors on the lower levels and hydraulic levered timber screens on the upper floor to unfold the residence out onto the property. With bushland at the rear of the property and rolling, unimpeded views down to Lake Wallis, maximum connectivity to the natural surrounds was the central design concern. These are probably the most spectacular views we saw all year!

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Coastal Luxe at St Andrews Beach on the Mornington Peninsula. Photo – Jarno Jussila.

Coastal Luxe at St Andrews Beach on the Mornington Peninsula. Photo – Jarno Jussila.

Coastal Luxe at St Andrews Beach on the Mornington Peninsula. Photo – Jarno Jussila.

A Modernist-Inspired Getaway On The Mornington Peninsula

St Andrews Beach is a seldom mentioned slice of Victoria’s Mornington Pensinsula. Wedged between Cape Schanck and Sorrento, the rugged coastline faces Bass Strait rather than the bayside views favoured by the more popular townships on the opposing side of the coastal strip.

Kerryn Nossal and her partner bought their plot of land in the St Andrews dunes in 2000, and proceeded to build the Coastal Luxe beach house over the next 15 years. Enter the property through a landscaped banksia forest and ascend the multi-level house all the way to the top where a the main bedroom suite sits like a nest in the treetops. You can even catch a glimpse of the expansive seaside vista through a 6.5-metre window that runs along the spine of the house. Who could want anything more?!

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The home of Shelley + Tom Banders in South Gippsland. Photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The home of Shelley + Tom Banders in South Gippsland. Photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

The home of Shelley + Tom Banders in South Gippsland. Photo – Eve Wilson for The Design Files. Styling – Annie Portelli.

Living The Regional Dream In Strzelecki, South Gippsland!

The proverb ‘the grass is always greener on the other side’ is totally redundant in the case of Tom and Shelley Banders, whose idyllic country home is nestled in South Gippsland’s famed rolling hills where – literally and figuratively – the grass could not be any greener! The pair moved from Melbourne into their charming 1890s farmhouse with 10ft walls and have never looked back, establishing 70 lineal metres of veggie patches, a stone fruit orchard and citrus grove, with plans to establish coops for chickens and ducks. Shelley makes a strong case for taking the leap to the country:

‘Just go for it! We have never felt so grounded, connected and satisfied, ending our day with a glass of local wine, a bit of dirt under our nails and a belly full of real food. What are you waiting for?’

I honestly don’t know!

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[timehasbeenbusy]

London

Thursday 26 May 1831

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Sick first and only time at 3½ am when there seemed to be some stoppage, or some thing the matter with the engine, open eyes under my Stuart de Rothesay béret, and dozing and sleeping till waked up at 10½ in the river –

Find that it had been so thick in the night, could not get on, obliged to cast anchor, and stopped 2 or 3 times – I suppose it was that, that disturbed me at 3½ - our vessel not a fast sailer but safe – safer than the Lord Melville – off Gravesend at 11 10/.. – off Woolwich at 12¾ - very fine day –fine cool air – off the tower at 1 50/..– had dozed even latterly a great deal – 

Waited on board above an hour till all the passengers and luggage were landed, in the hope of having our carriage landed and examined immediately afterwards, but had to wait in the Custom House till 4½ before the carriages (four of them)  were landed, and then, tho’ ours examined 1st, did not get off till 5¾ - 

Warren’s (1 Regent Street), full but rooms taken for us at the British hotel Jermyn Street, Mr & Mrs Brown, well enough, but my room an immense way from my aunt’s and the sitting room and anything but comfortable on that account – however London so full glad to be housed anywhere – 

Made myself decent - tea at 7 20/.. – from about 8½ to 10 in my room siding – then with my aunt who is really very well, till came to my room at 11½ - In stopping at Warren’s as we passed kind little note from Lady Stuart to say she should go the Lodge on Saturday and hoped to see me on Sunday for as long as I could, and letter from Mariana Lawton to say she should be at Leamington on Tuesday the 31st (Charles to be on the 4th) she should be ready for us on Wednesday and the sooner we could arrive the better – that determined me to go to Lady Stuart’s on Sunday and stay and stay till Tuesday evening, and be at Leamington the next day to dinner – very fine day – Fahrenheit 67º in the room now at 12 5/.. tonight –

 Friday 27 May 1831

7¼

12 40/..

Incurred a cross last night thinking of Mariana  Wrote a note to Lady Stuart to say I would be with her to dinner on Sunday and stay till Tuesday, and wrote to Mariana to say how long I should be with Lady Stuart and that we hoped to be at Leamington on Wednesday – sooner or later at all rates to keep her doors open for us –

Breakfast at 12 – Left for the post my note for ‘the Honourable Lady Stuart the Lodge Richmond Park’ and my letter for ‘Mrs Lawton Lawton Hall Lawton Cheshire’ – 

Took Cameron and out at 1 10/.. – went to Hammersley’s and got £150 in Bank of England notes and sovereigns – Mr Hammersley or one of them there – knew me again and very civil – then to Waterloo house and Howel & James’s, And then set Cameron down in Clangers Street and called and sat some time with Lady Herries 35 Clangers Street – then left my card and Mrs Hamilton’s little parcel for Miss Berry 8 Curzon Street and then went to Miss Hall 16 Orchard Street, and sat with her ¾ hour till 4 50/.. – 

Then drove to the Geological gardens – hurried thro’ them in 20 minutes – then ordered hat at Jupp’s – home at 6 55/.. – dinner

at 7¼ - at Lady Stuart had called, and not finding me at home had left very kind little note in pencil written at

the door to say she was at Sir Hubert Taylor’s (St Catherine’s Regents Park) and begged me to call

if I could between 11 tomorrow morning – Mr Charles Stuart had left his card – and there was a very kind note

from Miss Hobart to welcome me on my return to England – wrote note to go in the morning to Miss Henrietta Crompton (staying with her

sister Lady Herries) but at Woolwich when I called)  to ask if I should take her tomorrow to see the tunnel [ungentlemanned], as the only opportunity I should have of seeing her as I was going to Richmond Park.

 My aunt sickish and poorly – Came to my room at 11 20/.. at which hour Fahrenheit 65º - very fine day - cousin came gently this afternoon -

Reference number SH;7/ML/E/14/0064

[wearewillpower]

“Tomorrow, @wpunj will be hosting its first day of classes for the fall'17 semester, and I will be starting my first day of work at Cumulus. As excited as I am, I kinda, sorta wish I was walking into Hobart Hall one last time. Despite all the tears and mental breakdowns, I am forever grateful for the four years I got to spend as a Pioneer. Without Willy P, I would not have anchored for News Now, assisted former Miss USA Nia Sanchez, met some of my lifelong friends, been taught by my favorite professors, or experienced half the things I have been able to do. To the #neWPioneers, enjoy your time here. Before you know it, you'll be walking across the stage at the Pru and sending out a million resumes hoping for at least one interview. Most importantly, face every opportunity head on. Yes, college is challenging, but push through. Work hard, and then play hard. Study through the night in Cheng Library during finals week. Just don't forget to ride the mechanical bull at common hour. I promise you, it's worth it in the end. 🐻💛 #teamHobart #twillyp #WeAreWillPower”

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Beautiful Cruising Destinations

From Caribbean hot spots, to quiet anchorages at the bottom of the world, these are some of the most beautiful sailing spots on the planet.

Caribbean

Windward Islands, Caribbean

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Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

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Cuba, Caribbean

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US & Canada

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Inter Coastal Waterway, USA

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Southern New England, USA

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The Great Lakes, USA/Canada

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Europe

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Greek Isles, Mediterranean

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South Pacific

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Marquesas, French Polynesia

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Southeast Asia

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Phang Nga Bay, Thailand

Towering rock sculptures rise out of the water in Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay, providing a surreal backdrop for cruising. Anchor among the hongs and hope into a dinghy for an unforgettable experience exploring hidden caves and uncovering secrets from the 10,000 year history of the bay.

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Africa

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Cape Town, South Africa

From the blustery southeaster that can blow 45-60 knots for days on end, the “table cloth” on Table Mountain, to the waterfront with all its great seafaring tales and bars and the beaches of the suburb of Clifton, Cape Town has it all. The weather is like Southern California; you can stay active in the great outdoors year round.

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Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Madagascar, Africa

Madagascar is a true cruising gem. Its culture is a delightful convergence of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as evidenced by the gourmet French meals, baked goods, mélange of rum drinks, vibrant materials for both traditional and modern dress, and the combination of French and local Malagasy language.

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South America

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Chile, South America

The Cape Horn archipelago conjures images of heroic voyages through inhospitable landscapes and harsh, raw conditions, the true beauty Chile is that it’s remote enough to be pristine, but not isolated enough that you feel completely cut off from the rest of the world.

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Antarctica

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Antarctica

Cold, unforgiving and a challenge for even the most seasoned sailor, there isn’t quite any place on earth like Antarctica. Just ask anyone who has been, though, and you’ll find that the journey to the bottom of the world was unforgettable.

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Updated March 14, 2020

Resumes are a more popular choice than CVs among job seekers in the U.S. But if you’re looking for work in certain fields or outside of the United States, curriculum vitae are more commonly used.

How do CVs differ from resumes? For one thing, they’re typically at least two pages long, or longer. CVs also provide more information than resumes. In addition to your work experience, you should list a more in-depth account of your educational background, including any theses, dissertations or papers, plus awards, honors, grants, scholarships, teaching experience, publications, presentations and speeches, research, and any other achievements.

If you’re preparing a CV for an international position, you’ll also need to include a few things that you typically wouldn’t include in a resume or CV for a job in the U.S. For example, it’s common in international CVs to list personal interests, including hobbies, and citizenship status.

Actors and other theater professionals should consider preparing a curriculum vitae instead of a resume, especially when applying for work outside of the U.S. Keep in mind that performers may want to invert the usual format for curriculum vitae, listing their skills and experience before their education. Casting directors who are reviewing CVs are likely to be most interested in performers’ skills and abilities.

Finally, because TV, film, and theater are visual mediums, performers can break the rules about not including a headshot on the CV. (However, you may also choose to include your headshots separately.)

1. International Theater Curriculum Vitae

This is an example of an international CV for a theater professional.

International Theater Curriculum Vitae

JUDY JONES 111 Amity Road Brisbane, QLD 4444 Australia judyjones@noemail.co.au 000.123.4567

SKILLS

Accents & Dialects – American, English, Chinese

Dance – Modern, Jazz, Ballet, Tap

Performance – Improvisation, Articulating Clearly, Communicating Through Physical, Non-verbal Expressions

Sports – Bicycle Riding, Horseback Riding, Swimming, SCUBA (certified), Skiing/Snowboarding, Ice Skating, Skateboarding, Marathon Running

Team Skills – Taking Direction, Working Collaboratively, Providing Constructive Feedback

LANGUAGES English, Mandarin, some local dialects

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English Language Studies/Drama Studies UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, Australia

Minor in Mandarin Language

Graduated summa cum laude

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

2018

Promoted to series regular in TCS 5's drama series "Lifeline."

Appeared in feature film, “Candyland,” as Rosemary Lee.

Performed in Toy Factory Productions Ltd's "TiTouDao" for one month, held in the New Drama Center, directed by Goh Boon Teck. Role: Swee Lian, Kim Kee, Ah Dui, Narrator, Siew Kin, Dancer.

2017

Guest-starred in TCS 5's drama series, "Lifeline."

Appeared in feature film, “Hobart,” as Anne Marie (speaking role.)

Appeared in feature film, “The Beach House,” as Mrs. Pete (speaking role).

Performed in "A Little Night of Drama" at the Inauguration Ceremony for the opening of the New Drama Center, directed by Goh Boon Teck, Toy Factory Productions Ltd.

2014 – 2016 Employed as performing artist in Singapore Armed Forces, Music and Drama Company (SAF MDC), contributing as dancer, actor, anchor host, director, and drama instructor.

Supervised all junior artists, developing and leading orientation and various training sessions for dozens of new performers.

2013 – 2014 Majored in Drama Studies at University of Queensland, taking courses in Theater Survey, Performance Concepts, Movement for Actors, Advanced Acting and Scene Study, and more.

Co-wrote and performed in award-winning university production about Pauline Hanson's political campaign, “Pauline: One Nation.”

Wrote and performed in “Southern Belles,” “Hightown,” and “Last Night at the Party.”

Performed in “A Collection of Misfits,” “John’s Birthday,” and “Shakespeare’s Lover: 12 Scenes.”

2012 – 2013 Took courses in Theatre Studies and Drama at Victoria Community College, including Shakespeare Today, Set and Sound, and Community Theater.

Assistant stage manager in production under Dramaplus Arts, script by Jonathon Lim and directed by Roger Jenkins.

Performed in multiple VCC productions, including Hal Halden’s “Minuet” and “Scenes from the Diner.”

Wrote and performed in several scenes for student showcases.

AWARDS

University of Queensland Drama Department Award, 2014 Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements in performance and writing.

Jane Best Award for Outstanding Three-Act Play, 2014 For “Pauline: One Nation.”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lead Instructor, Queensland Improv, 2014-Present

Develop and lead improv program for adult learners, teaching basic and advanced techniques.

OTHER

Citizenship: Australia

Interests and Hobbies: Photography, Painting, Design, Tai Chi, Yoga

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FRANCE'S CINERDELLA CAMPAIGN: Canadian Army Fights To Secure The Channel Ports

(Volume 24-11)

By Mark Zuehlke

In the wake of the D-Day landings, the Canadian 3 rd Infantry Division had the objective of capturing the port of Boulogne. Initial probing attacks proved it would be a tough nut to crack.

 In three days, the hell of war was to engulf the old French port of Boulogne. Just as its German garrison was instructed to defend Boulogne to the last bullet and breath, Allied high command had made its capture and opening to shipping a matter of the highest priority. As First Canadian Army advanced out of Normandy on the left flank of the Allied juggernaut headed for Germany, taking Boulogne fell to two brigades of its 3rd Infantry Division, supported by artillery, tanks, and specialized siege equipment.

Interrogation of German prisoners, information from the Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur (French Forces of the Interior — FFI) resistance movement, and aerial photography analysis led Canadian intelligence staff to believe that Boulogne was defended by 5,500 to 7,000 German army, Luftwaffe, and marine personnel. While the relatively small garrison was considered to be a poor-quality affair afflicted by low morale, the city’s fortifications were daunting. One Canadian report stated that the city was “completely surrounded by high features which [form] a very strong all round defensive system covering the port from landward attack. These defences [are] mutually supporting to a marked degree and command all the approaches to the city.” Each defensive position was encircled by barbed-wire entanglements and minefields, and enclosed at least one large concrete gun emplacement protected by concrete dugouts linked together by underground passages. All roads approaching the city had been thoroughly mined. Every bridge had either been blown or was wired with explosives for destruction when the inevitable attack was launched.

Just to the north of the city, the defences were anchored on an old French fort — Fort de la Crèche — that the Germans had extensively modernized and strengthened with thick-walled concrete pillboxes and defensive works. It bristled with light guns that protected two powerful 210-millimetre guns and four 105-millimetre heavy guns. Despite being designed primarily to face seaward, these six guns could rotate to fire landward, where the destructive weight of their massive shells posed a major threat to any attacker.

Fort de la Crèche was designed to protect Boulogne’s main fortifications from northern attack and to threaten the right flank of any force approaching the city from the east. The fort itself was protected by another major strongpoint a short distance to the northeast. Called La Trésorerie, it formed the outermost defensive work in all of Boulogne’s fortifications. Its coastal battery of three 12-inch guns were positioned on a dominating hill. Although these guns could not fire landward, the strongpoint’s other defences made it a potent threat — so much so that the Canadians had decided La Trésorerie must be eliminated prior to the major assault on Boulogne. This task was given to the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment of 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade. On September 8, 1944, the regiment moved to a pre-attack position well beyond the range of the German guns and initiated a program of aggressive patrols around La Trésorerie and other strongpoints north of Boulogne that would also have to be taken.

One such strongpoint was the hamlet of Wacquinghen, about a mile and a half northeast of La Trésorerie. On September 14, Lieutenant Victor Soucisse’s scout platoon crept up to Wacquinghen’s outskirts. As this move drew only sporadic machine-gun fire, Soucisse was convinced the hamlet was only lightly held. The moment Soucisse reported this possibility to Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Anderson, the North Shores commander decided to kick off operations early with a stealthy and hurried assault on Wacquinghen.

Consequently, at dusk on September 15, a small squad of infantrymen rushed toward the hamlet. Drawn from ‘D’ Company, the men were led by its Major O.L. “Otty” Corbett. Having joined the North Shores in the midst of the Normandy Campaign’s bitter early-July fight for Carpiquet Airfield, Corbett had emerged from that campaign as one of the battalion’s most experienced company commanders. This night, he also hoped to be one of its luckiest. Just getting to the hamlet undetected would be no mean feat. The company was starting from high ground known locally as Bancres, about two miles east of Wacquinghen. Advancing along the road to the hamlet would be folly because it was overlooked by La Trésorerie. Instead, Corbett led his assault squad in a wide cross-country sweep to approach from the northeast.

Only Corbett’s most experienced men accompanied him — men he could trust not to silhouette themselves on a crest or make any other bad move that would betray their presence. As an added precaution, everybody had left behind equipment likely to rattle. Their wide sweep took them across gently rolling farm country, hugging every row of trees, delving into any fold of ground, or using the banks of a creek bed for cover. Precisely as night fell, Corbett’s squad reached a small rise overlooking the hamlet. Everything, Corbett later said, “sounded peaceful and quiet.” But he had a problem: the squad’s wireless set had failed. If they kicked over a hornet’s nest, there would be no calling for backup. Yet Corbett figured that if he were to “beat the Jerries to the village, no time could be wasted.”

Corbett led his men down from the high ground and into a couple of the backyard gardens. They then dashed silently through the streets to the other side of the hamlet. “This move was successful. We got [there] ahead of the enemy and quickly sent back for the remainder of the company. Wacquinghen was in our hands.” It was 0130 hours. The race had been narrowly won. Just a few minutes later, a three-man German patrol approached and was sent fleeing by a volley of gunfire.

The rest of ‘D’ Company soon arrived, and Corbett deployed the men into defensive positions that mostly faced toward the German line of approach. Still unable to establish wireless contact with battalion headquarters, Corbett felt increasingly uneasy. This was not because he expected the Germans to counterattack. Corbett was confident his men could repel that. His worries fixed on a hill about a half mile away called Pas de Gay that Soucisse had reconnoitred during the same patrol that convinced him Wacquinghen was ripe for plucking. Soucisse had noted several concrete dugouts on the summit that he suspected sheltered a German observation post. The hill “looked high and menacing in the starlight and I commenced to think what a beautiful time we were going to have when it got daylight with an enemy observation post looking into our mess-tins and seeing every move.” Corbett could easily imagine the Germans calling down deadly accurate artillery and mortar fire.

After another unsuccessful attempt to contact Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, Corbett decided to send a platoon to discover if Pas de Gay was occupied. Summoning Lieutenant Hobart Staples of No. 10 Platoon, Corbett ordered him to climb the hill and secure the dugouts. Hoping to complete the mission before daylight, Staples hurried his men along a road and then across a broad field to where a raised railway hugged the hill’s southern base. “It was hard going,” he related, “as we did not want to make any noise and yet we had to get over some wire fences. They proved a problem, but by holding the wires for each in turn we managed the job without raising any disturbance and finally reached the mouth of a re-entrant … Then we came upon a small dried-up brook and started up the left side — a mistake. But we had nothing to guide us … we simply had to grope along as best we could and trust to luck.

“It was very dark and we didn’t seem to be getting anywhere except further away from the company, so I decided to withdraw to the mouth of the re-entrant. By that time it was getting near to morning and I left the men under Sergeant [Percy Fielsing] Mitchell and [Corporal Leonard Kenney] Dunne and went back to report to Major Corbett.”

Wanting the hill badly, Corbett ordered Staples to try again and promised to also send No. 11 Platoon up in a left-flanking manoeuvre. Because it would be daylight, Corbett told Staples to lead with just a small fighting section rather than having the entire platoon strung out inside the gully. When Staples called for volunteers, ten trusted men stepped forward. They started climbing at 0700 hours. “Things looked very different in the daylight,” Staples said. “We found and crossed the dried-up brook and this time we started up the right side instead of the left, came to barbed wire entanglements and concrete dugouts set in the hillside. These we had missed entirely in the darkness. We were almost to the top when I saw a German sentry on the skyline 25 yards away.” Staples hissed at his Bren gunner to take out the German, but the soldier was unable to spot him. In the few seconds it took for Staples to point out the sentry’s position, the German noticed the Canadians and ducked from sight.

Staples signalled his men to fan out and then led them up the slope at a run. Scrambling forward, Staples spotted another German and sighted his Sten gun on the man. When he squeezed the trigger, nothing happened. “I pressed the trigger again and again, decided safety was the better part of valour and went to ground. A few minutes later the enemy started to mortar the top of the hill and we were forced part way down the hillside where we had refuge in the concrete dugouts. We waited there and soon the enemy was coming over the top of the hill. We fired everything we had, Brens, rifles and mortar, and it slowed them up. I sent Sergeant Mitchell back to Major Corbett for reinforcements … and we waited there. Luckily the enemy didn’t realize our predicament and Major Corbett came.”

Emerging from their dugouts to charge Staples exposed the Germans to No. 11 Platoon closing from the left flank. The battle quickly deteriorated into a confused melee that allowed Staples and a few men to break into the summit fortifications. Private Eldon Wright got so close to one concrete dugout that grenades thrown by the Germans inside sailed well past him. Wright quickly exhausted his own grenade supply and shouted for more. Another man crawled over with a clutch of No. 36 grenades, and Wright threw two through an embrasure. With Staples closing fast on the dugout from the rear, the Germans suddenly vanished by way of an underground tunnel the Canadians discovered only after the position was overrun. At 0800 hours, Corbett arrived with more reinforcements. “We had the hill,” he reported, “a beautiful observation post which gave control of the ground right to the sea coast north of Wimereux, bomb-proof sleeping quarters, a tunnel leading in the direction of La Trésorerie, and a cable junction box leading toward Cap Gris Nez and Calais. The tunnel entrance was blown to prevent any counterattack and we also used some grenades on the cable box.”

After settling in the two platoons, Corbett went to battalion headquarters. He found Anderson “pacing the floor and ready to explode,” for the battalion commander had heard nothing from ‘D’ Company since it went off into the darkness toward Wacquinghen. The adjutant, Captain Bob Ross, had spent the night and early morning assuring Anderson that the lack of news meant there was nothing to worry about, but he refused to accept this. “Now he was so happy over the success of the operation that he didn’t give [me] the chewing out I deserved for not getting some messages back,” Corbett noted. Battalion headquarters staff failed to record ‘D’ Company’s casualty rate or probable German losses. But for what had been gained, North Shore losses were considered well within acceptable bounds.

In fact, when Anderson learned that Corbett had secured not only the hamlet but also Pas de Gay, he realized that a major obstacle to the forthcoming attack on La Trésorerie and the other main fortifications guarding the northern flank of Boulogne had been taken. The destruction of the junction cable box was particularly welcome. Corbett had counted a total of 210 different wires leading from it. Anderson realized the box must have provided a secure communication link between all the German positions north of Boulogne. Had it remained in enemy hands, the Germans’ ability to communicate would surely have compromised the planned operation. With the link severed, the Canadians had gained a critical and unforeseen advantage.

Still, Anderson was deeply worried about the coming engagement. As the North Shores’ Padre R. Miles Hickey later wrote, while men in other battalions usually knew their commander by “names that couldn’t be written on … paper, Colonel Ernie received the endearing title of ‘Uncle Ernie’” because he cared so much about his men’s welfare. Here at Boulogne, Anderson faced the disturbing reality that these men, and indeed the Canadians as a whole, had no experience in assaulting such heavily constructed and mutually supporting fortifications. Breaking through them to capture Boulogne promised to be a slow and costly affair. But it was also a vital and necessary undertaking that must be accomplished with the greatest speed. Indeed, it seemed that the longer it took them to win this and the other channel ports so urgently assigned to First Canadian Army, the more likely that what had seemed an opportunity to win the war before the end of 1944 would slip from the Allied grasp. W

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FINDING a pub in Australia that is more than 200 years old is a tough task. In fact there are just two licensed pubs that I know of that can lay claim to having an establishment date going back two centuries or more – Tasmania’s Hope and Anchor Tavern in Hobart (Est. 1807) and the Macquarie Arms Hotel in Windsor, NSW (Est. 1815). Both pubs have had periods of closure since their establishment. Windsor’s Macquarie Arms can claim the title of Australia’s oldest mainland pub. The pub, named in honour of Governor Lachlan Macquarie (pictured inset), traded until 1835 when it became an officers’ mess and later a private residence, before again licensed as a pub in 1874. More pictures and story at the Time Gents’ website: (via Road trip: Macquarie Arms, Windsor)

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Clipper Race

Youngest ever Clipper Race skipper claims first race win

Visit Seattle, led by 24-year-old British sailor Nikki Henderson, the youngest ever Skipper to lead a team in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race’s eleven editions, has held off a strong challenge from three other teams to chalk up a thrilling maiden victory in Race 6: The Wondrous Whitsundays Race.

During one of the most challenging stages so far in the Clipper 2017-18 Race, Visit Seattle crossed the finish line off the coast of Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays, Australia, at 15:05:36 local time (05:05:36UTC), completing the 1,600-nautical mile sprint up the east coast of Australia from Hobart in eleven days.

Arriving into Abell Point Marina where the Clipper Race fleet will be berthed, Skipper Nikki said: “It’s such a good feeling. I’m finally a bit more relaxed than the last 48 hours. It’s been exhausting!

“This race has been really, really tough in so many ways. So many different types of conditions and sail changes. The tactics have been really hard but we pushed all the way through. The crew loved the Southerly Busters, it was exciting. We had experience of similar conditions in the past and we’re used to that kind of thing. The crew handled it really well.”

Nikki Henderson © onEdition

This is the team’s second podium result after finishing second in Race 4, from Fremantle, Western Australia, to Sydney, and it was made to work hard for this victory. This morning saw the team off the coast of Mackay, just five nautical miles ahead of the second placed PSP Logistics. Sanya Serenity Coast, skippered by Australian Wendy Tuck, was only another mile astern, with just seven nautical miles separating Visit Seattle from the fourth placed Liverpool 2018.

In the end, just 25 minutes separated Visit Seattle from second placed PSP Logistics, which takes its third podium result of the Clipper 2017-18 Race.

Round the world crew member Marek Omilian, from Seattle, says: “It was a phenomenal race. Phenomenal. Quite long because of the heat but it was very good sailing and a well-deserved victory. We were quite prepared for the weather because we faced some similar conditions in Leg 1 to Punta del Este and we were also very well prepared with Nikki’s leadership.”

Praising his Skipper, Marek adds: “Nikki is a very charismatic young leader. She loves teaching and she’s trained us very well.”

Race 6 presented some of the most varied and dramatic conditions of any Clipper Race stage so far. A tough upwind slog from Tasmania and up the southeast coast of Australia, it included two Southerly Buster storms which bought spectacular lightning storms and gusts of up to 78 knots off the Queensland coast.

Liverpool 2018 claimed third place, its first podium result of the Clipper Race. The team was actually fourth across the line after leading for the most of the last four days but its overall position was boosted after Sanya Serenity Coast was given a six-hour time penalty by the Clipper Race Committee for breaching exclusion zone rules, as per Race 6 Course Instructions.

The eleven Clipper Race yachts, along with their crew and supporters, will be based at Abell Point Marina, the first global 5 Gold Anchor accredited Marina in the world, during its stay in the Whitsundays. The stopover will be one to remember, with the crew to be welcomed by the inaugural Whitsundays Clipper Race Carnival – a two-weeklong celebration of events and activities showcasing the beauty of the Whitsundays.

Tourism Whitsundays Sales and Marketing Manager Tash Wheeler, who was down on the pontoons to greet the teams into Airlie Beach, said: “It is absolutely fantastic to see a female skipper win the inaugural Wondrous Whitsundays Race and for one so young to pull off this feat is incredible.”

“What better place to win your first race than the beautiful Whitsundays! We are very excited to be showcasing the region to the Clipper Race crews, their families and friends, and hope they can take in as much as possible while here, including world famous Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, and of course the Great Barrier Reef, including the iconic Heart Reef, visible only from the air and only in the Whitsundays.

“The Whitsundays Clipper Race Carnival will show the world that not only are we a world-class sailing destination but also a world-class holiday destination.”

At the time of writing, five Clipper Race teams are now alongside in Airlie Beach, with the remaining teams due in by approximately lunch time tomorrow local time in Australia.

The Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, stopover marks the changeover port which completes the All-Australian Leg 4, and starts the Asia Pacific Leg 5. Distance wise, this stopover is also the approximate half way stage of the Clipper 2017-18 Race with 20,000nm of the 40,000nm, 13 stage course now completed.

Race 7, which will see the teams head approximately 4,200 nautical miles to Sanya, the first of two Chinese stopovers in this next leg, starts on 29 January. From there, teams will head to Qingdao, China; across the mighty Pacific Ocean to Seattle; Panama; and New York; before heading back across the Atlantic to Derry-Londonderry. The Clipper 2017-18 Race finishes on July 28, 2018.

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The Artist Championing Matisse’s Resilience

The Artist Championing Matisse’s Resilience

Creative People

by Elle Murrell

‘The Snail Logic: to a Man With a Hammer’, 2018, 36x61cm. Photo – courtesy of Murray White Room.

‘The Snail Logic: Reading Other Peoples Mail’, 2018, 61x36cm. Photo – courtesy of Murray White Room.

‘The Snail Logic: True to Form’, 2018, 61x36cm. Photo – courtesy of Murray White Room.

‘Twenty Four Seven: Gravity Makes Fools of Us All’, 38x51cm. Photo – courtesy of Murray White Room.

‘The Youth (Part One)’, 51x38cm. Photo – courtesy of Murray White Room.

‘Twenty Four Seven: Earth Up Sky Down’, 51x38cm. Photo – courtesy of Murray White Room.

As A Young Snail, A Middle Aged Snail, and an Old Snail, I Was Not A Fast Worker, is a bold title, and an equally fascinating exhibition. Though Alasdair McLuckie’s latest works appear visually dissimilar and are essentially three series of different media combined in one show, it all starts to make more sense when he outlines the rich themes underpinning this body of work.

Two of the series include beaded tapestries, with each of the artworks involving around 30,000 glass beads, and taking up to two weeks of meticulous to hand stitch. The first series, The Youth, features a grouped study of young faces. It is Alasdair’s most naturally figurative works to date, and also evocative of the free drawing did in school.

Meanwhile, the Twenty Four Seven collection is entirely abstract and features spirals prominently. This age-old, recurring motif can be seen as a circular meditation on the hours of the day, as each panel features 24 spirals. In the gallery, seven artworks are displayed sculpturally on plinths, symbolic of a week. Unlike past pieces created on the loom, Alasdair has this time employed a ‘rigid’ technique known as brick stitch: whereby rows of four beads are threaded at once, then anchored by stitch to a canvas base.

The Snail Logic, the exhibition’s third series, comprises four collage artworks. The backgrounds of each are formed from image reproductions, taken from an old 1960s textbook on artist Henri Matisse, collaged over with images found in other historical books and magazines. The result is a departure from Alasdair’s past works, which were layered on gridded planes. ‘Matisse himself represents for me a powerful mythology around making, genius, and creative output,’ muses the artist. ‘He is a giant figure of modernism with enormous influence on current visual culture.’

Alasdair is most enthralled with Matisse’s later, ‘cut-out’ period, and how it grew into a narrative on the strength of the human desire to make. ‘Despite being extremely ill and debilitated, Matisse’s drive to create meant he overcame much of his physical limitation to reinvent his practice and continue creating powerful work,’ Alasdair adds. ‘This neatly leads into the ritual element of my practice, which is the most basic and fundamental element that connects every work. No matter what material or technique I choose it is always considered, undertaken and completed with meticulous and meditative action.’

The artist has enjoyed developing this exhibition over the past year-and-a-half – ‘perhaps the longest lead-time I’ve had for a show since I left art school a decade ago,’ jokes the VCA graduate. ‘I feel this has made the project stronger and created room within my practice to expand and evolve, which I hope to continue in the future.’ Moving on from Matisse, Alasdair also has his sights set on incorporating a book of Oskar Kokoschka printed works, learning new making techniques, and enjoying the cooler, craft-friendly weather ahead!

As a Young Snail, A Middle Aged Snail, and an Old Snail, I Was Not A Fast Worker by Alasdair McLuckie On until June 23rd Murray White Room Sargood Lane, Melbourne, Victoria

You can also see Alasdair McLuckie’s works in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart; and in the Ten Cubed Collection, Melbourne.

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Hospital visits, foodbanks & charity collections - how sport spreads festive cheer

Oldham deliver surprise for young fan in hospital'Tis the season for good will to all and the sporting world has been doing its bit to provide some Christmas cheer. From opening stadium doors to the needy, helping feed the hungry, raising money for charity, delivering gifts to hospitals and even trying to help ease the strain on the National Health Service, there are plenty of ways clubs have got involved in their communities. BBC Sport takes a look at some of this month's public-spirited activities. 'Nice to see them smile again' QPR give Grenfell Tower survivors a festive tourQueens Park Rangers opened their doors to some of the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in an effort to give extra support ahead of their first Christmas since the disaster. Youngsters and their parents went on a stadium tour, spent time with club legends and unwrapped gifts in the dressing rooms. "To feel the love shown to our kids is fantastic," said father and survivor Karim Mussilhy. "It's nice to see them smile again, it has been a while." Ground open to the homeless Breakfast, a hot shower and warm place to seek refuge is what non-league FC United of Manchester will offer the city's homeless when they open the doors of their Broadhurst Park ground on Christmas Day. The non-league club is working in partnership with The Homeless Manchester Project and Depaul UK, and will be open between 09:00 GMT and 14:00 GMT, with a minibus also made available to take people to the ground from Piccadilly Gardens in the city centre. As well as their 'open door' initiative, FC United have also been collecting toys, winter coats and helping stock food banks. Newborn baby hugs and a special Christmas visit Chris Coleman rocking a Sunderland Christmas jumper as he holds baby Logan SteelFormer Wales manager Chris Coleman started the festive season early by confirming he would take over at Sunderland while switching on the Christmas lights in Newport in November. As Black Cats boss he has since been busy trying to improve results - and getting out and about in the community. The Welshman drew praise from Jade Benton, mother of newborn Newcastle United fan Logan Steel, after the father of six held the poorly youngster during a visit to Sunderland Hospital. Coleman and his players made a visit to Blackhall Colliery Primary School in Hartlepool a few days later - the school football-loving Bradley Lowery attended before he died aged six from a rare form of cancer in July. Carols were sung, gifts handed out and a visit made to the school's permanent tribute to Bradley. When Hazel met Heckingbottom Barnsley head coach Paul Heckingbottom visits patients at Barnsley Hospice.When Hazel, a lifelong Barnsley fan now in hospice care, was surprised by Reds head coach Paul Heckingbottom, the emotion of what a festive visit can mean to people was clear to see. For the second year, the entire Tykes squad visited the local hospice, spending time with patients, their families and staff. "A lot of people connected to the hospice love football, it is a big part of our town," fundraising manager Sam Silverwood told BBC Sheffield. "I was in the room when Hazel met Paul, it was so overwhelming with emotion. It was a special time to create that memory for her and her family." A trophy and new baby to show off Jake Webster's son Leo held during his visit to Newfield Lodge Care HomeWhen Castleford Tigers reached the Super League Grand Final in October, the residents of Newfield Lodge Care Home in West Yorkshire decorated the day room in support of their local rugby league heroes. Tigers duo Mitch Clark and Jake Webster decided to say thank you by paying them a visit in the lead-up to Christmas, and bringing the 2017 League Leaders' Shield with them. But neither the silverware, nor the players themselves ended up being the centre of attention. Webster's young son Leo, dressed in a tiger-striped babygrow, was the main man, after the former New Zealand international decided to bring him along. Running around the world... sort of Amy Jones making sure there is a very festive element to her post-run selfieOn Christmas Day, England Women's cricketers will be going on running in support of Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People. It has become a tradition that centrally contracted players clock up 100km between them on 25 December, wherever they are in the world. Be it Sydney or Slough, Hobart or Hull, the players will be pounding the streets and will post on social media to prove they have done their bit. Christmas comes early for Forest fan as Robins mascot Tyler Cove walked onto the Ashton Gate pitch hand-in-hand with Jamie Paterson and father AndrewYoung Nottingham Forest fan Tyler Cove walked onto the pitch at Ashton Gate as Bristol City's guest of honour last week. The three-year-old, who has Down's Syndrome, has struck up a friendship with City's former Forest player Jamie Paterson, as both are from Coventry. Tyler "revelled in the attention and atmosphere" at Ashton Gate in what his father Andrew said felt like an "early Christmas present". Tyler remains a Forest fan, but is big Jamie Patterson supporter as well.Vikings and the 'Flu Fighters' Super League club Widnes have been supporting the NHS in the North West by producing a series of social media videos to promote winter health and help ease the strain on local services. Earlier in the year, the club put their efforts into trying to educate the public on how to best use A&E, which helped produce a 7.2% reduction in local admissions. Vikings players have not only featured in the videos, doing everything from rocking out as the 'Flu Fighters' and delivering helpful messages, they have also dropped in to see patients and staff that will be in hospital in the build-up to Christmas. Wasps players spent time at Zoe's Hospice, visiting baby James and baby Joel (pictured left to right)In the 15-man game, Premiership rugby side Wasps had a bucket collection at Saturday's league match against Gloucester to raise money for Zoe's Place Baby Hospice - a service for newborns to five-year-olds with life threatening or life limiting illnesses. England international Danny Cipriani was also joined by Wasps team-mates Christian Wade, Josh Bassett and Ben Harris when they visited the hospice to raise awareness. 'An inspiring upswell in support from fans' Leicester Tigers development squad players cooked for and served up meals for Leicester’s The Bridge - Homelessness To Hope charityOne of the United Kingdom's largest food charities expects record numbers of children to be fed by food banks this Christmas. And The Trussell Trust is "grateful" for the difference that sports clubs and their fans are making. There have been tinned food collections at stadiums across the country, with players delivering parcels personally to charities, while others have even cooked up and dished up food for the needy. "This year we've seen a truly inspiring upswell in support from sport fans and clubs to their local food bank," said Samantha Stapley, the Trust's head of operations. "Given the strong anchoring of clubs within their communities, it's perhaps no surprise to see so many positive relationships grow with food banks, whose work to stop people going hungry is similarly rooted in their local area. "As our network looks ahead to the New Year, against a backdrop of record food bank referrals, we are very grateful for this impressive cross-community dedication, which will make a real difference to food banks' ability to provide emergency food and additional support when people are referred in crisis." Read the full article

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ONLINE ONLY AUCTION - BUNCOMBE, IL

Online Only Auction Greenhouses * Hoop houses * Vans * E-Z Go Cart * Equipment * Plants * Equipment www.ollisauction.com   Begins To End Oct. 26, 2017 @ 7 PM Inventory of Buckrun Greenhouses, Buncombe, IL. The inventory includes fourteen hoop type structures and contents.  Please note that none of the structures are anchored in concrete and are bolted and screwed together. 25’x45’x10.5’ structure: 1-42” exhaust fan; 1-42” motorized shutter; 1-LB White 115,000 propane ventless heater; 5-3’x10’wire benches; 2- 4’x8’ wire benches; 1-3’x8’ wire bench; 1-shade cloth; 2-12” stir fans. 16x45x9 structure with sliding doors: 1-42” exhaust fan; 1-42” motorized shutter; 2-4x10 wire benches; 8-4x8 benches w/dura bench plastic tops; 1-shade cloth 24x48x10 Atlas snow arch structure: 1-150,000 BTU Modine propane heater; 2-20” stir fans; 1-42” exhaust fan w/shutter; 2-36” motorized shutters; assorted wire benches as follows: 7-4x16, 2-4x15, 3-4x10, 1-4x13, 1-4x8, 1-4x6,2-4x4 1-20x48 rectangular hoops cold frame w/roll up side: 1-48” exhaust fan; 2-48” motorized shutters 1-24x96x10 Atlas snow arch structure: 1-200,000 BTU Reznoir propane heater (new); 1-42” exhaust fan; 3-42” motorized shutters; 3-20” stir fans; 1-12” stir fan; 6-5’x16’ horse panel benches w/metal frame; 6-52”x16’ livestock panel benches; 4-4x8 benches w/dura bench plastic tops; 10- 4x8 wire benches; 1-4x6 wire bench; 4-4x10 wire benches 1-22x96x9 shade structure w/cloth: 22-52”x16’ livestock panel benches supported by pipes and 160 concrete blocks; 4-52”x6’ metal frame benches 1-30x96x12 structure: 2-36” exhaust fans w/shutters; 2-44” motorized shutters; 1-ADP 125,000 BTU propane heater; 1-12” jet fan w/tube; 2-20” stir fans; 5-6’x16’ horse panel benches w/metal frames;2-15’hog panel benches w/frame; 3-4’x80’ lattice benches; 1-4x8 lattice bench; 8-3x8 wire benches; 1-3x6 wire bench; 11-4x8 wire benches 1-30x145 square hoop structure: 2-48” exhaust fans; 4-48” motorized shutters; 4-20” stir fans; wire benches as follows: 12-5x6, 9-5x16, 7-5x14, 1-3x12, 1-3x10, 1-4x6 1-24x96x10 Atlas snow arch structure: new 200,000 BTU Reznoir propane heater; 1-18” stir fan; 3-12” stir fans; 1-42” exhaust fan; 3-42” motorized shutters; wire benches: 3-6x11, 3-4x8, 29-5x6; 18-4x8 w/duratop plastic tops 1-16x96 cold frame structure w/roll up side: 1-125,000 BTU Modine heater; 1-12” jet fan w/tube; 2- 26” shutters; 1-42” motorized shutter; 1-36” exhaust fan 1-18x96 structure with benches: 1-150,000 BTU Modine heater; 2-42” motorized shutters; 1-36” exhaust fan; 1-36” motorized shutter; 4-20” stir fans 1-20x48 rectangular hoop cold frame w/shade cloth: wire benches: 9-4x6, 4-4x12, 2-2x8, 5-4x8 2-20x40 shade structures w/ shade cloths, can stand separate or be joined together Additional benches: 32-3x6 galvanized; 4-4x6metal frame w/lattice; wire benches: 1-4x10, 3-4x8, 4-3x8, 2-2x8, 2-3x10, 2-3x10 w/legs, 1-3x9, 1-3x12, 1-3x13, 2-3x8, 2-3x11, 1-3x10 Vans, E-Z Gog Cart, Trailers & Equipment: 1997 Dodge ¾ ton van, 1998 ½ ton dodge van, Haulmark 12’ box trailer, Honda 3000 is generator w/electric start, Honda eu2000i generator, E-Z GO industrial golf cart; propane tanks: 3-1000 gallon, 2-500 gallon, 1-50lb. propane tank w/infrared heater,1-25lb. propane tank w/infrared heater; 8x32 trailer w/shelving & lighting for 128-1020 flats; germination chamber, holds 70-1020 flats; needle seeder, seeds all sizes of plug trays; plug popper for 288 plug trays; 350 gallon water tank; water pump, electric fogger, 14” Dewalt chop saw, Hobart 125EZ 110 welder w/hood, gloves, & hammer, 1-roll 34x50’ greenhouse 6 mil plastic;  96’ roll up side curtain and components, 10” hanging baskets, 12,14, & 16” fiber baskets, 4” pots and trays, 6” pots & trays, 5 ½” square pots w/tag slot, variety of nursery pots, 1020 flats, 22 row seed trays, 288 plug trays, 5 & 10 hole flower pouches, bamboo stakes and lattice, 16”x24” crates,  display case w/ containers, old national cash register, 5 gallons of battery acid, 10x12 storage shed (needs minor repairs), 4-fertilizer injectors(1/100 ratio) 3- w/tanks, 2-8 zone programmable controllers for irrigation. Exhaust fans: 1-36”, 1-48”, 1-48”, 2-42”, 2-24”;  shutters: 1-24”, 2-42”, 2-36”; ½” dripper tape, 18” & 24” spacing; roll of hanging basket dripper line, emitters, fittings, pvc fittings, thermostats, basket hooks,  roll up side curtain components for 96’ greenhouse; fertilizers: 8-25lb. bags 18-8-17, 4-25lb.bags 20-10-20, 4-25lb. bags 10-30-20, 2-25lb. bags 15-16-17, 1 bag osmocote time release pellets, 3 bags potassium nitrate, insecticides, fungicides, crop oil, green house liquid shade Approximately 200 roses, 1000 perennials, 110 bushes; 138 bags of metro mix 830 potting mix, 34 bags of metro 850 perennial mix, 48 bags sungro seedling mix, 12- 2 cu.ft.bags miracle grow potting mix; 85-50 lb. bags baccate potting mix, 30-40lb. bags topsoil, 30-25 lb. bags baccto potting soil, 45-40 lb. bags of top soil; Wagons:2-18x36”, 2-18x36 plastic bed, 2-24x48, 1-20x36, 2-20x38; 1-20x38 &1-2x4’ double decker; 3-2x4’ four wheel carts; two wheel carts, 1-2x6’, 1-26”x5’, 1-24x54 aluminum w/5 shelves, Wheelbarrows: 2-8 cf two wheel, 3-3cf single wheel Racks:  8-56x23” 4 shelf adjustable, 4/w hanging basket attachments; 2-2x8 wooden 3 shelf w/castors, new; 2-72x32x78” basket racks holds 36; 3-large metal basket racks w/castors holds 45; 9-22x42x56 heavy racks w/castors adjustable shelving. Large lot of labels, several metal sign holders www.ollisauction.com Additional Information, Directions, Pictures & Terms on our website!   400 New Hope Road Buncombe, IL 62912 (618) 833-2227 Toll Free 800-272-9791 Joe Ollis Auction Service, LLC IL. Lic # 444.000380 Information Herein Believed to Be Accurate but Not Warranted Read the full article

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Beautiful Cruising Destinations

From Caribbean hot spots, to quiet anchorages at the bottom of the world, these are some of the most beautiful sailing spots on the planet.

Caribbean

Windward Islands, Caribbean

Tropical rainforests, barrier reefs, secluded anchorages: In the Windward Islands, you’ll get a taste of all that the Caribbean has to offer, and plenty of fine trade-wind sailing to boot.

For sailors, there are multiple choices for your Windward Islands adventures, and from any of them, you can choose to make your sailing vacation as laid-back or as challenging as you’d like.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Leeward Islands, Caribbean

The Leeward Islands are full of cruising hot spots, with much to offer to sailors, making passing through the Caribbean. lush scenery, vibrant reefs and a laid-back vibe make for the ultimate sailing destination.

Read More

Bahamas, Caribbean

The islands of the Bahamas are a cruiser’s playground — clear water, colorful communities and great sailing. The Bahamas offer endless islands to sail between and explore; from the Abacos to the Exumas, each island is unique.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

The Lesser Antilles, in the Eastern Caribbean, are among the best charter destinations on the planet. Why? Diversity and conditions.

The winds, seas and harbors in the Lesser Antilles are nearly ideal 99 percent of the time, and landfalls are perfectly spaced. In many of the most popular chartering waters, destinations are 30 to 40 miles apart — or less. This means you can get up at a reasonable hour, have a thrilling sail, and still manage to clear customs by happy hour.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Cuba, Caribbean

Long off-limits to American cruisers, sailors are now flocking to one of the hottest new Caribbean destinations. With rallies, races and other trips in abundance, the opportunities to explore Cuba abound.

Read More

US & Canada

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Inter Coastal Waterway, USA

Those with a mast height under 64 feet can also take advantage of the beauty and convenience of the Intracoastal Waterway on their trip north or south through the East Coast. While navigating the ICW requires lots of motoring, when conditions are good, the sailing is spectacular.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Southern New England, USA

Cruising through Long Island Sound, anchoring in the Great Salt Pond of Block Island, exploring the coast of Cape Cod – there are endless opportunities to enjoy a romp through Southern New England.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

The Great Lakes, USA/Canada

Some of the best freshwater cruising in the world, the Great Lakes offer endless opportunities for exploration. Each lake offers unique cruising grounds, ports and conditions, from uncharted rocky inlets on the Canadian shores, to bustling cities.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Bermuda

For as long as ocean-going sailors have been sailing the North Atlantic, Bermuda has been the crossroads and one of the most popular destinations for racers and cruisers alike. Opportunities to sail to Bermuda in a group abound, with races and rallies year round heading south to mid-Atlantic. In 2017, Bermuda will host the America’s Cup, giving just one more reason to add Bermuda to your must-see list.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Nova Scotia, Canada

Packed with geologic and cultural history, the beautifully quiet coast of Nova Scotia is a nature lovers dream. Spruce trees, granite, grasses, sea, seals and terns, there is no shortage of excitement here.

Read More

Europe

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Greek Isles, Mediterranean

The sailing can be challenging, but the landfalls — full of history, diverse towns and tasty cuisine — are worth it.

Greece boasts thousands of islands, spread across an enormous geographical area stretching from the Aegean to the Ionian sea. Four of Greece’s five island groups are prime cruising areas: the Cyclades, the Saronic Islands, the Ionian Islands and the Dodecanese. Each group has its own unique character and charm, making each one worth exploring.

Read More

South Pacific

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Fiji, South Pacific

Cruising yachts from all over the world come to Fiji to anchor in the crystal-clear waters of the South Pacific. This Pacific crossroads is a refreshing break, with world-class snorkeling, beach combing and hiking.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Marquesas, French Polynesia

Smack dab in the middle of the South Pacific, the remote and untamed Marquesas are an unforgettable sailing stop – if you can get there. The topography of these young islands ­reflects the dawn of time; the exquisite drama of the islands’ violent, volcanic origins has not yet been smoothed and worn, with towering peaks rising above anchorages.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Tasmania, Australia

Tasmania offers world class cruising, friendly, welcoming people, and a rich sailing history. The beautiful anchorages are uncrowded and private, and the sailing is world class. Just ask anyone who has ever sailed a Sydney Hobart Race.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Whitsunday Islands, Australia

Pristine white sand beaches begging for footprints; the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park just waiting to be snorkeled; and our charter catamaran tugging on her mooring lines, ready to set sail. Who could resist such a tempting welcome from the Whitsunday Islands? Not us.

Read More

Southeast Asia

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Phang Nga Bay, Thailand

Towering rock sculptures rise out of the water in Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay, providing a surreal backdrop for cruising. Anchor among the hongs and hope into a dinghy for an unforgettable experience exploring hidden caves and uncovering secrets from the 10,000 year history of the bay.

Read More

Africa

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Cape Town, South Africa

From the blustery southeaster that can blow 45-60 knots for days on end, the “table cloth” on Table Mountain, to the waterfront with all its great seafaring tales and bars and the beaches of the suburb of Clifton, Cape Town has it all. The weather is like Southern California; you can stay active in the great outdoors year round.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Madagascar, Africa

Madagascar is a true cruising gem. Its culture is a delightful convergence of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as evidenced by the gourmet French meals, baked goods, mélange of rum drinks, vibrant materials for both traditional and modern dress, and the combination of French and local Malagasy language.

Read More

South America

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Chile, South America

The Cape Horn archipelago conjures images of heroic voyages through inhospitable landscapes and harsh, raw conditions, the true beauty Chile is that it’s remote enough to be pristine, but not isolated enough that you feel completely cut off from the rest of the world.

Read More

Antarctica

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Antarctica

Cold, unforgiving and a challenge for even the most seasoned sailor, there isn’t quite any place on earth like Antarctica. Just ask anyone who has been, though, and you’ll find that the journey to the bottom of the world was unforgettable.

Read More

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Beautiful Cruising Destinations

From Caribbean hot spots, to quiet anchorages at the bottom of the world, these are some of the most beautiful sailing spots on the planet.

Caribbean

Windward Islands, Caribbean

Tropical rainforests, barrier reefs, secluded anchorages: In the Windward Islands, you’ll get a taste of all that the Caribbean has to offer, and plenty of fine trade-wind sailing to boot.

For sailors, there are multiple choices for your Windward Islands adventures, and from any of them, you can choose to make your sailing vacation as laid-back or as challenging as you’d like.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Leeward Islands, Caribbean

The Leeward Islands are full of cruising hot spots, with much to offer to sailors, making passing through the Caribbean. lush scenery, vibrant reefs and a laid-back vibe make for the ultimate sailing destination.

Read More

Bahamas, Caribbean

The islands of the Bahamas are a cruiser’s playground — clear water, colorful communities and great sailing. The Bahamas offer endless islands to sail between and explore; from the Abacos to the Exumas, each island is unique.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

The Lesser Antilles, in the Eastern Caribbean, are among the best charter destinations on the planet. Why? Diversity and conditions.

The winds, seas and harbors in the Lesser Antilles are nearly ideal 99 percent of the time, and landfalls are perfectly spaced. In many of the most popular chartering waters, destinations are 30 to 40 miles apart — or less. This means you can get up at a reasonable hour, have a thrilling sail, and still manage to clear customs by happy hour.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Cuba, Caribbean

Long off-limits to American cruisers, sailors are now flocking to one of the hottest new Caribbean destinations. With rallies, races and other trips in abundance, the opportunities to explore Cuba abound.

Read More

US & Canada

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Inter Coastal Waterway, USA

Those with a mast height under 64 feet can also take advantage of the beauty and convenience of the Intracoastal Waterway on their trip north or south through the East Coast. While navigating the ICW requires lots of motoring, when conditions are good, the sailing is spectacular.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Southern New England, USA

Cruising through Long Island Sound, anchoring in the Great Salt Pond of Block Island, exploring the coast of Cape Cod – there are endless opportunities to enjoy a romp through Southern New England.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

The Great Lakes, USA/Canada

Some of the best freshwater cruising in the world, the Great Lakes offer endless opportunities for exploration. Each lake offers unique cruising grounds, ports and conditions, from uncharted rocky inlets on the Canadian shores, to bustling cities.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Bermuda

For as long as ocean-going sailors have been sailing the North Atlantic, Bermuda has been the crossroads and one of the most popular destinations for racers and cruisers alike. Opportunities to sail to Bermuda in a group abound, with races and rallies year round heading south to mid-Atlantic. In 2017, Bermuda will host the America’s Cup, giving just one more reason to add Bermuda to your must-see list.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Nova Scotia, Canada

Packed with geologic and cultural history, the beautifully quiet coast of Nova Scotia is a nature lovers dream. Spruce trees, granite, grasses, sea, seals and terns, there is no shortage of excitement here.

Read More

Europe

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Greek Isles, Mediterranean

The sailing can be challenging, but the landfalls — full of history, diverse towns and tasty cuisine — are worth it.

Greece boasts thousands of islands, spread across an enormous geographical area stretching from the Aegean to the Ionian sea. Four of Greece’s five island groups are prime cruising areas: the Cyclades, the Saronic Islands, the Ionian Islands and the Dodecanese. Each group has its own unique character and charm, making each one worth exploring.

Read More

South Pacific

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Fiji, South Pacific

Cruising yachts from all over the world come to Fiji to anchor in the crystal-clear waters of the South Pacific. This Pacific crossroads is a refreshing break, with world-class snorkeling, beach combing and hiking.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Marquesas, French Polynesia

Smack dab in the middle of the South Pacific, the remote and untamed Marquesas are an unforgettable sailing stop – if you can get there. The topography of these young islands ­reflects the dawn of time; the exquisite drama of the islands’ violent, volcanic origins has not yet been smoothed and worn, with towering peaks rising above anchorages.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Tasmania, Australia

Tasmania offers world class cruising, friendly, welcoming people, and a rich sailing history. The beautiful anchorages are uncrowded and private, and the sailing is world class. Just ask anyone who has ever sailed a Sydney Hobart Race.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Whitsunday Islands, Australia

Pristine white sand beaches begging for footprints; the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park just waiting to be snorkeled; and our charter catamaran tugging on her mooring lines, ready to set sail. Who could resist such a tempting welcome from the Whitsunday Islands? Not us.

Read More

Southeast Asia

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Phang Nga Bay, Thailand

Towering rock sculptures rise out of the water in Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay, providing a surreal backdrop for cruising. Anchor among the hongs and hope into a dinghy for an unforgettable experience exploring hidden caves and uncovering secrets from the 10,000 year history of the bay.

Read More

Africa

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Cape Town, South Africa

From the blustery southeaster that can blow 45-60 knots for days on end, the “table cloth” on Table Mountain, to the waterfront with all its great seafaring tales and bars and the beaches of the suburb of Clifton, Cape Town has it all. The weather is like Southern California; you can stay active in the great outdoors year round.

Read More

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Madagascar, Africa

Madagascar is a true cruising gem. Its culture is a delightful convergence of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as evidenced by the gourmet French meals, baked goods, mélange of rum drinks, vibrant materials for both traditional and modern dress, and the combination of French and local Malagasy language.

Read More

South America

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Chile, South America

The Cape Horn archipelago conjures images of heroic voyages through inhospitable landscapes and harsh, raw conditions, the true beauty Chile is that it’s remote enough to be pristine, but not isolated enough that you feel completely cut off from the rest of the world.

Read More

Antarctica

Beautiful Cruising Destinations

Antarctica

Cold, unforgiving and a challenge for even the most seasoned sailor, there isn’t quite any place on earth like Antarctica. Just ask anyone who has been, though, and you’ll find that the journey to the bottom of the world was unforgettable.

Read More

by Benjamin Meyers and cruisingworld.com

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