LIZARD ISLAND

I’m on an uninhabited island with a machete in my hand and I’m about to go full metal jacket on a sprouted coconut. The sun is a whisper of a thing and somewhere the sky is raining, yet still, somehow, the sea has got the sparkle of a disco ball. I’m dressed in this short …

THE DOC

I pack my bags, lock Juniper up, and climb into a longboat headed for Gizo. Everything aches, even my eyeballs. The boat ride exists inside a swirl of rain. I arrive, dog wet, and walk to the Gizo hotel- it’s not far from the only hospital this side of the Solomons. My flight is in …

2026 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE

I hardly slept, narrowly escaped another cargo ship, and got escorted by dolphins in the golden sunrise. Seeing dolphins never gets old. Nor does the sun rising or setting. Nor does the vision of a flyingfish flying. When those things get old I suppose I’ll abandon the waves and move to a jungle or some …

PORT MARY

A wave just threw me off of the throne, or head, or toilette, or whatever you want to call it. I left Port Mary at 5 AM. It was still dark and there was a man fishing underwater- the green glow of his flashlight pulsing as I headed straight out the treacherous pass without the …