Sailing Yacht Coco
The excellent adventures of Alex & Jac
We are selling Coco, our beautiful Swan 54. She needs a new home.
A new adventure is on the way. We’ve ordered a new Swan 58 and are planning to sail the Mediterranean. #sailingyachtcoco
A voyage of discovery, learning, challenges and memories of a lifetime “If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it, even...
So we made it. A couple of people with a dream. Thankfully we didn’t know enough about sailing around the world when we left Nautor’s yard in Jakobstad Finland...
This leg has been an epic adventure. We even had some time to take a dog-leg north, kinda in the wrong direction, to visit the remote atoll of Suwarrow on...
We’ve sailed a long way to find this. I mean don’t get me wrong; we’ve seen some really beautiful places and met some awesome people. And the diversity of the places...
Endless miles of ocean; it takes time and bends it, until you lose any structure you thought you had in your day. You eat, you sleep when you can, you sail,...
The sea is still the sea no matter where you are. Its blue(ish), salty (some more than others), the wind blows, its flat, its not, its cold, its not. But it’s still...
Well, here we are – about half way home. It’s a real milestone for us and I’m leaving the Caribbean, and the first half of our adventure, with mixed feelings. We’ve...
Now that we’ve made it across the Atlantic and we are Swanning around the Caribbean, I thought I’d add some comments on how we go about getting ready for a long...
So are we living the dream? That’s a good question to ask right now, 6,750 nautical miles (12,500 kilometers) and 2 ½ months into the trip. The last sector of this...
Or 4600km for the landlubbers amongst us! Anyway, it’s a long way and yes its really happening. This first part of the journey has been a bit rushed. We’ve been heading...
Well, we made it. After almost a year of planning we are currently sailing the Baltic Sea down the coast of Sweden. To kick off the sailing stories I’ll cover the...
Well, we think so anyway… The muppets at Selden masts have somehow managed to screw up the delivery of our beautiful carbon fibre mast and so our sail away date of...
We are only two months out from the estimated delivery date for Coco, our beautiful Swan 54 yacht (yes, it totally is like a birth). There’s the process of final sail...
Those moments of luck in your life when you decide to tack on a side trip after a conference and it turns out to be a plan so cunning it’s worthy...
Crickey, it starts to get real when the drawings turn up! The hull construction for Coco, our beautiful Swan 54 is about to start. I’m pretty stoked that we got to...
First it was Gabby, and she’s beautiful. And to be fair, still a very large part of my life, even after two years together. And with time, my wife has grown...
Gabby is home for a visit. Wicked. We had her shipped from the UK back to New Zealand late last year and she arrived in Auckland ready for summer. Getting her...
I have been remiss in sharing with you some thoughts and pictures of the ocean environment while on our recent Indonesian dive trip through the Flores and Banda Sea’s, and Southern...
Sailing Yacht Coco 