1/50 Who is intrepid? Over twenty five years of adventure photography, published by houses like National Geographic and Lonely Planet, exhibited in galleries around the world from Sydney, to New York, to Milan, with 130 1/1s sold along with editions and curated releases (over 500 blockchain-verified collectors with ~150Ξ in intrepid.eth art volume). More 👇

My small family spent two years of our lives essentially stateless, stranded at sea, 18,000km from home, floating on 40ft of fiberglass. 'Freedom to transact' literally became a matter of life or death. This is our story. Australia locked its citizens out from returning during the pandemic. My family (wife and three kids 3, 5 and 6 months old) were sailing on a catamaran in the eastern Caribbean at the time. We ended up there for two years waiting out the pandemic. When the pandemic hit, we essentially became stateless. For a time, all countries within sailing distance closed their borders to Australian-flagged vessels. No flights or cruise ships. My son couldn't renew his passport, and we had to get him temporary (refugee) papers. Initially, we got locked down for 91 days on our boat in an overseas territory of France. The gendarme nautique (water police) prohibited us from leaving the boat. We technically weren't even allowed to swim off the boat at anchor. Early on, desperate to get the kids some exercise, we took the dinghy to an isolated beach. The gendarme came with guns and megaphones to enforce our isolation. The next day, a mini aircraft carrier arrived, and military control was implemented on the island. Hurricane season arrived while we were still in lockdown, ramping up the stress. We provisioned to head to sea if a hurricane approached; stateless, the last resort plan was to drift at sea, waiting out the season. I studied the weather manically. Months passed, hurricanes became imminent, the outlook dire; then Grenada saved us. They let 1,200 stranded boats in, despite their borders being completely shut. A tiny poor country was saving us when my own affluent country was blocking its citizens. This hit home hard. We sailed 3 days non-stop to Grenada. Too late in the season, we faced terrible weather, experiencing multiple frontal systems, winds of 30-40+ knots, and at one point, three tornadic waterspouts closed in around us while the gooseneck bolt on the boom vibrated loose. Two more weeks of quarantine, then freedom after 4 months restricted to the boat. NOAA then issued a hurricane warning with a track map directly over us. We scrambled to prepare and tie to the mangroves. Thankfully, it fizzled out and passed just south of us. As time went by, we became forgotten citizens. 'Freedom to Transact' issues began to arise. We had been living in Canada for the 3 years prior on global expert visas. Canada had also locked us out (it remained open to citizens & PR but not to work visa holders). Our Canadian bank cards expired, and we needed to physically be in Canada to activate new ones. Subsequently, our online banking account was suspended for suspicious activity. Again, we were required to go into a branch to remedy, which was impossible. Our Australian bank access also became restricted. After roaming overseas for too long, our Australian phone SIMs expired and we lost access to our 2FA numbers needed for access to our bank accounts there. To obtain a new SIM, we needed to provide government-approved ID and activate from within Australia. Again, the familiar response was 'come into the bank and we can sort this out'. Loss of freedom of movement essentially led to a loss of freedom to transact. Fortunately, we had access to family who could help us out, and the bank agreed, after much pleading over the phone, to accept a phone number of a family member for 2FA. But the lesson was clear: without Freedom to Transact, you have very limited options to sustain life. The Australian government had also placed a Level 4 travel ban on the entire world for its citizens, previously reserved only for war zones. This immediately rendered both our travel and health insurance policies void due to exemption clauses for travel to Level 4 areas. The Panama Canal then shut to vessels under 80ft. And so began two, often stressful, years at sea, 18,000km from home, reliant on the benevolence of small foreign countries to provide the very shelter that our own country refused to render. In this crazy chapter of our lives, we faced numerous challenges, yet savoured incredible family experiences. Chiseled by the stress, we entered a heightened state of existence, ultimately transforming it into the most extraordinary time of our lives. Navigating through immense technical and geopolitical intricacies, we journeyed using little more than wind across 15 countries & territories during the pandemic. With the absence of cruise ships/flights, the Caribbean's remote tranquility echoed the serenity of the 1950s. Sailing into endless sunsets, dolphins playfully surfed our bow's wake, as the stars emerged in the evening sky. We saw numerous volcanic islands materialise on the horizon, and explored untouched jungles and secluded waterfalls. We spent time with the kids wildlife spotting for monkeys, iguanas, bird colonies. Exploring volcanic landscapes, relaxing in hot springs. Swimming and diving over the reef with turtles and schools of fish. Just enjoying the sea and each other as we watch the kids grow up. Endless hours at the beach meeting other stranded families from all over the world with vastly different backgrounds but ultimately a shared story. A common experience to bond us together. We ran our own renewable power systems; solar and wind into a lithium bank. We made our own water via a small desalination unit, caught our own fish. Drank rum punch and watched the green flash from more remote beaches than one could expect to see in tens of lifetimes. Not all roses obviously. The flip side was the challenges of raising a baby girl and two boys including doing home school in a confined space. Coming up to speed under duress as landlubbers with the realities of sailing, navigation, weather routing, and all boat systems. Constantly working on the seemingly infinite list of boat maintenance jobs. Endless time spent provisioning and looking for parts. Fitting in the time to work remotely to keep us alive financially. Dragging anchor in midnight squalls, having other boats drag around you. Enduring sleep deprivation from anchor alarms and a breastfeeding infant, we somehow persevered on multi-day sails without access to additional crew, testing our limits. We then faced extended lockdowns and quarantines everywhere upon arrival. The mental angst of that initial 91 days of lockdown in the hurricane belt hoping that boarders would open somewhere for Australian flagged vessels before the hurricane season started will be with me for life. Certainly the hardest thing we have done as a family. The 18 months that followed was a sublimely beautiful yet at times crushingly difficult; in hindsight the most meaningful time in our lives. When we finally made it home to Australia after two years floating on 40ft of fiberglass, it felt like an alternate reality. People at home stressing about the smallest of issues and arguing over trivial things. The Australia I left, a nation of prolific travellers, was now scared of foreigners in a way I had never thought possible in my life. Something had been lost in the population here. They had their own lockdown trauma. In a bizarre way being stranded at sea liberated us from it. Forged by circumstance, intermeshed into the physical world around us, our preconceived boundaries of what was possible in life physically and emotionally had been removed. Yet in other ways it led to a kind of PTSD reintegrating into society. Everyone took for granted simple freedoms like freedom of movement, freedom to always be able to return to your home country, and freedom to transact. We knew first hand how fragile it all was. I held back releasing ocean work or even this story as I needed time to process the experience. After two years of being back on land I created the Intrepid Ocean series to attempt to work though these thoughts and emotions. The experience highlighted the fragility of the global norms and governance systems we take for granted. Now after three years back in Australia we are heading back to our boat in the Caribbean to finish what we started. The kids are now 4,8,10. So here we are again on the precipice about to jump off. To find out who we truly are, as individuals, as a family.

1/35 Why is 'Freedom to Transact' so vital? Why I am I committed to spread the msg via memes such as @punk6529's ? I spent two years of my life essentially stateless, stranded at sea, 18,000km from home, floating on 40ft of fiberglass; freedom to transact became life or death.

Perhaps my favourite stretch of road ? Where is yours ?

1/50 gm. Who is Intrepid? Over twenty five years of adventure photography, published by houses like National Geographic and Lonely Planet, exhibited in galleries around the world, 101 1/1s in the hands of collectors (over 100Ξ in intrepid.eth art volume) since May 2021. More 👇

gm from the sublime

gm from Canada. We are now officially full time adventuring with our three autistic kids. Seems totally crazy; but life is too short and for many even shorter than they anticipate. I have been offline a lot as we have been packing up our lives in Australia. Hard to even explain to people just how much work that entails but a few of the major things were; quitting our jobs, taking our kids out of school and prepping for home school, putting all our stuff into storage, renovating our house so we can rent it out, selling our cars and motorbikes, getting some last minute surgeries to deal with some health issues for me and the boys, organising a mass of logistical stuff like new sails for our boat in the Caribbean, a mass of paperwork like various vias and boat registrations, and then trying to say goodbye to everyone. We will be here in Canada for a month to catch up with some friends and family and do a wee road trip; and then head down to Aruba. From Aruba we will see where the wind takes us, but the plan is 1-5 years exploring. Two opposites in location and climate; The North and the Ocean. Two places etched deeply into my heart. I plan to be online here a bit more than I have been, sharing my work as we adventure. I also plan to some more spaces and bring the voice back a little. My commitment to this space is unwavering. We took down the Starlink dish of our remote cabin in Australia and brought it with us, so internet this time will be a lot easier than it was when we were stranded at sea in the pandemic. I am tired and jetlagged right now and my neurodivergent kids are massively overexcited and bouncing off our tiny hotel room. I prob averaged 3-4 hours sleep a night for the past couple of weeks in the final push to leave. This is not going to be one of those trips like you see in the magazines at fancy resorts. This will be the full spectrum of life the old-fashioned way; before everyone decided to shield themselves in suburbia flattening human emotions into what can often feel like a stable comfortable nothingness. We will get to feel the trials and tribulations of seeing the world. The contrasts of things like kids tantruming while waiting for a public transport which never seems to come with blissful swimming in tranquil waters or playing in the snow. The feeling of the extremes of temperatures rather than a climate controlled existence. Being forced to eat food outside of your comfort zone because that’s all the location has. To develop respect for other peoples and their cultures and ways of life. To ultimately become comfortable with who you are and your place in the world, the raw version, not the controlled one you project from within your safe boundaries at home. We tried this last time; after three years in Canada it ended in two crazy years at sea in the global pandemic with a home county who turned their back on our existence and locked us out. That experience highlighted the fragility of the global norms and governance systems we all take for granted; the fragility of your rights to freedom to transact. Ultimately the pain and forced self reliance of that experience shaped who we are, like a sharpening a stone axe head against a rock. But we came home feeling like we never got a chance to use the axe. So here we are again on the precipice about to jump off. To find out who we truly are, as individuals, as a family. LFG

gm. just a little spot we found in an out of the way location.

gm from the rarest photo I will ever take

End of an Era. We’re back in Aruba after 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km or 12,500 miles), 430 anchorages, and nearly four years living at sea. What now? We’re hauling out the boat and mothballing it for 18 to 24 months, taking a land break back at our remote property in Australia. Adventure is exhausting, and the kids deserve some time with their grandparents - time to roam on land, dig holes in the earth, sit around a fire, and watch the milky way from the hot tub. I’ll be flying back via NYC for NFT NYC, so if you’re in town, be sure to say hi! When we come back we need to decide if we sail east to Europe or west across the Pacific.

1/10 "Salt", my @SuperRare genesis, is now live! I wanted to start my journey on SR with something that challenged your fundamental perception of what earthly landscapes look like.

I need to remind myself how epic my kids are sometimes.

Epic to finally meet @beeple today and get a unique print from Diffuse Control

Caught five mahi this morning ; looks like it’s fish tacos for the rest of the week.

We bring a little bit of the Caribbean to NYC mfers ⛵️🗽

Created a new moment link to display my available NFT's .nitter.app/i/events/1425067363179…

Landscape or Wildlife ? Which do you prefer to shoot ? Two of my current available shots .

1/34 My small family spent two years of our lives essentially stateless, stranded at sea, 18,000km from home, floating on 40ft of fiberglass. 'Freedom to transact' literally became a matter of life or death. This is our story👇

gm. What a crazy few days. My tweet about being at sea in the pandemic, after being blocked as a thread and reposed as one big ugly block of text, is now marching towards 1 million impressions (at 890K). Big welcome to the two thousand new followers who joined along for the ride in the past 48 hours. We are still in Northern BC at the moment. Been wonderful to catch up with some old friends here who it has been too long since we were able to share our time together. @punk6529 has a great tweet on how little you actually get to see the people you love before time runs out. We also managed to get another run in on the Icefields Parkway in Alberta in lovely winter conditions (was about -15C/5F) with a foot of snow falling the night before which brought back a lot of memories of my time up here shooting the Northern Exposure series. The family had an amazing moose herd experience this time around; some amazing shots to come. On the way back into BC we got one last glimpse of Mt Robson. Hard to find a better stretch of road in the world. Robson has been kind to me over the years with the road shot below being sold to BC Tourism to use as part of their welcome packs and my Steve shot over Mt Robson being used as the basis of a physics publication funded by the European Space Agency. This phase of our journey up here in Canada is coming to an end however and we head back to our boat in Aruba in a weeks time to face our demons and get the boat prepared to hit the high seas again.

1/24 "Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?” A question that will haunt me as long as I live. Intrepid Ocean aims to document the two years my family was standard, essentially stateless, at sea in the pandemic 👇

Years in planning, several days hiking, and several nights without sleep on the mountain. Did you know Mars is 7 times further away when both at aphelion (~250vs35 million miles). That’s what makes the close approach so special. @withFND #nftphotography foundation.app/@intrepidphot…

gm. hope everyone has a few roads like this in their life.

A little intrepid outback

1/7 After two years of being stranded at sea, far from home, it became clear that without the freedom to transact and freedom of movement, there are limited options for survival. Super excited to share 'Seas the Memes', my @punk6529 meme card, with everyone.

gm. Hope everyone has enough salt in their diet 🩷

All 12 now sold out 🤯

gm from Puerto Rico mfers

So who knows what 'Steve' is? These are not shots of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) or the Aurora Australis (Southern Lights); but shots of 'Steve'. Steve is east/west mid latitude phenomena, at lower latitudes than you typically see an Aurora.

1/13 Two years on a cold dark crusade documenting 'Steve'. 50 long nights awake in remote frozen wastelands with temperatures as low as -40C (-40F). The time for Steve to come to @SuperRare has arrived. Let me explain why this purple ribbon is so special, why it's so important👇

The more time you spend at sea the more you realise that most of the problems people complain about on land are artificial constructs.

1/9 Very rarely, the desert comes alive. Flooding rain brings dormant grasses to life. Soon the grass dies again, the land returns to sleep for another generation, and the fabled Never Never land of the Australian outback returns to our dreams. 'Alive' is now live on @SuperRare

We sailed across an ocean of glass today.

gm. seek out the wild, before it's too late.

I suppose “getting chased by a waterspout while under sail” can come off the bucket list ⛵️

(1/16) Ever wondered about the different colours and types of Aurora phenomena? I have shot a lot over the years so thought I would do a thread on Aurora types. I will start with the classic overhead green aurora. These next few shots were taken during a G3 (KP7) solar storm.

1/7 Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. This alignment of Mars over Assiniboine was the result of years of planning, followed by days hiking, then several sleepless cold nights on the side of a mountain running on nothing but caffeine and creative determination.

Endless

gm from the south coast of Puerto Rico

(1/19) IntrepidPhotos.eth represents a lifetime of adventure photography by Robert Downie. Six continents over two decades, published by multiple houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet. Adventure for life, photography for life, NFT's for life. More info 👇

gn. Never loose your sense of wonder about the universe ✨

After days of flooding rain, navigating sketchy 4WD tracks, and endless flood crossings we finally made it to an Outback not like anything you have ever seen before. Might not be like this for another twenty years👇. Coming soon to @SuperRare 👀 DM for info .

Wow I literally can't believe it. @caktux you are a legend. I hope you realize the full extent of how your changing peoples lives. Full respect; I will never forget. It will be an honor to have my genesis NFTs in your amazing collection.

Only 14 hours to go to Turks and Caicos . Should arrive first light tomorrow morning. We snagged this Mahi a couple of hours ago.

Three years and 291 anchorages. We keep on sailing ⛵️

gm. make sure you keep your eyes on the end goal.

mum walked in and asked him to send it all back lol

1/37 Twenty five years of adventure photography. I, have been published by high quality traditional houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet, exhibited in galleries around the world, and have sold 89 1/1s (85Ξ in NFT trading volume) since May 2021. Info 👇

1/34 Twenty five years of adventure photography. I, Robert Downie, have been published by high quality traditional houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet, exhibited in galleries around the world, and had over 80Ξ in NFT trading volume since May 2021. Info 👇

1/23 A lifetime of adventure photography. Robert Downie has been published by high quality traditional houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet, had work displayed in galleries around the world, and had over 70Ξ in NFT trading volume since May 2021. More info 👇

gm. Crazy day today. The family all has the flu, but we pushed on and got up at 4am to catch some wind for an 8 hour sail to the Berry islands. Just after sunrise had this monster chasing us. Right brain saying fk no this could be bad; left brain saying fk yes I ways wanted to capture one !

Had to rescue an unconscious local fisherman out at sea today. Another boat was there and fished him out of the water . We had friends visiting who happen to be a doctor so she went over and treated for hyperthermia and revived him. Then we took him into a private island with airstrip and they refused to let him go onto the island unless they could prove payment of medivac flight . Eventually he came too after treatment he came too and gave his wife’s name ; could not remover his phone. We managed to track his wife via Facebook and get a msg to her and she found some cash for the medivac and got him off island. What a crazy day.

gm. find the peace in the chaos

1/6 It’s alive! It’s alive! My submission for consideration for Szn 11 of the @punk6529 memes. A homage to the birth of a network state. Decentralised. Borderless. Rooted in ancient earth. A blend of aerial photography from the Australian outback with the quiet force of decentralised art. Lines cut across salt and shadow, where water has left its mark. The land speaks in shapes. This is more than landscape. It is a decentralised map that breathes. A slow rising: of systems, of sovereignty, of a vision shared across space and time.

1/8 Having a single perspective on something can distort your reality. To quote Thoreau, "It's not what you look at that matters; it's what you see." 'Sky Boat' is now live on @SuperRare !

1/12 gm. Let me introduce "The Road to 100". I sold my 100th 1/1 on Ξ (hitting over 100Ξ trading volume) in December. I know numbers are just numbers but 100 humbled me as to what an achievement that is. 'The Road to 100' is a free mint to everyone who put their faith in me 👇

feeling like heading into the wild

Super bullish on @newlightvisuals. Just kicked off the auction for his last available piece in his Storm Surfers collection (love storms and love surfing) foundation.app/@newlightvisu…

1/10 During the pandemic, we weren't the only souls adrift at sea. As nations closed their doors, the horizon was dotted with the spectral presence of ghost ships - immense cargo carriers, tankers, and cruise liners.

Sad to say I am 95 % sure now I have Dengue fever 😢. One of the most painful miserable experiences I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with. Sorry if I promised to deliver anything everything is on hold while I fight this. Dengue is no joke .

There is a stillness that comes just before the storm. Not silence, but a kind of awareness. The sea tuning itself. The sky holding its breath. In the quiet before chaos, we do not run. We look up. And we see it. The beauty because of the storm, not in spite of it. That is what it means to be enlightened. Not untouched by darkness, but awake in its presence. Up until now the Intrepid Ocean series has been only 1/1 pieces. Enlightened is a low cost edition of 69. A celebration of surviving my voyage. A thank you to the community who supported me along the way. The genesis of a new series of community editions.

GN

Location vs the shot. Location shot is a rare portrait of me. Preparing for the alignment of the Mars close approach over Assiniboine took a crazy amount of time and effort. Available up on @withFND. foundation.app/@intrepidphot…

1/17 A flawless mirror of ice, undisturbed by wind or snowfall. Light dancing along the fractures. The Dark Crystal has arrived 👇

gm from the Intrepid Ocean. We are leaving the Caicos bank today and sailing to the Bahamas.

This is a super special shot to me. I love storm chasing and came back to this vista numerous times over a period of 7 years watching storms to get this shot. It’s in a world heritage remote wilderness area in Oz. @withFND #wxtwitter #nftphotographer foundation.app/@intrepidphot…

Dropping a collection of 66 shots from a lifetime of chasing waterfalls. Spent the past twenty years travelling through over fifty countries seeking out little known parts of this world. These are the IntrepidFalls. All 0.35Ξ @opensea #nftphotography opensea.io/collection/intrep…

sup mfers? We like to do a little vibing on the lake with @sartoshi_nft

gm. Been a sad day. We push on.

(1/2) gm @SuperRareRoses. Submitted my application video today! I specialize in photographing remote locations and rare phenomena. More than 50 countries over two decades. Adventure for life, NFT's for life. Would love to be part of the @SuperRare team.

IntrepidPhotos.eth is all about remote locations and rare phenomena. I have shot in more than 50 countries over two decades. Adventure for life, NFT's for life. LFG 🚀🚀 For up to date information on my NFT collections click on this Twitter moment link nitter.app/i/events/1425067363179…

gm. been a crazy week getting back to the boat. Mostly done on the initial assessment of what needs fixing on the boat after 3 years hauled out. Now waist deep in a crazy amount of boat jobs and ordering parts to be expressed in. Sadly a lot of the old electronics have given up the ghost being stored, so I have decided to do a full control systems electrical refit now along with recommissioning the three engines, changing sail drive gearbox oils and seals, and changing out all the through huls below the water line. We also have new sails coming in a couple of weeks and will replace most of the running rigging. So this is why I have not been on twitter much this past week. Thanks for all the kind comments about the podcast with @GuyNorcal podcast. Once we get though this next month of craziness I will be on here a lot more sharing out adventures. Caribbean time is super frustrating when your trying to get things done ;-) To help me get though I am posting an old reel from when the kids were 3.5 years younger to give me some motivation about how good its going to be when we get out there again. Life is too short to focus on how miserable the grind is sometimes; and tbh these periods of intense work make the joy and freedom of being out there even more special. If it was easy everyone would be doing it. Hope everyone is well. Exciting to see twitter firing up with life as some liquidity comes in again.

gm from Vortex

1/9 gm. Australia is large; larger than most think due to Mercator map distortions. Real Outback driving is closer to offshore sailing than road tripping in terms of consequences of failure and self resilience. If you break down out there your literally on you're own.

1/19 A lifetime of adventure photography. Robert Downie has been published by high quality traditional houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet, had work displayed in galleries around the world, and had almost 70Ξ in NFT trading volume since May 2021. More info 👇

We live for the North.

gm to everyone who loves roadtrips. What is your favorite place to drive though?

Been a difficult day; but we keep on pushing on.

So now we know from the algo all you all have to do is like and RT this and we are going to moon. Comment if you vibe.

1/13 Super excited to reveal my @SuperRare curated release in the Intrepid Ocean series which goes live tomorrow. More info on Intrepid Ocean series, and each piece in the drop below 👇

gm from Northern Exposure. Dreaming of the wild.

I have been living on a small sailing vessel these past two years escaping the pandemic. Starting to dream of road trips. Here are a few of my road shots. Would love to see your favourite road shots 👇 and I will retweet them. #nftphotography

goodbye NY. Still pinching myself that I had five photographic pieces displayed across four gallery venues this past week 🤯. We are just getting started.

gm. We do a little Intrepid Nights ✨

gm from the ocean . Puerto Rico here we come .

Once you spend time in the North it etches into your soul. Northern Exposure is a result of three years searching for the sublime.

Thanks . Hard to believe it looking back on it

gm. a little Caribbean magic

Light in the Darkness & Ice Fractures are officially part of the legendary collection owned by @caktux. In the industry for 20 years; never seen excitement and hope spread among photographers like the #NFTphotographers movement. Thanks again Vince for giving value to our passion.

In a crazy turn around my new post has hit 300k impressions🤯. I posted a revised version of my story 9 days ago with new photos as a 35 post thread. @X then proceeded to ghost ban me; my posts were marked as unavailable even my followers. I guess this means the ban is over 🔥

My rarest ever image 👀 So rare it was used as the basis of a physics paper funded by the European Space Agency.

1/20 A lifetime of adventure photography. Robert Downie has been published by high quality traditional houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet, had his work displayed in galleries around the world, and had over 60Ξ in NFT trading volume since May 2021. More info 👇

We are 9 months into in a crazy adventure at sea at the moment which has been extremely physically, emotionally and financially challenging. I am a stubborn old bastard but this almost has me in tears. Massive thanks to everyone who has ever supported me ; from buying my work to just a simple gm . Without everyone here in web 3 my little family would not be able to go on the adventures we do.

gmfers; we sailing to NYC 🗽

1/41 Twenty five years of adventure photography, published by high quality traditional houses including National Geographic and Lonely Planet, exhibited in galleries around the world and 95 1/1s in the hands of collectors (~90Ξ in NFT trading volume) since May 2021. Info 👇

(1/8) Tue Nov 9, 19:30 PST, join me in a space by @jlindsayfilm with @PaulSchmitPhoto, @CosmosAstroArt, @mthrofmountains, and @walasavagephoto. I plan to talk about the confluence of events leading the improbable capture and scientific publication of "Steve over Berg Lake".

gm. While the timeline is busy arguing over what trend is more dead ; I am still out here floating across the oceans, searching for what’s real in this life. Collect things you connect with, things that make you feel something, things that you’re proud to show others. Then the next trend becomes irrelevant. Art and adventure are two key traits that differentiate us as human. Almost everything else in life is fad based. Never stop searching for the sublime .

We do a little modern art homeschooling with our kids ⛵️

gn. About 30 hours to go to the Dominican Republic. Just picked up a couple of Blackfin tuna at sunset.

we love the North. Would you live there?

This week’s been rough. That peculiar sadness of transition, of things coming to an end. We’ve hauled the boat, tucked her up like some sleeping beast. The family flew home to Australia, carrying laughter and loose ends. I remain, in the yard, alone, scrambling around the hull like a forgotten creature. It’s meant to be the dry season here. But rain keeps coming. Thick, hot, tropical rain that makes no sense on a supposedly desert island. The mainsail is still up, heavy with water. Rigging runs with wetness. Every little job - fiberglass work, engine work, cleaning, stowing - has been postponed indefinitely by humidity and absurd weather. There’s a massive to-do list. It mocks me. Five days left. Even finding objects onboard is like wandering through a fog. Nothing stays dry. Nothing stays where it should. You wonder why people put themselves through this. Why they choose the wandering life. But then I remember: the coral shelves, the sky at anchor, a child asleep with salt in her hair. And I feel it again, a flicker of joy, stubborn and pure.