http://www.bigoceans.com Bigoceans | Long distance small boat sailing Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bigoceans.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6323 domestik.net » Blog Archive » Congratulations to Nick and Constellation Thu, 01 May 2008 08:27:13 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/about/#comment-6323 [...] Love and congratulations go to Nick Jaffe who has just crossed the Atlantic single handed in a little boat called Constellation in 30 days. [...] [...] Love and congratulations go to Nick Jaffe who has just crossed the Atlantic single handed in a little boat called Constellation in 30 days. [...]

]]> http://www.bigoceans.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3020 Bear180 » Blog Archive » Nick Jaffe is sailing back to Australia Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:24:30 +0000 http://www.bigoceans.com/about/#comment-3020 [...] Nick Jaffe is a 26 year old German/Australian who is determined to sail his Contessa 26 from Europe to Australia single handed.  Some may think attempting to sail half way around the world in a 26ft yacht is a little crazy, but the Contessa 26 is a very seaworthy boat and it has been used to do  circumnavigations in the past, most notably by Tanya Aebi, in the mid 80’s when she was only 18 years old.  We intend to follow his progress and you can too at his bigoceans blog. In Nick’s own words… I envision this project as a combination of Art, Technolgy, Environmentalism and Adventure. It is a bringing together of my greatest interests, in order to create a diverse project far greater than myself, one that is overwhelming in every way. [...] [...] Nick Jaffe is a 26 year old German/Australian who is determined to sail his Contessa 26 from Europe to Australia single handed.  Some may think attempting to sail half way around the world in a 26ft yacht is a little crazy, but the Contessa 26 is a very seaworthy boat and it has been used to do  circumnavigations in the past, most notably by Tanya Aebi, in the mid 80’s when she was only 18 years old.  We intend to follow his progress and you can too at his bigoceans blog. In Nick’s own words… I envision this project as a combination of Art, Technolgy, Environmentalism and Adventure. It is a bringing together of my greatest interests, in order to create a diverse project far greater than myself, one that is overwhelming in every way. [...]

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