Gustaf and the MY Emelina Crew explore Washington DC You first met my wee little traveling gnome, Gustaf, a few weeks ago when Sam and I discovered him in a tiny box at a Barnes & Noble store in West Palm Beach, Florida. He has been cooped up in our cabin for the last while (next to my troll) and has been itching to venture out. He was so excited that he almost dropped his basket of flowers when I picked him up and put him in my handbag.With the afternoon off,half of our crew and Gustaf set out on a > more

The Stewardess Bible Talks to the adventurous and beautiful super yacht Stewardess Amy Dawes This beatiful stewardess is more than just a pretty face! . Check out what Amy has to say about  life, travel and being involved in a new build project in Holland. http://stewardessbible.com/interview-with-amy-dawes/  > more

The concept yachting’s for all is terribly flawed; more often than not people come with false ideas and unrealistic expectations.  Chartering is brutal, the majority of jobs are mundane and crossing the world’s oceans is serious stuff. I’ve seen mucho deckhands, talkative stews, and gruff assistant engineers turn purple and disappear into their cabins when the swell picks up. Didn’t the crew agent tell you that pounding into a head sea is a violent and sleepless experience? Did you fail to see just how far the continents are apart and how terribly large the world’s oceans are? Yachting is the > more