Need for speed

A Remedy to Rising Tides Author : Kelly Louiseize  Editor : Jennifer J. Lacelle  Date : May 3, 2021   Holland is a fake country stolen from the sea artificially by dikes, pumps, dams, gates and bridges, says Koen Olthuis architect and owner of Waterstudio NL. If water seeps in, one better hope the infrastructure is flawless.  Any breaks would cause much of the land that houses almost 700,000 people to...

A Neighbourhood on Water Author :  Kelly Louiseize  Editor : Jennifer J. Lacelle  Date : May 3, 2021   Scott Collins and Arleen Ma often paddled by the rows of floating homes along Richardson Bay in Sausalito, California wishing one day they could afford to purchase one. Five years prior, the couple bought a 36-foot trawler and it was there they spent weekends.   Collins says plenty of sailors make fun of...

A Family Bound by Bonds  Circumnavigating the World Author : Kelly Louiseize  Editor : Jennifer J. Lacelle  Date : June 25, 2021 Christopher Cross’ song “Sailing” faintly plays in the recesses of the mind - the raw, simple, adventure of opening one’s senses to nature. A breeze caresses the main sail of Gromit, fluttering it with a whisper as the sun perches on top its mast.  It’s a moment frozen in...

I Can Sea for Miles Author : Kelly Louiseize  Editor : Jennifer J. Lacelle  Date : June 28, 2021   Imagine going to sleep under the stars or rising to have a cup of coffee on the patio overlooking the vast ocean with dolphins playing below like children. It sounds fantastic and for Grant Romundt, it wasn’t a consideration until he met Rüdiger (Rudy) Koch on a plane bound for Thailand. ...