S.V. Shadow of Lorelei: SailBlogs

Farewell Mauro

Pauline — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:37:30 -0500

Mauro died suddenly of cardiac arrest in Subic Bay, on 13 January 2010 . Our departure date from Subic had been set, and we were sharing a final 'goodbye' meal in Subic with Father Michael Duffin, a long time friend we met on our first visit to the Philippines in 1991. Father Michael, together with our friends Fran & Tom from SV Dagon, helped me with the final arrangements in Olongapo, for which I will always be grateful. I am also extremely grateful to Terry Sargent of SV Valhalla and his lovely companion Rose, who immediately and without hesitation or conditions, offered to help me sail Shadow of Lorelei to Sutera Harbour, in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, where I am now and plan to stay for the time being. (Continued...)

Cruising in Languages

Mauro — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:20:14 -0600

Well I knew there was a good reason why we've stayed all this time here in Subic. Finally the blog site is translatable into 9 major languages, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish. Just go to the bottom of the page and click on one of the flags and the page will automatically go to the Google translation service. (Continued...)

Saigon Snapshot, Vietnam

Mauro — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:05:41 -0500

Amongst the gnarled roots of a scarred almond tree, thrusting through a crack in the broken pavement around its base, a red flower stood beaming despite the heat. (Continued...)