Sailing in my Sarong Around the World
World circumnavigation on yacht Valiam & Caribbean to Turkey on yacht Lati
The Adventures of Linda and Captain Underpants!
Who: Linda and Bill Anderson. To buy our books 'Sailing in my Sarong' or 'Salvage in my Sarong' for $39.95 +postage, see Paypal/visa button below (or email us: valiam1@hotmail.com)
Port: Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Gallery
See our complete Ships logs - click on 'Post list'
Favourite sites & Friends around the world
- BOM Aussie weather
- Linda's Facebook Art page - Scribbling Barefoot and Mosaics
- Noonsite : yachtie info for whole world
- Sailing in my Sarong Facebook page
- Bumfuzzle
- Noel and Jackie's journeys
- Peter and Anne's travel blog
- S Y Anastasia - Anna Karin and Thomas from Sweden
- SV Nine of Cups - Marcie & David
- SV Marcy - Peter and Ginger
- weather - passage weather
SailBlogs Friends
Linda's books "Sailing in my Sarong" or "Salvage in my Sarong" are A$39.95 each + A$10 postage in Australia for up to 4 books. Other countries please email Linda : valiam1@hotmail.com
04 September 2023
29 July 2023 | Iluka NSW
29 July 2023 | Iluka NSW
18 August 2022 | Iluka
01 July 2021 | Iluka Beach
10 February 2021
24 January 2021 | Esk River, Bunjalung National Park,
23 January 2021
04 November 2020
20 August 2020 | Lawries Boat Services, Orana St Buddina Qld 4575
19 August 2020 | Lawries Boatyard, Kawana Waters Qld
19 August 2020 | Lawries Boatyard, Kawana Waters Qld
26 July 2020
19 July 2020
12 June 2020
03 May 2020
12 April 2020
WRITERS BLOG TOUR – July / Aug 2014
08 August 2014 | Athens Greece to Sunshine Coast Australia
Writer's Blog Tour - July 2014
Thanks to fellow author and blogging buddy Jackie Parry who invited me to join this blog tour. I have to answer four questions posed by her, and tag two more writers to answer the same questions on their blog or FB page.
What are you working on?
Lati's Story which hasn't an official title as yet. There are a few favourites such as:
Love is a Recycled Boat
Salvage in my Sarong
A Little Latitude
Boat repairs in exotic locations
What sarong with this boat?
And a suggested blurb by Steve Allen:
An Atlantic crossing and a Mediterranean cruise on a boat bought by accident (almost) online.
Join the latest adventures of Linda and Captain Underpants when Bill's half-joking bid on a wreck in the USVI, wins. Follow the highs and lows as they ready the little "Lati" for sea and their Atlantic crossing to the romantic Med for a cruising season.
A must-read adventure that makes anything seem possible.
My new book is about how my husband surprised me (and himself ) on winning a bid on eBay for a 45 year old wooden boat half way across the world in the Caribbean. She was abandoned, had been robbed and almost stolen by pirates and a total mess when we arrived from Australia. Lati required all our stamina, devotion and funds to make her seaworthy. It's a story of love, faith and determination.
Initially I was horrified and reluctant to become involved in my husband's crazy scheme. But somehow this gallant little 31ft ship emerged like Cinderella taking us 3500 nautical miles to Portugal, the gateway of the Mediterranean. For three summers she took us on a romantic cruise to Italy, Greece and Turkey fitting easily into quaint harbours among the local fishing boats.
The voyage was not without drama as we continued to repair her engine in exotic locations. We certainly got to know the locals that way!
It's a story about a small yacht that despite being on the brink of the scrap heap, showed her strength and grace sailing across oceans keeping us safe.
How does your work feel different to others in its genre?
I write with honesty but also try to see the funny side of life. I believe that taking such a huge risk by resurrecting this abandoned boat and taking off across the world is something many people dream of. I also express myself through drawing so my artwork is an integral part of the story.
Why do you write what you do?
I write about life and have this innate desire to record, to share with others as well as make sense of the world. It's like my drawing and comes from the heart. I'm becoming more and more comfortable with sharing my thoughts and feelings with the reader.
How does your writing process work?
A lot of it is in my head and I often think long and hard about how I want to write something. But when I start it often flows in a different direction. Once it's down, it's already in the past and I have to keep moving on. Like my drawings, I try not to overwork my manuscript to keep the flow and retain what I was feeling and thinking at the time. Photos, my journal and blog entries trigger memories and feelings. I am quite undisciplined really and do need deadlines to get my writing finished.
Once the creative part is done, the other side of my brain kicks in and I go about editing and getting the manuscript ready in a hugely methodical way. I am fussy about details especially visually from the font to the images.
Thanks for visiting, now the baton goes to .......
Sarah Elizabeth Edwards
Author of
'East or West, Med's Best'
Roy and Sarah Edwards have enjoyed a dramatically different lifestyle from the majority of us. For more than thirty years they lived full time aboard their cruising home, Cockatoo, which Roy first purchased back in the swinging 60's. Cockatoo, built for the British Admiralty in 1943 as a steam pinnace, was sold out of service and converted to a yacht before Roy found her in his quest for a craft which would allow him to fulfil his dream. Sarah, too, had a passion for the sea and used to gaze wistfully out over it as a child admiring its ever changing moods. "Sometimes so calm and peaceful, sometimes so rough and angry."
"East or West, Med's Best" covers the mad, glorious days of the heady 1980's before technology ruled the world as we now know it. Roy and Sarah were a couple who knew what they wanted and where they were going, who worked together with a common bond and natural understanding of what was needed and when. 'You don't have to be mad but it helps,' became another seasoned saying, always expressed with a laugh, aboard 'Cockatoo'. The tales Sarah has to tell about their experiences and the people they have met along the way make sometimes for exciting, sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant reading but always, at the back of it all is that taste for adventure which brings its own understanding and compassion.
David Moor
Author of
'Adios Bondi Noir'
This novel is an intelligent, fast-paced crime drama infused with humour, snappy dialogue and compelling characters. The story is set in and around Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach.
The story's main character, Kris Lowry, is a surgeon and life-long surfer. His orderly everyday life is turned inside out when a childhood friend shows up at his door with half a million bucks in cash and disaster not far behind.
The cast of characters includes shady politicians, a surf-loving attorney with a taste for peyote, the Elvis Presley of hitmen, vintage Lambrettas, Berettas and baristas, as well as a very cool surfing grandma. With clever dialogue and finely woven plot, the story moves along at a pace that makes this a novel that readers will find hard to put down.
Thanks to fellow author and blogging buddy Jackie Parry who invited me to join this blog tour. I have to answer four questions posed by her, and tag two more writers to answer the same questions on their blog or FB page.
What are you working on?
Lati's Story which hasn't an official title as yet. There are a few favourites such as:
Love is a Recycled Boat
Salvage in my Sarong
A Little Latitude
Boat repairs in exotic locations
What sarong with this boat?
And a suggested blurb by Steve Allen:
An Atlantic crossing and a Mediterranean cruise on a boat bought by accident (almost) online.
Join the latest adventures of Linda and Captain Underpants when Bill's half-joking bid on a wreck in the USVI, wins. Follow the highs and lows as they ready the little "Lati" for sea and their Atlantic crossing to the romantic Med for a cruising season.
A must-read adventure that makes anything seem possible.
My new book is about how my husband surprised me (and himself ) on winning a bid on eBay for a 45 year old wooden boat half way across the world in the Caribbean. She was abandoned, had been robbed and almost stolen by pirates and a total mess when we arrived from Australia. Lati required all our stamina, devotion and funds to make her seaworthy. It's a story of love, faith and determination.
Initially I was horrified and reluctant to become involved in my husband's crazy scheme. But somehow this gallant little 31ft ship emerged like Cinderella taking us 3500 nautical miles to Portugal, the gateway of the Mediterranean. For three summers she took us on a romantic cruise to Italy, Greece and Turkey fitting easily into quaint harbours among the local fishing boats.
The voyage was not without drama as we continued to repair her engine in exotic locations. We certainly got to know the locals that way!
It's a story about a small yacht that despite being on the brink of the scrap heap, showed her strength and grace sailing across oceans keeping us safe.
How does your work feel different to others in its genre?
I write with honesty but also try to see the funny side of life. I believe that taking such a huge risk by resurrecting this abandoned boat and taking off across the world is something many people dream of. I also express myself through drawing so my artwork is an integral part of the story.
Why do you write what you do?
I write about life and have this innate desire to record, to share with others as well as make sense of the world. It's like my drawing and comes from the heart. I'm becoming more and more comfortable with sharing my thoughts and feelings with the reader.
How does your writing process work?
A lot of it is in my head and I often think long and hard about how I want to write something. But when I start it often flows in a different direction. Once it's down, it's already in the past and I have to keep moving on. Like my drawings, I try not to overwork my manuscript to keep the flow and retain what I was feeling and thinking at the time. Photos, my journal and blog entries trigger memories and feelings. I am quite undisciplined really and do need deadlines to get my writing finished.
Once the creative part is done, the other side of my brain kicks in and I go about editing and getting the manuscript ready in a hugely methodical way. I am fussy about details especially visually from the font to the images.
Thanks for visiting, now the baton goes to .......
Sarah Elizabeth Edwards
Author of
'East or West, Med's Best'
Roy and Sarah Edwards have enjoyed a dramatically different lifestyle from the majority of us. For more than thirty years they lived full time aboard their cruising home, Cockatoo, which Roy first purchased back in the swinging 60's. Cockatoo, built for the British Admiralty in 1943 as a steam pinnace, was sold out of service and converted to a yacht before Roy found her in his quest for a craft which would allow him to fulfil his dream. Sarah, too, had a passion for the sea and used to gaze wistfully out over it as a child admiring its ever changing moods. "Sometimes so calm and peaceful, sometimes so rough and angry."
"East or West, Med's Best" covers the mad, glorious days of the heady 1980's before technology ruled the world as we now know it. Roy and Sarah were a couple who knew what they wanted and where they were going, who worked together with a common bond and natural understanding of what was needed and when. 'You don't have to be mad but it helps,' became another seasoned saying, always expressed with a laugh, aboard 'Cockatoo'. The tales Sarah has to tell about their experiences and the people they have met along the way make sometimes for exciting, sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant reading but always, at the back of it all is that taste for adventure which brings its own understanding and compassion.
David Moor
Author of
'Adios Bondi Noir'
This novel is an intelligent, fast-paced crime drama infused with humour, snappy dialogue and compelling characters. The story is set in and around Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach.
The story's main character, Kris Lowry, is a surgeon and life-long surfer. His orderly everyday life is turned inside out when a childhood friend shows up at his door with half a million bucks in cash and disaster not far behind.
The cast of characters includes shady politicians, a surf-loving attorney with a taste for peyote, the Elvis Presley of hitmen, vintage Lambrettas, Berettas and baristas, as well as a very cool surfing grandma. With clever dialogue and finely woven plot, the story moves along at a pace that makes this a novel that readers will find hard to put down.
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| Vessel Name: | Valiam |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Valiam: Lidgard 45 (Single chine plywood) designed by Gary Lidgard. Built by Bill Anderson and Steve Thornalley. Lati: 31ft 1967 Kim Holman built in Barcelona. Original name Latigazo |
| Hailing Port: | Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia |
| Crew: | Linda and Bill Anderson. To buy our books 'Sailing in my Sarong' or 'Salvage in my Sarong' for $39.95 +postage, see Paypal/visa button below (or email us: valiam1@hotmail.com) |
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Valiam 's Photos - Valiam (more albums below) (Main)
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Delivery trip for Captain Peter Moor
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Most works are in the previous album. Here are the most recent, mostly pastels unframed drawn from life.PayPal or Direct deposit. email Linda valiam1@hotmail.com
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Created 14 January 2014
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Aiming to sail to Tasmania and back by April
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Lati's Atlantic Crossing to Azores
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Rosebed st Gallery Eudlo, Queensland. PHOTOS by Marion Jonkers Photography
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Pt Cartwright, Buddina, Australia
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We welcomed Jessica Watson to Mooloolaba after she was the youngest to sail around the world non stop unassisted. Well done Jess
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back with the family for Christmas
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My work is of an expressionist nature - I capture what I see from life. I draw and paint on location using mostly pastels, inks and occasionally acrylics. Some works are framed but many arent so are easily packaged for posting. You can pay by PayPal or Direct Deposit. I am located on the Sunshine Coast, QLD< Australia
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The Adventures of Linda and Captain Underpants!
Who: Linda and Bill Anderson. To buy our books 'Sailing in my Sarong' or 'Salvage in my Sarong' for $39.95 +postage, see Paypal/visa button below (or email us: valiam1@hotmail.com)
Port: Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
Gallery
See our complete Ships logs - click on 'Post list'
Favourite sites & Friends around the world
- BOM Aussie weather
- Linda's Facebook Art page - Scribbling Barefoot and Mosaics
- Noonsite : yachtie info for whole world
- Sailing in my Sarong Facebook page
- Bumfuzzle
- Noel and Jackie's journeys
- Peter and Anne's travel blog
- S Y Anastasia - Anna Karin and Thomas from Sweden
- SV Nine of Cups - Marcie & David
- SV Marcy - Peter and Ginger
- weather - passage weather
SailBlogs Friends
Linda's books "Sailing in my Sarong" or "Salvage in my Sarong" are A$39.95 each + A$10 postage in Australia for up to 4 books. Other countries please email Linda : valiam1@hotmail.com