The World I Sail

Blog mainly about the "the world i sail" or the world I live on. Blog about my life experiences.

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Parabéns Linda!!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

James Nachtwey

"I have been a witness, and these pictures are

my testimony. The events I have recorded should

not be forgotten and must not be repeated."

James Nachtwey - war photographer

Monday, October 29, 2007

The fisherman

Bela música acompanhadas por belas fotografias/imagens....

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Francisco Lobato termina...

O velejador português Francisco Lobato terminou hoje de madrugada a sua prova na mítica Transat 6.50. Francisco acabou a prova em 9º (na sua classe: Mini de série)com um tempo combinado das 2 etapas de 27 dias 15h 15min e 21s depois de ter sofrido imensas avarias no seu barco. Mesmo assim a sua prestação foi magnifica e deixa todos orgulhosos.
Agora à que recuperar as forças e começar pensar na próxima regata...

Fica aqui um video interessante a explicar esta corrida (Não é do Francisco Lobato)

Monday, October 22, 2007

Só uma pequena anedota que encontrei...

The American businessman was at the pier of a small South Pacific Island
village when a small proa with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small
proa was a dorrado and several large grouper. The American complimented the Islander on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Islander replied, "Only a little while."
The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Islander said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.
The American then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"
The fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my
children, take a late afternoon nap with my wife, Helia, stroll into the
village each evening where I sip rum and play guitar with my
friends, I have a full and busy life."
The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution.
You would need to leave this small fishing village and move to Australia, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise."
The South Seas fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"
To which the American replied, "15-20 years."
"But what then?"
The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is
right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and
become very rich, you would make millions."
"Millions, realy? Then what?"
The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small fishing
village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids,
take a late afternoon nap with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings here you could sip rum and play your guitar with your friends."

Monday, October 15, 2007

Força Francisco

Voltando à temática da vela. Está a decorrer uma das mais míticas prvas de vela do mundo: a Transat 6.50. Imaginem-se atravessar sozinhos o Oceano Atlântico com um barco de 6,5 metros onde o espaço é tão reduzido que a casa de banho do barco é um balde.
Este ano esta prova tem ainda um motivo de interesse maior pois temos um velejador luso em competição: Francisco Lobato. Neste momento o Francisco vai num brilhante 3º lugar na 2ª Etapa da prova e a ganhar terreno aos dois primeiros classificados. Só nos resta desejar as melhores das sortes ao nosso representante e que ele nos faça orgulhosos de ser Portugueses... Se quiserem seguir a sua prova no Transat podem usar o seguinte LINK

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Monday, October 08, 2007

Estou vivo e voltei...

... e como o Pedrão disse: à 3 meses que não vou dando noticias. E não, a seita salseira não me fez uma lavagem cerebral e esqueci-me deste blog, nem nada parecido. :) A verdade é que tenho andado preguiçoso. Mas isso agora mudou... Estou de volta e em breve vou dar mais noticias. Até lá.