Nothing to see in Istanbul – A Long Story About a Short banner

or Hang 100 banners successfully and no-one notices. Get one wrong and THAT’S the one they remember In January 2002, the Rainbow Warrior II arrived in Istanbul at the invitation of the Greenpeace Turkey office. I love Istanbul. I love Turkey. As usual, I was sailing as boat mechanic. The GP Turkey office was hoping to draw attention to ship-breaking operations on the Bosphorus. These yards had...

Haida Gwaii, the Haida Brave and the Haida Gwaii not so brave.

Part 2 Before I was so rudely interrupted at the end of part 1 of this story, you may recall that we had set up camp in the forest not far from the log loading facility. We had also just witnessed our first moon bow. Full moon + distant rainstorm = moon bow. We were excited and stayed up late. Because we totally needed a reason. OK enough of that hippy la la shit In practical terms, what I had...

Haida Gwaii and the Haida Brave – take 1

Who, what or maybe where the F**K is that?  You don’t have to be crazy before you camp with us, we will train you! Before going to BC for the first time, I spent two weeks in the Costa Rican peninsula of Osa. I thought it was the most beautiful place I’d ever been, until I found myself in British Columbia.  We were working in an area officially named the “Mid-coast Timber Supply...