Obelisk is the sailing boat version of a Sherman tank.The model of the boat is a Sky 51 which was an American design built in Taiwan in 1982. At 51 feet and 22 tons she’s much longer and heavier and…
Boat Life: Eating
Food keeps everyone on board healthy and energetic. Good food keeps up morale. On the Obelisk we eat pretty damn good. What’s On Board We have a massive supply of canned and dried goods that we bought at the beginning…
Boat Life: Watches
Watches are how shifts are broken up while sailing. The way we do it with the crew on Obelisk is 3 3- hour shifts. I take one shift, Jesse takes one shift, and Nigel and Annie share a shift. During…