Author: Dan Houston

  • Classic Transat begins

    Classic Transat begins

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Eight boats left the island of Lanzarote in the Canaries today… […]

  • Andrew Bray: Where the closest contact is above in space

    Andrew Bray: Where the closest contact is above in space

       Can you hear me, over? Sometimes it’s easier for a mariner to call up the International Space Station than his wife at home In February 2005 Alex Whitworth and Peter Crozier were half way… […]

  • Sailor survives six days in the open sea

    Sailor survives six days in the open sea

    An Indonesian seaman survived six days in the open sea after his ship sank in the Bali Strait. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=””… […]

  • Boat operators told to look out for migrants

    Boat operators told to look out for migrants

    As the government dispatches another three patrol vessels to monitor the English Channel for migrant boats coming from France, civilian boat operators have also been warned by the coastguard to look out and report any… […]

  • Shipwright Instructor Vacancy at Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust

    Shipwright Instructor Vacancy at Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust

    PNBPT is seeking to recruit an experienced shipwright to teach boatbuilding and to contribute to the development and delivery of an exciting programme of courses. Applicants must have experience of managing diverse groups of people… […]

  • Arctic sailors wanted

    Arctic sailors wanted

    Integrity sails from Iceland to East Greenland in the summer of 2019, there are two berths available for a period of around two weeks each […]

  • Silent transition to electric vessels

    Silent transition to electric vessels

    Press Release from IDTechEx, Cambridge, UK The silent transition to electric and hybrid vessels The brand new IDTechEx report ‘Electric and Hybrid Boats and Ships 2019 – 2029’ expects investment to accelerate after 2020 Since… […]

  • WinGPS 5 Voyager optimises your sailing

    WinGPS 5 Voyager optimises your sailing

     WinGPS 5 Voyager is the sailing version of our WinGPS Navigator and Pro.  Laptop navigation with the WinGPS 5 Voyager: Something we hear a lot from our sailing customers is that while one sailboat on… […]