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 suspicious vessels they see. The problem of migrants crossing the Channel is not new but has escalated recently with 40 [...]
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
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 the early 2010s, sales of pure electric and hybrid vessels have grown steadily, mainly driven by the need to reduce [...]
Susie Goodall's rescue ship – the Hong Kong registered Tian Fu, is in the Magellan Strait heading for Punta Arenas in a few hours where she will be met by her mother. The MV Tian Fu is shown on the Find Ship site cruising at 15 knots on its way to pick up a pilot [...]
FREE berths over Christmas and the New year are being offered on Bembridge Harbour's Duver pontoon, on a first come first served basis. Berths are free on 25th/26th December and 31st December/1st January, at the picturesque Harbour on the eastern coast of the Isle of Wight. The Duver is the visitors' berthing and the Harbour [...]
Nine regattas lose sponsorship Flagship Eilean will continue Organisers working hard to find a new sponsor Organisers of classic sailing regattas are busy trying to find new sponsors after the Italian watch specialist Panerai announced it would cease sponsoring the classic yacht circuit in 2019. Panerai was the major sponsor for nine regattas in America [...]
Channel 5's Britain by Boat has so far not really lived up to expectations. It features the veteran BBC newsreader Michael Buerk and John Sergeant, the Beeb's long term (1992 to 2000) chief political correspondent taking off around the coast in the Ashley Butler Mayflower 50 design Bonaventure. Both newsmen have previously done "some yachting". [...]
Ship arrives and she is craned off Moment of rescue (MRCC Chile) Susie Goodall has been rescued and is now safely aboard the Hong Kong-flagged 190m Tian Fu. The ship arrived in the dark and waited until daylight to commence the rescue procedure which involved using one of the deck cranes to [...]
The Race is On! Mark Slats rounds Cape Horn and closes the distance on J-LVDH Jean-Luc Van Den Heede predicts a January 23 finish Susie's water shortages Outside assistance? New rule bans position reporting over the HAM and SSB net Susie Goodall - down to 20L of fresh water Jean-Luc Van Den Heede [...]
