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British solo yachtsman is OK after All Ships Alert
All Ships alert for overdue British solo yachtsman Robin Davie aboard his Rustler 36 C’Est La Vie […]
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New pilot gig to launch
Traditional clinker built wooden gig ‘Arwenack’ for Falmouth Pilot Gig Club launches at 12 noon at the Watersports Centre in Falmouth, Cornwall […]
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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 racing to St Kitts in the Panerai Transat Classic. In light winds the boats started on a windward leg before […]
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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=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Nahum Naibahas, 26, known as Riski, was on board the Multi Prima with […]
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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 suspicious vessels they see. The problem of migrants crossing the Channel is not new but has escalated recently with 40 […]
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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 […]
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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 the early 2010s, sales of pure electric and hybrid vessels have grown steadily, mainly driven by the need to reduce […]
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Susie’s statement after her landfall
Susie Goodall’s statement after she was transferred ashore at Chile on December 14 2018 having suffered the loss of her yacht DHL Starlight when the Rustler 36 was pitchpoled in the Southern Ocean 2,000nM west of Cape Horn. Says she would do it again in a heartbeat! The 29 year old lifelong sailor had been […]
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Susie Goodall close to Punta Arenas
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 […]
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Free berths at Bembridge
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 […]
