On Saturday 11th July 2009 at 13:00hrs, three 67ft steel hulled yachts - Adventure, Challenger and Discoverer - crewed by Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force personnel, will set off from a start gate off Southsea Castle. They’ll be bound for the Canary Islands, on the first leg of a year-long round-the-world Tri-Service Adventurous [...]
One of my personal goals is to rejoin the sailing community that was my life between the ages of 8 and 32 - and it’s happening. The site has motivated me to dig around the whole sailing scene with the intent of entertaining and informing people as I climb back on board - and a [...]
Sailing conditions have been flaky for the main groups of the fleet, what with wind shadows from mountainous islands, and the trades petering out early ahead of an almost continuous doldrums zone. The failing wind compresses the pack as the leaders slow down, and just about everyone is heading for the same hole - [...]
If it's Croatia you're after, see the Yacht Charter Croatia page.
Did he yell at you? Some people change character completely when they're in charge of a boat. Why not forearm yourself with Jim Murrant's Boating Bible Manual of Seamanship? Jim is an old sea-dog who, in sixty years, has seen and done more than most boat owners - and he never yells at you.
If you're here, you're interested in sailing. I need more Twitter followers like you and your friends, not thousands of landlubbers. I'm 'chabrenas' on Twitter - follow me and I'll probably follow you.
Does it surprise you that many of the Vendée Globe skippers come from this part of the world?...
