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The Whitsunday Times. By Peter Carruthers. ONE year ago last week a frail and confused tabby was found at Shute Harbour after its floating home slipped its moorings and was forced ashore by the cyclonic winds of Cyclone Debbie. A…
While not strictly a yacht cruising story, we thought this piece from the Maritime Professional would be of interest to our readers: A surge in armed attacks against ships around West Africa is pushing up global levels of piracy and…
The Northern Star reports that a sailor is lucky to be alive after his 25ft yacht capsized while he was attempting to cross the Ballina bar in northern New South Wales at 3.30pm on April 5. NSW Surf Life Saving duty…
St Thomas, 4 April 2018 – Just six months after the devastation caused by Irma and Maria, two category 5 hurricanes that swept through Caribbean last year, life in some areas, including on the US Virgin Island of St Thomas,…
Fiji Sun Online by NACANIELI TUILEVUKA A recent study undertaken by Port Denarau marina revealed that the yacht industry contributed over $42 million to the Fiji economy, last year. In 2017, Port Denarau recorded 554 cruising yachts and 65 super yachts,…
Most cruising sailors and other travellers look forward to eating fresh seafood when visiting Pacific islands. Many sailors catch their own fish from nearby reefs and some choose to buy from the ubiquitous coastal fish markets. In the latter case,…
Before my wife Frances and I started full-time cruising we wondered if sailing around the world was enough to satisfy us. On the face of it this may seem like an odd thing to say but, in fact, after nine…
If you are reading this magazine chances are you own a cruising yacht and spend as much time as possible on board your vessel of pride. While out on the water you will probably experience the best and worst of…
AirMed & Rescue Magazine Three yachsmen were rescued off the coast of Morgan Bay, South Africa, after abandoning their yacht. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) was alerted to the three missing sailors after the wife of one reported that…
Food poisoning is rare; even so one in five Australians can expect to get food poisoning each year. We think of food poisoning bugs just giving us a nasty bout of ‘gastro’, which is true in most cases; but it…
How many articles have been written on how to get better value out of the power expended to keep a yacht’s food refrigerated? Well, I have read many and was getting nowhere. According to my reading, if my problem was…
It has been said that, next to the mast, the stove is the most used piece of equipment on board. On my boat this is certainly true. After almost nine years of sailing I know the most important thing about…
The Daily Mail. By Adam Mccleery For Daily Mail Australia An Australian family sailing around the globe were stalked for four hours by pirates before Japanese and Pakistani warships sailed in to save the day. Lachin Turner, wife Louise and their…
PHUKET, Thailand – A lot can happen in 14 years. 493 boats and more than 2,500 sailors have taken part in Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek since its inception in 2004 and as the organisers look to the event's 15th year…
The Bureau of Meteorology has joined forces with New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) to issue a joint Special Climate Statement about unusual weather patterns over summer. This is the first time the two organisations have…
Manila Bulletin. By Nonoy E. Lacson. Zamboanga City – The Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) started yesterday its Second Maritime Security Engagement exercise with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the waters off Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi in which are aimed…
By Lin Pardey “Have you ever wanted to chuck it all in, give up cruising and move ashore?” I have been asked this question more than once when I happened to meet someone who had just dropped anchor after a…
In a quest for the quiet life on the water, many cruisers give any place popular with tourists a wider berth than a category five cyclone. Unfortunately in doing so, they often deny themselves the opportunity to experience some truly…
The find of my day: long snout, check; slim body in ringed bony segments, reddish tail, check, check. Solitary and cryptic, absolutely. The reeftop pipefish. Camouflage is one of the distinctive features of pipefish, which seems a contradiction of course….
Entries to arguably the world's most breathtaking sailing rally are open with registrations filling fast for the 2018 Tahiti Pearl Regatta in May. The event, which is sponsored by Multihull Solutions, is staged from 7-12 ay and held on the…
PATTAYA, Thailand – Now entering its 14th year, Top of the Gulf Regatta presented by Ocean Marina has grown to become an award-winning multi-class regatta held annually in the Gulf of Thailand. Homed at Ocean Marina Yacht Club, the regatta…
Delivering a unified Great Barrier Reef destination message is the key focus of four collaborating superyacht marinas at this year’s Australian Superyacht Rendezvous. Taking a collective marketing approach to target international superyachts, Abell Point Marina, Cairns Marlin Marina, Crystalbrook Superyacht…
ABC Online. By Joanna Prendergast. Business owners in a remote town on the West Australian coast say the community's landlocked yacht club is damaging their already struggling local economy. Since April last year, the Carnarvon Yacht Club has been cut off…
ABC (America). By Josiah Bates. Tanner Broadwell and Nikki Walsh had been living on a boat in Florida for about a year, with plans to sail to the Keys, but those plans ended abruptly three weeks ago when their boat…
NEW YORK, N.Y., USA (February 25, 2018) – Webb Chiles (Hilton Head, S.C.), Rich Wilson (Boston, Mass.) and Jessica Watson (Buderim, Queensland, Australia)are among Cruising Club of America’s (CCA) 2017 award recipients selected for outstanding contributions to the sport of…
Following two successful editions ARC Channel Islands, entries are now open for this summer's rally which features a new route for 2018 with Dartmouth as the start port. Run in association with RYA Active Marina, the Rally is popular with…
The Gold Coast’s customs clearance port, which is now in operation, has paved the way to drive growth in the superyacht and tourism industries. The new port, which opened mid last year at Southport, means foreign superyachts and other international…
Dartmouth, Devon, UK 14 February 2018 – At least 36 vessels have signed up to sail to Horta on the island of Faial in the Azores this coming June to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Peter Café Sport. The Ocean…
I doubt that there is anything more uncomfortable for a middle-aged cruising bloke than the canvas bosun's chair. Getting into it at deck level can be a circus act. With one hand you are holding the halyard and the other…
Stuff.co.nz. By Lorna Thornber. When Kiwi couple Abby Sanford and Rohan Honson-Morris took their yacht out for the first time ahead of their planned Atlantic crossing, they didn't even know how to turn on the engines. The pair had been…
Entries and the Notice of Race for the 2018 Sail Port Stephens race week have now gone online as another ripper regatta is predicted for April 9-15. The success of last year’s 10th anniversary regatta is projected to provide a…
Metro.co.uk. By Georgia Diebelius A couple who sold all of their worldly possessions to sail around the world have lost everything after their boat sank two days in. Tanner Broadwell and Nikki Walsh set off on the Monday on the once-in-a-lifetime adventure….
The port light looked like it was getting closer but was somewhat difficult to tell as the wind howled and the rain sheeted down. It is always the way, I thought, as I wondered how far away the ship was….
January 16, 2018. A 51-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man from Noumea were rescued by Tasmania Police with assistance of tender craft from the cruise ship Coral Discoverer after the couple's 12m yacht Claire de Lune ran on to rocks…
Phuket News PHUKET: The skipper sailing a yacht from Phuket to Langkawi, Malaysia, that washed ashore unmanned in Sabang, Indonesia, has been safely rescued by a passing cargo vessel off Sumatra. Paul Van Isacker reported reported himself to be alive…
Saturday 6th January marked a special day for close to two-hundred intrepid cruising sailors chasing new adventures with annual editions of World Cruising Club's round-the-world cruising rally World ARC. In the rally's Caribbean home port of Saint Lucia, the World…
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Notice of Race has been published for the 14th Top of the Gulf Regatta Presented by Ocean Marina and entries are now being taken. Scheduled for 27th April to 1st May, 2018 at Ocean Marina Yacht…
Hong Kong proudly welcomes the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 (VOR) to Asia’s world city for the first time. As one of 12 VOR Host Cities, a Hong Kong Stopover from January 17 to 31 features a Race Village and…
Fremantle, NSW, 21 December 2017 – Jon Sanders AO OBE CitWA left Rottnest Island on the last leg of his mostly single-handed circumnavigation last week. The passage was approximately 500nm. He arrived in Carnarvon, WA aboard s/v Perie Banou II,…
In the December issue of Cruising Helmsman we ran a news item announcing the call for expressions of interest to construct a wave attenuator in Snug Cove, Eden. We have just received a letter that denounces the image used in…
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