Sir Alec Rose’s iconic yacht Lively Lady is undergoing a major refit at the International Boatbuilding Training College in Portsmouth. The yacht, in which Rose competed in the OSTAR and…
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Sunsail launches ‘adult only’ flotillas
Sunsail has launched two new flotilla sailing holidays for adults only
Sussex club helps university students get afloat
Sussex Yacht Club has come up with a novel collaboration with the local university to help fill empty crewing spaces and to train student sailors
‘GPS cyber vulnerabilities’: US Navy reverts to teaching astronavigation
Lesssons in celestial navigation have been reinstated at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, nearly twenty years after the subject was dropped. The move is motivated by fears that the GPS…
Cruising Association campaign sees yacht laws in Greece changed
A Cruising Association campaign to reverse laws in Greece restricting the amount of time a yacht can remain in Greek waters has proved successful
Contessa 26 celebrates 50 years
The Contessa 26 Association is preparing to celebrating 50 years of this prize-winning pocket racer and ocean-cruiser
Suffolk Yacht Harbour opens new workshop
Suffolk Yacht Harbour has opened a new workshop facility, including a boat shed that can accommodate yachts up to 70ft for refit
British sailor’s yacht sinks in North Sea
A British sailor has been rescued from his yacht in the North Sea after his stearing gear failed, leaving him drifting near an oil platform
Solent amnesty for out of date flares
Hampshire Marine Police Unit, along with explosives experts Ramora UK, will be holding their final flares amnesty on Sunday 4 October at the Royal Victoria Country Park near Netley. They…
Freak weather hits Greek Sporades
Kay Parkes writes: Our plan was to enjoy an end of the season cruise around the Northern Sporades National Park. High winds in the Aegean were making themselves felt in…