The first boat of the ARC+ 2025 fleet has made landfall in Grenada, to jubilant scenes on the docks at Camper & Nicholson Port Louis Marina, completing the second leg of their transatlantic voyage in just 10 days from the Cape Verde Islands.

Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae (seaweed) in the order Fucales of the class Phaeophyceae.[1] This brown macroalgae comes from the Sargasso Sea, which was named because it hosts large amounts of Sargassum.[2] Sargassum can extend for kilometers across the ocean surface, forming golden brown drifting mats that move with the currents and wind; in recent years, Sargassum has been known for arriving in large quantities throughout the Caribbean region. More recently, scientists have found using satellite data that a new hotspot has been forming from western Africa and extends into the Caribbean Sea, called the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB).[3]

For the third successive year, Orca have been sighted in the Ria de Arousa, on Spain's NW coast, feeding on octopus. While a wonderful sight to behold, (along with blue, pilot and fin whales), the Orca are also continuing to interact with yachts and damaging rudders. Sailors are being advised to stay in port.

A distress call from remote Raja Ampat Friday night, 21 February 2025: Miranda Baker and Elliot Russo are anchored inside an isolated coral reef lagoon in remote West Papua—hundreds of miles from medical help. Around 01:30 AM, Elliot wakes up paralysed on one side—an ominous stroke warning. In a panic, they hunt for aspirin (absent from their medical kit) as Elliot begins losing facial control and speech. The realization hits: in a far‑flung anchorage, a stroke at night is catastrophic.

First-hand detailed report from a Jeanneau 57 that was "bumped" by orcas while motorsailing past Cape Trafalgar, northwest of the Strait of Gibraltar, on the way to the Mediterranean from the UK.

The Curacao Ports Authority have been in contact with Noonsite to clarify designated anchoring areas and rules for visiting yachts, plus with an update on new clearance offices in Spanish Water.

The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji has lifted its December 10, 2024, suspension on personal poultry imports from New Zealand, which was imposed over concerns about the spread of avian influenza from that country.

As part of the 2025/26 Fiji Government Budget, new maritime safety and monitoring regulations are now in effect. All vessels operating in Fiji waters must now have their Automatic Identification System (AIS) activated at all times.

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