IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre recorded 66 incidents in the first quarter of 2018, up from 43 for the same period in 2017, and 37 in Q1 2016. Global issue Worldwide...

This is an article published by Sail-World at http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=121565&refre=y&ntid=0&rid=3 Cruising sailors who stare longingly at the horizon and hope to complete a circumnavigation one day constantly ask about piracy in...

More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since 1998, the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s...

We are a crew of 3, Christian (French owner and skipper) with young couple Stephie (Namibian) and Izak (South African) and sailed from Cape Town on July 12, 2020, as...

This is an article published by Sail-World at http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=121565&refre=y&ntid=0&rid=3 Cruising sailors who stare longingly at the horizon and hope to complete a circumnavigation one day constantly ask about piracy in...

Cape Town Radio (SSB) on 4375 8740 13146Mhz USB at 1015 1330 1815 UTC daily for forecasts and reports. Gives you barometer pressure and wind speed around the entire SA...