Survey to Help Improve Guidance for Visiting Yachts The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) are currently developing biofouling management options for international non-commercial vessels so that yacht...
International Operation Seizes Tonnes of Cocaine The six-week Operation Orion involving agencies from 62 countries, stopped six semi-submersible vessels and seized 225 tonnes of cocaine. One of the vessels was...
Biosecurity reporting requirements for yachts to change The long-standing reporting requirements for non-commercial vessels intending to arrive in Australian territory are to contact the department’s key biosecurity port offices by...
Sherry Seaman, a spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, has shared the following information with Noonsite to assist the yachting community in preparing vessels for biosecurity inspection...
Read full story at http://www.mysailing.com.au Veteran of 40 Sydney Hobarts, Michael Spies, with 15 Hobarts and 1984 Olympic sailing representative James Wilmot, were among the crewmembers rescued by Air Ambulance....
Planning for the Pacific In two previous Noonsite reports (Taking a Lesser Travelled Path and Discovering What Lies North of the Equator), I have made the case for sailing to...
