More Tropical Cyclones The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) says more tropical cyclone (TCs) are entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) than anywhere else in the...

Shanghai Fees After checking with the owner of Navy Wharf, they quoted the berthage as RMB 10,000 (equal to USD 1,250) per day, which is very expensive. For your Yacht...

Once you have overcome the complicated formalities, Xiamen is an excellent yacht stop. All the repair facilities you could ever want. We got varnish work done there at 15% cost...

We had a nice stay in both Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Xiamen, China, but not without problems in China. As to sailing between China and Taiwan we got a problem (but...

Last Spring we sailed “Kelaerin” from Subic Bay, Philippines to Hong Kong and then on to Taiwan and back to Subic Bay in August to prepare the boat for our...

Realising that more motoring might be a necessity, we made arrangements for permission to enter Sanya (on the Chinese island of Hainan) en route to Singapore. And just as well...