Temporary Cheaper Fees for Yachts Transiting Suez Source: Suez Canal Authority The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has announced that from from 1 July to 1 October, 2024, yachts under 300...

Drone and rocket attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea have now prompted US and UK-led forces to stage air strikes on targets in the region. Western forces took...

Great sailing from Malaysia to Greece In January 2024, SV Islander departed Langkawi, Malaysia, with Chief Mate Uli Makareiko, Ylva Carlsson and Captain Barbara Jean Euser. Their voyage took them...

Red Sea Transit Season: February to June Source: Zeilen While the Red Sea has a reputation as a “no-go” area due to piracy and especially in 2024 due to the...

Sailing catamaran “5Oceans”, a Marsaudon ORC 50 crewed by Russian orthodox priest Oleg Dudkin and skipper Dmitry Kuznetsov, took on the Red Sea passage to the Mediterranan due to timing...

Update February 2025 The Red Sea Passage group has 54 yachts recorded in transit, or about to transit (nearly all East to West) the Red Sea. There are no changes...