The Durban maritime mobile S.S.B net (South Africa) has been revived by a group of highly experienced yachtsmen/ham radio operator’s who were part of the original Durban maritime net, dating...
Cruising yacht stuck in sargasso off Guadeloupe in 2014, courtesy of thelifenomadik.com The spread of Sargassum this year across the Atlantic may well affect your routing choices if embarking on...
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...
As reported by Des Ryan of www.Sail-World.com One of the joys of sailing is the freedom to go where you want when you want. While all sensible cruising sailors are...
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...
Three and a half years into our sailing voyage, I think about The Gambia more than any other place we have visited. This small river country has made an indelible...
