Source: Ocean Cruising Club In this blog extract, skipper Stephen summarises what happened in the Indian Ocean, after leaving the Cocos Keeling Islands bound for the island of Rodrigues, en-route...
The Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory – BIOT) consists of 58 islands covering approximately 640,000 sq kms of ocean located in the Indian Ocean halfway between East Africa and...
Cyclone Freddy made landfall on Madagascar nearly a month after storm Cheneso battered the island nation of 29 million, killing 33 people and forcing thousands from their homes. The cyclone...
10 August, 2020: Last updated. This report will not be updated further. Please review individual country biosecurity sections for the latest information. After many months of closures the situation started...
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...
Yacht Babsea at the start of WARC2019 in Saint Lucia Babsea Dismasted – Continuing to Mauritius World Cruising Club, Saturday 12 October: World ARC yacht Babsea, a Nautitech 40, was...