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...

Contributed by Amanda & Mark Church – Farrell (NZ) SY Balvenie Yemen Anchorage and Passage Information 11 – 31 March 2008 We had a great time in Yemen, I would...

SY Delta in Socotra: Copyright socotra.info This report by Andrey Nevzorov of Russian sailing yacht Delta (10 metres, aluminium, the crew of two people). More information about their voyage in...

Joost Jager’s evaluation [BROKEN LINK] of the Super convoy he led from Salalah to Aden has inspired us to tell our own quite different story of travelling through “pirate alley”...

Now that so many bad news about piracy, terrorism and insecurity in Yemen and the Red Sea are in the paper we would like to share a completely different view....

Egypt – Port Said Referrer Page: Egypt/PortSaid Charges for our 38 ft Rival yacht for a canal transit in November 2007 were as follows (in US $): Canal dues –...