At midday on Tuesday, the Swiss yacht Olena squeezed past the huge bulk of the cruiseship Pullmantur into the small craft area of Bridgetown Harbour after a 13-day passage from the Cape Verde Islands.
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During the last 9 days, 247,000 people from 94 countries visited this, the largest and undoubtedly best boat show in the world. This was also a year of records for boot Düsseldorf: 1,923 …
The Düsseldorf boat show has established itself as the premier nautical exhibition in the world, both for the wide range of yachts and marine equipment and the number of visitors. One …
After a six-day stopover in Mindelo’s welcoming marina, the Caribbean Odyssey yachts set sail for their Caribbean destination. The first to leave, one day earlier than the others because of time constraints, was Olena. …
Welcome party for the Caribbean Odyssey participants hosted by Laura and Lutz Meyer-Scheel (in foreground) in Marina Mindelo’s floating bar. The stopover in this welcoming marina was too short to sail across to …
The French yacht Tubalcain makes a safe landfall in Mindelo late on Friday. The crew of Tubalcain, happy to have made it into the marina just before nightfall at the end …
The Swiss catamaran Olena made landfall in the Cape Verdes at noon on Friday almost exactly one week after the start in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The slower than expected 830-mile passage was blamed …
Santa Cruz de Tenerife After a wonderful start to the new year with days of cobalt blue skies, steady NE winds and pleasant temperatures, culminating with a balmy night for the Three Kings’ procession, …
Thousands of people lined the streets of Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife, on Friday evening to watch the Three Kings procession windings its way along a 3-kilometre route. This annual event takes place …
Participants in the Caribbean Odyssey in front of the map of Tenerife at the Royal Yacht Club of Tenerife. A welcome party for participants in the Caribbean Odyssey was held at the luxurious …
In 2013, almost exactly 15 years after I had stopped my involvement with the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), I decided to launch the Atlantic Odyssey, the aim of which was to bring back the …
The last three Atlantic Odyssey boats made a safe landfall in Barbados today, with perfect timing for tonight’s welcome and prize giving party at the Barbados Yacht Club. The first to arrive was Wellis. …
Every morning just after dawn an unusual ritual takes place on the beach in Carlisle Bay. As I watch from my hotel room balcony, what I presume to be stable-hands from the nearby race …
We have just been informed that from now on transits of the Northwest Passage will be much more difficult. Sailing past Cuming glacier Because of the irresponsible behaviour of a sailor who transited the …
The largest US boat show has come to a successful end, and even the threat of hurricane Nate only materialised on the very last day of the show with a few hours of heavy …
We have been contacted by several sailors expressing their safety concerns following the recent hurricanes that have affected some of the Caribbean islands. • Is damage to yachting facilities so bad that you shouldn’t …
The Swedish island of Marstrand, with a permanent population of just over 1,000 inhabitants, was invaded this weekend by an estimated 20,000 visitors attracted to a new in-water show aimed at sailors from Sweden …
This is an extract from Jimmy Cornell’s latest book “200,000 Miles – A Life of Adventure“. My interest in the global movement of cruising boats goes …
By all accounts, and especially from the reaction of the exhibitors, this has been a very successful show. The crew of Luna Bay, a new Outremer 45 catamaran, planning to cross the …
The International Multihull Boat Show was opened at the seaside resort of La Grande Motte in the South of France on Wednesday 19th April. Lagoon catamarans on show In the eight years …
After spending the best part of the winter in a small marina close to Bergen on the west coast of Norway, Aventura is now heading for the Arctic. Her sale was completed last …
Participants in the Caribbean Odyssey enjoyed not one but two parties on their arrival in Barbados: first an early arrivals party at the Barbados Yacht Club followed by a farewell beach party at the Pirates’ …
Consistent trade winds have ensured fast passages for all boats taking part in this year’s Caribbean Odyssey. Four boats: J-Squared, Two Drifters, Bright Eyes and Damisa made landfall in Barbados on 31 January and 1 …
The crews of No Regrets, Maggie and Tawahus celebrated the successful completion of their round the world voyage at a party held at the Barbados Yacht Club in the presence of local dignitaries and participants …
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