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By The Maritime Executive 2019-11-15 21:16:56 On Friday, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Coast Survey announced plans to phase out the production of all traditional paper nautical charts. Over the next five years, NOAA says that it…
By The Maritime Executive 2019-11-15 14:49:38 The U.S. Coast Guard and two AMVER vessels helped a 78-year-old man aboard a homemade sailing vessel at multiple points during a five-month journey across the Pacific Ocean. On October 29, the brother of…
Along with the rewards that come with having made a multiday/night ocean passage and arrived in a new country, the prospect of discovering new cruising grounds and having new experiences there are also some unique challenges. In fact the prospect…
Monday 11 November 2019 A major Solent emergency involving a sinking yacht led to Cowes RNLI lifeboat joining a number of vessels racing to its aid just after mid-day today. The 40 foot yacht, with three Swiss men on board,…
Jon Sanders, who is now 80 years, is a multiple circumnavigator from Australia – and he can’t stop circling the globe. As the first and only person to have sailed three times in a row, nonstop and solo around the…
Our canvas bimini, dodger, clears and covers, although not the first to be installed on FriendShip II, had come near to the end of useful life after constant restitching and patching had became a common endeavour. It was time to…
My yacht is the first of the Hanse 455 in Australia previously reviewed in CH December 2015 and Australian SailingAug/Sept 2015. The Hanse boats are built with the European bareboat charter fleet in mind and, as such, lacked a bit…
It was a challenging start to leg one of ARC+ 2019 today from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as a large north easterly swell gave the boats a rolling send off. In total 90 of the 95 strong fleet took…
The Triton. Story and photos by Dorie Cox. Chief Stew Paulina Costa is careful with her money, but fairly risk-tolerant. She likes to buy houses and hotels for each of her properties – in the game Monopoly, that is. “Not too…
WA Today. By Hamish Hastie. Circumnavigating the world at age 80 for the 11th time is a tough ask on its own but now WA sailing legend Jon Sanders has been given an additional to-do list while on the open seas…
The Queensland Government has announced that Shute Harbour will be restored, following cyclone damage sustained in 2017, with another $10 million committed to the project after it was delayed by technical issues. Works to be undertaken include: demolition of the…
Rotterdam, the Netherlands – October 26, 2019 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit organization developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic, unveiled today its invention to prevent the unrelenting flow of plastic pollution into the world’s…
Heading out into open ocean on another person’s boat can be a great way to get experience and sea miles. The downside is you will not have all the comforts of home at your fingertips. Being prepared and bringing the…
We love to snorkel but quickly discovered that if we were not swimming off the back of the boat, getting back into the tender from the water was not easy for any of us. The kids did not have as…
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued five adults aboard a disabled sailing vessel Wednesday 20-miles west of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. At approximately 5:15am watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received a distress call from a 50-foot sailing vessel that…
By The Maritime Executive 2019-10-15 21:29:31 Pirate attacks for the first three quarters of the year have fallen to a five-year low, according to the latest report from the ICC IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. In its Q3 report, the IMB found…
By Sarah Pettiford, October 8, 2019. Federal Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure, Alan Tudge, and the Victorian Minister for Regional Development, Jaclyn Symes, announced the Geelong City Deal Implementation Plan today at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club. The Hon…
Mariner Boating Holidays has been creating and hosting yacht rallies for thirty years – mixing cruising with a little racing, structure with freedom, adventure, and exploration. Introducing new sailing venues in varied locations some firm favourites and some new each…
Emergency services in New Zealand were notified following reports a yacht sank about 37 kilometres off the coast of Cape Brett. A mayday call was received about 12.30pm on October 14 after the 47 foot yacht got into trouble in…
Jon Sanders, local Perth sailing legend, is preparing to depart Fremantle Sailing Club on his 11th Solo Circumnavigation at age 80 later in October. His voyage will take him between 9-12 months, sailing over 27000 nautical miles and stopping at…
There is a new player in the yacht rally market, one who has set out to create the ultimate cruising experience for those seeking to pursue their dream of sailing around the planet. The World Yacht Rally starts November 2020 and finishes…
Randall Reeves departed from San Francisco just over one year ago on what he called the Figure 8 Voyage. This solo journey would take him around the Antarctic through the Southern Ocean, then up the coast of the Americas and…
By The Maritime Executive 2019-10-06 19:14:02 Hurricanes form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave – a low pressure area that moves through the moisture-rich tropics, possibly enhancing shower and thunderstorm activity. Hurricanes are powerhouse weather events that…
Coral Sea Marina Resort in the Whitsundays, Queensland has been awarded Platinum accreditation under the Global Gold Anchor Scheme; the highest possible level of Gold Anchor accreditation. The marina is the first in Queensland to be accredited at this level…
From Macquarie National News https://www.2gb.com/rescue-operation-underway-to-save-trapped-whale/ Rescuers have managed to save a humpback whale calf that was trapped in netting off Sydney’s northern beaches. The whale reportedly swallowed part of the net and become tangled, off Bilgola Beach. An adult whale…
For boaters, is there anything better than being on the open water with the wind in your hair and the warmth of the sun on your face? What about sharing your passion with your four-legged best friend? Whether you’re enjoying…
Three men were rescued by the P&O cruise ship, Pacific Dawn, near New Caledonia as their motor cruiser began sinking in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday morning. The P&O vessel led the rescue operation on receiving a distress call from…
We have owned our X-43, X-Pat, since 2010. We initially cruised around Pittwater and Sydney Harbour and then gradually went further afield. In December 2015 we set off on our first major trip to cruise the east and south coast…
Deb and I have been travelling through Asia for the past year on our sailing vessel Matilda, a forty three foot Hans Christian, Christina. During that time we have sailed through, or been at anchor, during a couple of nasty…
A crew member who went overboard from his sailing boat in the early hours of 24 September was rescued thanks in no small part to the lifejacket he was wearing. The alarm was raised through a mayday to HM Coastguard…
By The Maritime Executive 2019-09-22 20:57:31 An estimate of commercial fishing gear lost in the world's oceans has been published by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency. Using data from 68 studies published between 1975 and 2017,…
By The Maritime Executive 2019-09-22 04:34:05 One of the least pleasant aspects of going to sea is the possibility of getting seasick. An individual's susceptibility to seasickness is highly variable. If you've ever had motion sickness when traveling by car,…
I had a small leak that would drip on the top of the chart table. It would appear after a lot of rain yet, while annoying, it did not appear to be too serious. After checking what was above the…
Nothing focuses the mind like preparing for an ocean passage. Zefr, our 43 foot ketch, was the chosen vessel for our great escape from Thursday island to Thailand via Indonesia and Malaysia. We were raring to go but still that…
Mulpha is set to expand the Sanctuary Cove Marina in response to berthing demand for premium recreational vessels from 50 feet up to Superyachts larger than 180 feet in length. Following an $8.31million investment, the new development will take the…
Long Beach Post Work crews spent much of the weekend breaking up a large sailboat on the Peninsula that washed up last Thursday, Sept. 5. The boat, which has an odd design using concrete, came ashore near 64th Place after…
“Aruba, Jamaica, ohh I want to take ya, Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama, Key Largo, Montego, baby why don’t we go to the Kokomo …” The Beach Boy’s 1970s lyrics were what put Cocos Keeling in our sights. As…
The Maritime Executive A group of scientists and conservationists has recorded the first vaquita sightings of 2019. Sea Shepherd crew on board M/V Sharpie sighted two pairs of vaquita on August 19 and 20, then two vaquita were photographed when…
The next stage of Margate Marina’s redevelopment has just been completed with the construction of an extra 73 floating berths and a 150m extension of the attenuator/breakwater. The marina now accommodates 123 new berths with more to come. The attenuator/breakwater…
The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) is pleased to announce that member Jeanne Socrates has sailed into Victoria BC harbour on the 7th of September after successfully completing another single-handed unassisted nonstop circumnavigation. Jeanne set sail from Victoria on the October…
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