Azores: Damage Assessment After Hurricane Lorenzo
Date Published - October 04, 2019
Hurricane Lorenzo passed through the western and central groups of the Azores archipelago in the early hours of the morning of October 2nd. All the Islands suffered from heavy rain, powerful winds and a huge storm surge with Lajes das Flores, Lajes do Pico and Porto Pim on Faial sufferingRead More
Cruising the Seychelles
Date Published - October 10, 2019
Another informative and useful cruising report from the crew of Starry Horizons (a US-flagged 44-foot catamaran) who after cruising the Maldives continued westwards across the Indian Ocean to explore Seychelles, reporting their time there as “the highlight of the Indian Ocean so far”. Starry Horizons was in Seychelles from JuneRead More
Grenada Offshore: Fishing Boat Boarded and Robbed by Pirates - September 2019
Date Published - September 15, 2019
On the usual north-south track for island hopping yachts, just 42nm west of the northern coast of Grenada, a fishing boat was boarded by Spanish-speaking pirates and robbed. As reported by CSSN.Read More
Noonsite Guides: Caribbean Bound?
Date Published - November 16, 2018
For any cruisers planning a passage to the Caribbean this winter, here is a round-up of some useful articles and links from NoonsiteRead More
Feature Destination: The Maldives
Date Published - September 02, 2019
The crew of Starry Horizons (a US-flagged 44-foot catamaran) cruised the Maldives from the end of March to the end of May 2019 arriving there from Sri Lanka. The expense of clearing and permits meant they chose to stay two months to get the maximum for their money. Read More
Country Formalities: New Zealand - New NZeTA is Not Required by Small Craft/Superyacht Crew
Date Published - September 29, 2019
Updated 29 September 2019: New Zealand immigration requires that from 1 October 2019, all visitors eligible to enter NZ without a visa obtain a NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority) prior to arrival. It has now been confirmed that this new rule only applies to air passengers, commercial and cruiseRead More
Noonsite Community: Meet Regular Contributors Allen and Maria Wadsworth
Date Published - September 27, 2019
September’s participants in our Portrait of a Cruiser series have been contributing information to Noonsite ever since they cast off their dock lines from the UK in 2017. Cruising double-handed in their Moody ’42 “Lady Jane”, Allen and Maria are now crossing the Pacific, currently in French Polynesia.Read More
Weather Watch: Lightning Superbolts
Date Published - September 17, 2019
After a nine year survey, the University of Washington have published a paper demonstrating how superbolts are most common in the Mediterranean Sea, the northeast Atlantic and over the Andes, with lesser hotspots east of Japan, in the tropical oceans and off the tip of South Africa. Unlike regularRead More
Book of the Month: Ocean Sailing
Date Published - October 10, 2019
Launched at the 2019 Southampton Boat Show by Bloomsbury, the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation’s new book is a practical guide to long-distance ocean sailing. This review by John Franklin, Past Commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club.Read More
