BIOT (Chagos): An Update for Visiting Yachts 12 April 2026 Following the recent announcement from BIOT Administration regarding the pause in new yacht permit applications,...

Every passage is different from the one before and this passage from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands to Bora Bora in French Polynesia started with...

Based on our recent experience visiting the Andaman Islands, we wanted to summarize the procedures to create an easier and more comfortable check-in experience for...

Red Sea Stop for SV Orpheus Canadian sailors Jonathan Hicks and Tristan Michela have been circumnavigating the world on their Jeanneau 54 SV Orpheus for...

Visiting the Cook Islands during Christmas 2025 made me realise I was lucky to have first visited in 2003, before the harbor renovation project and...

Different Groups of Cruising Sailors The following recounts my impressions of cruising sailors which I have gained from reading about and meeting offshore cruisers. I...