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Mediterranean Weather: Oppressive Heat Waves to Severe Storms

Yachts Stranded An intense weather phenomenon, known as a DANA, hit the Mediterranean coast of Spain including Catalonia, Valencia, and Murcia on Thursday 15 August, with the Balearic Islands the...

Published 1 year ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Yacht Transport Options Worldwide

While trying to work out the best option for your boat and crew during the current health emergency, yacht transport may be one option to consider. Yacht transport companies continue...

Published 6 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Mediterranean SSB Net from May to October

Our thanks to Louise of SV Lulu for passing on this information. Previously known as the Dragnet, the MedNet is open for all cruisers from Turkey to Gibraltar and runs...

Published 7 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Boater fined €150,000 after delaying ship

Boats anchoring off Ibiza are advised not to anchor at the entrance to the Port of Ibiza. A leisure boat owner was recently fined €150,000 for anchoring there and delaying...

Published 18 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Western Mediterranean Cruising: Potentially bad news for the Balearic Islands

A short extract from an article published February 2016 in the Mallorca Press – Espalmador – courtesy of SY Onaway Gaceta Nautica. The “secret” plan to privatize the Balearic Sea...

Published 10 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago

Spain, Balearics: Meteotsunami (rissaga) floods islands of Mallorca and Menorca

Ciutadella (Menorca) during a rissaga Meteorological tsunamis or meteotsunamis – locally known as Rissagas – are hazardous long ocean waves, which have the same frequencies and spatial scales as tsunami...

Published 8 years ago
, Updated 3 weeks ago
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