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Chile: Crackdown on Illegal Charter Operations Indicates Stricter Controls Next Season
Following a string of high-profile yacht seizures during the 2024–2025 sailing season, Chilean maritime authorities are signaling a significant ...

Published 22 hours ago

Seven Seas Cruising Association Expands Marine HF Radio Service
This northern hemisphere summer, the Seven Seas Cruising Association (SSCA) will expand support of Marine HF radio nets to seasonal regional nets for ...

Published 2 days ago

South Pacific: French Polynesia and Samoa Create Marine Protected Areas
At last week's United Nations (U.N.) Ocean Conference in France, French Polynesia announced the creation of what will be the world's largest Marine ...

Published 3 days ago

Panama, San Blas Islands: Cruisers Advised to Avoid the Area
Because of on-going tensions between the Guna people of Guna Yala (formerly known as the San Blas Islands) and the government of Panama, cruisers are ...

Published 2 weeks ago

French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands: Family Rescued from Sinking Catamaran
French Polynesia's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) has been involved in several rescues in their area of operation in the last two weeks, ...

Published 2 weeks ago

Brazil: Mandatory Pre-Arrival Visas for US, Canada and Australia Passport Holders
Cruisers who are citizens of Australia, Canada and the United States of America (as well as some other countries) are reminded that they once again ...

Published 3 weeks ago, updated 5 days ago