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The New Polar Yacht Guide: To Help Maintain Free Sailing in Polar Regions
Last year the the International Maritime Organization (IMO) received petition from some Polar countries to include non-SOLAS vessels (i.e. small ...

Published 5 years ago

Indian Ocean: BIOT Permit Applications Re-Opened for 2021
After suspending the issuing of new permits for BIOT in March this year, BIOT Administration have confirmed that from today they have re-opened ...

Published 5 years ago

Atlantic Crossing: Ocean calling ARC 2020
Following years of planning, months of trepidation, days of stowing, and hours of farewells, over 300 crew set sail on Sunday from Las Palmas de Gran ...

Published 5 years ago

Atlantic Hurricanes 2020: Iota Left Devastation in Central America
Hurricane Iota, which made landfall in Nicaragua one week ago, was the most recent-known Atlantic hurricane to reach Category 5 intensity, and only ...

Published 5 years ago, updated 1 year ago

Australia Entry: New Exemption Category for Yachts
After months of lobbying national agencies, state agencies and politicians, the OCC has received a letter from the Australian Border Force advising ...

Published 5 years ago

Spain, Vigo: Catamaran en-route to ARC start capsizes after hitting submerged object – one crew dead
The 50 foot TS 5 catamaran “Hallucine”, belonging to well known ocean racer Régis Guillemot, struck a UFO last Friday evening (6 November) ...

Published 5 years ago