News
Yachts Experience Difficulty Finding Insurance (06 Dec 2005)
We are Canadians on a Canadian documented vessel planning to leave Thailand for the Red Sea and Mediterranean in January. ... (Read more)
The Little Book that Could Save Your Life (18 Oct 2005)
“A comprehensive guide to Marine Medicine” by Drs Eric Weiss and Michael Jacobs. Reviewed by Jimmy Cornell. Possibly the most ... (Read more)
Ice packs and little auks: from Greenland to Spitsbergen (11 Oct 2005)
Vagabond is now back in Longyearbyen, after a summer on the East coast of Greenland, as a logistical base for ... (Read more)
New Australian biofouling protocol for arriving yachts (04 Oct 2005)
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) is introducing biofouling management requirements for arriving international yachts (among other vessels). The ... (Read more)
Panama Canal Authority Tightens Screws On Yachts (16 Sep 2005)
Noonsite has received a report from the owner of a yacht that had just transited the Panama Canal and is ... (Read more)
EU boats to pay VAT again after 3 year absence (07 Aug 2005)
A shocking news published initially in the German magazine Die Yacht has now been confirmed by the German Ministry of ... (Read more)
Dockwise preferred transport partner for Swan yacht owners (20 Jul 2004)
Nautor's Swan has selected Dockwise Yacht Transport as a preferred supplier to their members of the ClubSwan. Dockwise Yacht Transport ... (Read more)
Free weather service for boats cruising the South Pacific (18 Apr 2004)
Bob McDavitt, who describes himself as the MetService Weather Ambassador, sends out so called weathergrams by email to boats sailing ... (Read more)
French Yacht Completes First Polar Circumnavigation (01 Oct 2003)
Nuuk, Greenland, 23rd September 2003, While crossing the Davis Strait on 20th of September, the yacht Vagabond reached the Labrador ... (Read more)
Free weather service for yachts transiting the Red Sea (12 Apr 2003)
A transit of the Red Sea has previously had to be made without access to accurate weather information, making the ... (Read more)
