Although the customers on a sailing boat are usually eager to sail, see and explore it is always wise to listen to your skipper. Skippers rely on weather forecast and it is not in their interest to be blamed for laziness. They also look after your safety and don’t want to expose you to any risky situations.
Regardless of their excellence, most ports and marinas are rather generic. They all look the same and offer, more or less, the same services. That is why it is sometimes refreshing to stumble upon one that is so different from other marinas. Marina in Sali, Croatia, is one of those special places that wins you over with its uniqueness, mainly due to its charming library.
Rolex Middle Sea Race is a major Mediterranean sailing event. This sailing race was founded in 1968 by Paul and John Ripard and Jimmy White, all members of the Royal Malta Yacht Club. The best observation about this race came from Ted Turner.
The Cyclades is a Greek group of islands situated in Aegean Sea, consisting of some 220 islands, mainly uninhabited. As this area is one of the most popular Greek tourist destinations heavy traffic and a lot of tourists are to be expected during the top season. Our proposed sailing route for this area is: Athens – Kea – Mykonos – Paros – Ios (Santorini) – Serifos – Athens
On Dugi Otok, in the Zadar archipelago, you can find a secure shelter for your charter yacht. There are two safe bays that provide anchorages for your yacht: the southern Brbinj bay and the northern Lučina bay. There you will encounter a very polite and cheerful anchorage operator and staff.
Today you can read the first part of the story of Bermuda. A word with so many meanings. Sometimes with good connotations, sometimes with bad. The second part of the post and interesting facts about Bermuda will be online tomorrow.
A sailing story with basic lessons about the life at sea and good seamanship. When anchored, a skipper is obliged to check out the anchor and make sure that his vessel is not moving. If leaving the yacht, skipper has to make sure that he is able to get back quickly in case of unexpected event, or he has to delegate a crew member to keep watch over the anchor. The key to the tender has to be placed in the engine when tender is in the sea. And last but not least, a good skipper would always observe the situation over the neighboring yachts.
Sailing is one of the most demanding competitive sports, but you too can become a competitive sailor. To be a successful competitor, you need to have some sailing skill. Also, you have to be able to work well with other people. It is always a good thing to have a winner’s mentality too. Read this post and you will realize that you as well can participate in sailing competitions.
The role of a stopper is literally to stop something. It isn’t a player of the opposing team, but the device which stops the rope on the sailing yacht to be pulled uncontrollably. Right timing of releasing and opening a stopper very often means gaining precious seconds when turning the mark during a sailing race.
A new smartphone application called Bavaria+ is an app that provides you with information about your Bavaria yacht and offers you tips about how to use different systems on your vessel. In the app’s shop, you can find spare parts for your yacht. In development is also a part that introduces users to tricks regarding handling and maneuvering your yacht. Read more!
