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WARNING against electronic flares
By Sail-World Cruising,
2:08 AM Mon 10 Jun 2013 GMT
Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has warned all sailors and other boaters that electronic flares will NOT substitute for the traditional pyrotechnic flare, while US Coastguard has commissioned a study. ... [more] 
Healing powers of sailing - The most important part is the journey
By Pantaenius, ,
4:00 PM Sun 9 Jun 2013 GMT
Chances are, you’ve heard this adage about sailing: 'The most important part is the journey itself…not the destination.' We at Pantaneius America Yacht Insurance agree and commend these three inspiring organizations that prove life is like that, too ... [more] 
Solar flares and lack of satellites threatens GPS reliability
By Des Ryan, ,
9:41 PM Thu 6 Jun 2013 GMT
Governments have warned that 2013 could see a peak in solar flares. What's the relevance for sailors? Your GPS could be affected. And that's not the only thing pointing to the necessity of taking paper charts when you cruise. There's the US Navy's inability to replace all of their 24 satellites. ... [more] 
Racing and sailing not the same? The future of sailing
By Alex Blackwell, Coastalboating.net/Sail-World, ,
8:51 PM Thu 6 Jun 2013 GMT
Long time cruising sailor, Captain Alex Blackwell here ponders the future of sailing and why almost all sailing clubs in every established sailing nation in the world find their numbers in decline. He quotes, memorably, a Velux 5 Oceans race leader who said that at one point during the race he was 'more sailing than racing'. So sailing and racing are not the same? Read on... ... [more] 
Non-member clubs approached regarding membership importance
By Ontario Sailing, ,
6:40 PM Thu 6 Jun 2013 GMT
Ontario Sailing has reached out to Non-Member Clubs in an attempt to have them join the Sailing Community as a member of Ontario Sailing and Sail Canada (formerly CYA). Non-member clubs that have racing programs and/or have members traveling to races need to know that the Canadian Prescriptions in the newest Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016 have changed. ... [more] 
Summer Sailstice - just 18 days to go for a Supermoon
By John Arndt/Sail-World Cruising, ,
9:00 PM Wed 5 Jun 2013 GMT
There are just 18 days to go to Summer Sailstice, and founder John Arndt wonders who are the furthest north south east or west so far to celebrate? Well, that depends on where you are sitting, but he sails in San Francisco waters, I guess we start from there. ... [more]
Summer Sailstice - just 18 days to go for a Supermoon
By John Arndt/Sail-World Cruising, ,
9:00 PM Wed 5 Jun 2013 GMT
There are just 18 days to go to Summer Sailstice, and founder John Arndt wonders who are the furthest north south east or west so far to celebrate? Well, that depends on where you are sitting, but he sails in San Francisco waters, I guess we start from there. ... [more] 
Gulf of Guinea replaces Somalia as most dangerous place to sail
By Tom Thompson**, The Maritime Executive/Sail-World, ,
11:26 PM Mon 3 Jun 2013 GMT
Piracy May Be Getting Worse, Not Better. The Gulf of Guinea is fast replacing Somalia as the world's most dangerous place to sail. While the frequency of pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, this is no time to celebrate, as Nigeria accounted for 27 attacks lat year. ... [more] 
Toronto's Boat Show preview raises more than $47,000 for kids
By The Star/Sail-World Cruising, ,
11:05 PM Mon 3 Jun 2013 GMT
The numbers are just out. Hundreds of kids will be going to camp thanks to the over $47,000 worth of generosity of boat show patrons who attended the preview night of the Toronto International Boat Show. ... [more] 
Book of the Week: 'Perfect Passage Planning' by Alistair Buchan
By Sail-World Cruising,
2:32 AM Mon 3 Jun 2013 GMT
Planning and carrying out a successful, safe and enjoyable passage is a real art, and this book covers the whole process, from planning before setting off to fine tuning once underway. ... [more] 
Death report points to life raft stowage failure
By BBC/MCA/Sail-World Cruising, ,
10:04 PM Sat 1 Jun 2013 GMT
It's useless having a good life raft on board if it's not stowed so that it will deploy in an emergency. These were the sad findings of a report into the deaths of three fishermen when their boat sank. It might have been a fishing boat not a sailing boat, but the warning is equally pertinent for sailors. ... [more] 
Pocket Mariner launches nautical charts and navigation App
By Kevin Doel, ,
9:36 PM Sat 1 Jun 2013 GMT
Now here's another one. Pocket Mariner, the company behind popular sailing apps such as Compass Eye and Boat Beacon, has launched SeaNav, a nautical charts and navigation App. ... [more] 
Polynesian canoe on world sail - mission: Caring for the Planet
By Mileka Lincoln, Hawaii News Now/Sail-World,
5:13 AM Sat 1 Jun 2013 GMT
Hokule'a is a full-scale replica of a wa'a kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Launched way back in 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, she is best known for her 1976 Hawai?i to Tahiti voyage performed with Polynesian navigation techniques. Many thousands of miles later she is to embark on a much more ambitious voyage. ... [more] 
ARC Rally a fun challenge, not about racing
By World Cruising Club,
1:00 AM Sat 1 Jun 2013 GMT
The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) welcomes sailors each year from around the globe to gather in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for a rally hallmarked by safe and social cruising. Rallies are about crossing oceans with friends, both new and old, and everybody celebrating the great achievement of completing an ocean passage. ... [more]
Be cautious of concussions
By Ontario Sailing, ,
6:15 PM Fri 31 May 2013 GMT
A concussion can occur from a blow to the head or body that results in the brain moving rapidly back and forth within the skull. ... [more] 
Charts & Tides for Mac is now available from Mac App Store
By Daria Blackwell/Sail-World Cruising,
2:44 AM Fri 31 May 2013 GMT
Good news is that Navimatics Charts & Tides for Mac is available right now. Charts&Tides for Mac has passed review from Apple and is now available for OS X 10.8 and later from the Mac App Store. ... [more]
Northern Ontario Sailing Workshop to take place June 15th
By Glenn Lethbridge, Little Current, Ontario ,
3:29 AM Wed 29 May 2013 GMT
A Northern Ontario Sailing Workshop is set to take place at Little Current YC in Little Current, Ontario, on June 15th. Session is open to non-member clubs. ... [more] 
13th Summer Sailstice goes for global and wants your help
By John Arndt/Sail-World Cruising,
11:17 PM Tue 28 May 2013 GMT
Summer Sailstice, the grand celebration of sailing on the weekend closest to the summer solstice, is not far away, and you can help make it, in its thirteenth year, more global, more truly inclusive of every northern hemisphere sailing nation. First make sure you have set aside the weekend of the 22nd June to celebrate yourself, and then read on to find out how you can help. ... [more] 
Seasick sailors: New App to banish seasickness
By Sail-World Cruising, ,
8:30 PM Mon 27 May 2013 GMT
If you ever feel like the guys in this clever cartoon by Phillip Martin when you go sailing, you may want to know about what seems also very clever - an App that can cure your seasickness. Don't believe it? Read on. ... [more] 
Who am I? Solo sailor lists the breakages
By Lee Mylchreest, ,
11:56 PM Sun 26 May 2013 GMT
Who am I? I have been sailing solo for quite a while now without touching land, over five months in fact. An amazing number of pieces of equipment have already failed or are beginning to fail. I've made do. I have passed the famed capes of the Southern Ocean and am now in the Pacific. Here is what has broken so far, as I remember: ... [more] 
Alternative energy - being embraced by the sailing world
By Hilary Wiech, Sailors for the Sea/Sail-World,
8:34 PM Sun 26 May 2013 GMT
Renewable energy is a hot and sometimes controversial topic on land, but within the sailing world wind generators are old news, and being 'independent of the grid' is taken for granted. ... [more] 
Swan announces new 'pure' cruising range of sailing boats
By Des Ryan, ,
1:13 AM Sun 26 May 2013 GMT
Last year the famed Finnish boat builder Nautor's Swan built its 2000th yacht. This week, staying loyal to their naval architect German Frers, they have announced a new range of yachts by Frers, meant just for the cruising sailor. ... [more] 
One more day in the life of Brixham Coastguard
By Daily Mail/Sail-World Cruising, ,
8:52 PM Sat 25 May 2013 GMT
It is a quiet moment in Britain's Brixham Coastguard control room Thursday evening this week. Coffee is hot, chilled air outside. The 'red' line rings, signalling some emergency at sea, and the junior Coastguard officer on watch answers it swiftly. 'You say there's a person fallen overboard, but you live in Crediton Devon. With respect, Sir, you are nowhere near the sea.' ... [more] 
Great Lakes to welcome 25 tall ships this summer
By Sail-World Cruising, ,
8:27 PM Sat 25 May 2013 GMT
Canadians and Americans living around the Great Lakes will this summer be treated to the sight of a fleet of 25 tall ships sailing through the large fresh water lakes which straddle the border between the two countries. In the Tall Ships America's bi-national Tall Ships Challenge series of tall ship visits 22 USA communities and Ontario will be treated to the visits between June and September. ... [more] 
All over for Orlova? - navigation hazard may have sunk
By Lee Mylchreest,
10:49 PM Fri 24 May 2013 GMT
Cruising sailors in the Atlantic will be relieved to learn that the navigation hazard, the abandoned and possibly toxic cruise ship Orlova, lost and drifting somewhere in the North Atlantic, seems to have vanished from the high seas after a water-activated EPIRB signal, indicating that the ship could be taking on water, was picked up by the Irish Coastguard some time ago, but no contact since. ... [more]
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