News Archive

Laura Dekker and the Press - reader response By Nancy Knudsen, , 11:56 AM Sat 9 Apr 2011
As regular readers of Sail-World Cruising will know, this is a news magazine, not a forum. However, we received such a response to my question about teen sailor Laura Dekker last week, that we have decided to print a cross-section of the replies, printing both positive and negative responses in the same proportion as the whole. ...[more]

85-year-old sails raft across the Atlantic By Newsfeed/Sail-World Cruising, 2:57 PM Fri 8 Apr 2011
They have to be hailed as the Heroes of the Week, if not the Year. 85-year-old Londoner Anthony Smith and three retiree friends sailed their raft made of pipes, dubbed the An-Tiki, from the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa to the Caribbean island of St. Maartens. Sixty-six days and 2,800 miles later, the crew reached St. Maartens on Wednesday. ...[more]

Polish yacht - North West Passage and Cape Horn in a single journey By Nancy Knudsen, 7:21 AM Tue 5 Apr 2011
Last year the steel expedition yacht Ocean Watch completed a circumnavigation of the Americas, clockwise, and at the time it was thought they were the first yacht to achieve such a challenge. Now a Polish yacht is on its way to achieving the same challenge, anti-clockwise, and has just rounded Cape Horn ...[more]

Sarasota Yacht Club holds its breath for permission to sail to Cuba By Des Ryan, 3:43 PM Sun 6 Feb 2011
American sailors, in the form of the Sarasota Yacht Club, want to sail to Havana, Cuba. The fact that Cuba has been off-limits to American citizens for over 50 years only seems to make it more attractive, but their hopes will be dashed if they don't get positive word from the US government this month. ...[more]

Japanese comedian sails and runs a circumnavigation By Sail-World Cruising Round-up, , 8:18 AM Sat 22 Jan 2011
A Japanese comedian and distance runner has completed what he called his 'Earth Marathon' by sailing across the oceans and running across the continents in an adventure which has taken him over two years. ...[more]

Solo Jeanne 'unlikely to continue' circumnavigation after knockdown By Sail-World Cruising, , 2:30 PM Fri 21 Jan 2011
Solo sailing grandmother Jeanne Socrates has confirmed to the media this week that it is unlikely that she will continue her round-world attempt, which was aborted in a 'turn turtle' knock-down just as she was to round Cape Horn in early January. ...[more]

Tall ship 'survivors' tell tales of their sea adventures By Sail-World Cruising, , 2:48 PM Sat 15 Jan 2011
Tall ship adventures are popular around the world and come in all shapes and sizes, but the theme is the same: They combine fantastic adventures in (somewhat) controlled circumstances with an incredible life learning experience. They also occasionally create passionate sailors. Australia's Young Endeavour is one such, and here two 'survivors' tell of their time at sea and what it meant to them ...[more]

Jeanne Socrates - she's still sailing By Sail-World Cruising, 7:45 AM Sat 8 Jan 2011
Jeanne Socrates, 67-year-old solo sailor on her third attempt to complete a solo sail around the world, is still sailing. After experiencing a total knock-down while hove-to in the midst of a Southern Ocean system, and in spite of a broken boom, Jeanne has rejected the offer of a local fishing boat to tow her to safety, has rounded the Horn and anchored near the Beagle Channel ...[more]

Jeanne Socrates in knockdown near Cape Horn By ., 8:10 AM Fri 7 Jan 2011
One of the world's most adventurous sailors, 67-year-old Jeanne Socrates, on her third attempt to solo sail a circumnavigation, has been knocked down while trying to round Cape Horn, and it could be the end of her circumnavigation non-stop and unassisted.. ...[more]

Beagle Channel yacht tragedy By Sail-World Round-up, , 1:09 PM Fri 17 Dec 2010
World cruising yacht Nashchata has this week smashed into rocks in the Beagle Channel during a violent storm, and two of the crew have been killed. The 16.1 metre steel expedition yacht was in the middle of a world cruise and just returned from Antarctica when it lost power during the 60knot storm and decided to try to take cover in Sloggett Bay ...[more]

Jeanne Socrates, British solo grandmother, sails for the Horn By Lee Mylchreest, , 8:44 AM Tue 7 Dec 2010
British solo sailor Jeanne Socrates is this week over the equator and heading for Cape Horn. Timing her voyage so that she will round the much dreaded Cape Horn in the most favourable conditions, the gutsy grandmother, who didn't learn to sail until she was 51, is hoping that this time she'll make it round the world non-stop and unassisted. ...[more]

Sailor drowned, two lost for 12 days, no EPIRB By Mark Alan Lovewell, Vineyard Gazette/Sail-World, , 6:35 AM Sat 27 Nov 2010
Today almost every tragic tale of being lost at sea involves the admission of carrying no EPIRB. What was meant to be a routine sail from Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts in the USA to the Caribbean this month was no different. The voyage ended in tragedy after an inaccurate forecast, advice 'not to worry if you don't hear from us', and the lack of an EPIRB. ...[more]

Polish Solanus - from the North West Passage to the Horn By Angela Hill, Oakland Tribune/Sail-World Cruising, , 10:05 AM Fri 19 Nov 2010
She'd made her way all the from Poland, she'd conquered the Northwest Passage during the summer, one of the most dangerous sailing routes in the world, considered a watery Everest. Yet deeper trouble loomed large for the 48ft yawl when she hit the Bering Sea. ...[more]

The Race is on to sail through Space By Spectrum/Sail-World Cruising, , 6:59 PM Sat 30 Oct 2010
It was sailing boats that set off from Europe in search of new trading routes and the new world to the East and West, and it seems that it will be sailing vessels that lead the way in the new world of space. ...[more]

Bay of Biscay waters - another casualty as teenagers lose mast By This is Plymouth/Sail-World Cruising, , 7:52 AM Sat 30 Oct 2010
Waters around the Bay of Biscay are getting pretty busy with disabled boats and their rescuers at the moment. Not only is there Tony Bullimore's catamaran The Spirit of Antigua capsized and being guarded by the Dutch Navy until a salvage team arrives, but there's also a tall ship with a bunch of Polish teens on board which has lost one of its masts. ...[more]

67-year-old grandmother starts solo non-stop circumnavigation today By Nancy Knudsen, 11:39 AM Mon 25 Oct 2010
Today is the day for Jeanne Socrates, 67-year-old grandmother, to begin her solo non-stop circumnavigation. She's been held up by the weather for a few days, but today she is to be towed to her start line at Canada's Victoria Harbour entrance to be ready to sail away around 4pm local time. ...[more]

Trimaran circles the Arctic in a single season By Sail-World Cruising roundup, , 5:22 PM Fri 15 Oct 2010
A trimaran sailing boat has circled the North Pole in a single summer season, a feat made possible by global warming and the melting of the Arctic ice cap, the boat's international crew said this week. ...[more]

Product of the Week: The Ecowind varying pitch propeller By Kevin Woody, , 8:12 AM Tue 12 Oct 2010
A propeller that will adapt to changing situations by automatically varying its pitch under differing load conditions. It sounds like a good deal, particularly for long range cruising sailors, and that's just what the manufacturer claims. ...[more]

Steve White - solo round the world the 'wrong way' By Nancy Knudsen, 12:20 PM Sat 11 Sep 2010
Dee Caffari has done it, now Steve White is setting out to do it too. He's going to sail solo, round the world, non-stop and unassisted, AND the 'wrong way', AND break the current record. ...[more]

OceansWatch looking for crew for Australian coastal passage By Nancy Knudsen, , 4:05 PM Wed 1 Sep 2010
OceansWatch, the not-for-profit sailing organisation that works to help coastal communities conserve their marine environments, develop sustainable livelihoods and ensure access to primary schools, is looking for crew to sail from Cairns to Mooloolaba and/or to Sydney, on Moksha, a lovely 54ft Hanse yacht. ...[more]

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