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First ever Italian boat conquers the Northwest Passage By Sail-World Cruising round-up, , 11:39 AM Sat 20 Oct 2012
Since 2007, when the first dramatic signs of global warming began to make the once-dreaded Northwest Passage possible to transit, about 40 boats have transited. But there are no guarantees and it's still one of yachting's prime adventures. Last month another first. The first Italian sailing vessel ...[more]

Laura inspires teens to go on sailing campaign By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 1:46 AM Mon 15 Oct 2012
Inspired by Dutch/New Zealand sailor Laura Dekker, who was held back by Dutch authorities for over a year by authorities who wanted to stop her going long-range sailing, now two dyslexic Dutch teenagers have set off on a year-long sailing trip to campaign for their right to an education. ...[more]

Scorpius breaks free of Arctic ice, heading for another record By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 5:55 PM Fri 7 Sep 2012
While Belzebub II, a fibreglass Hallberg Rassy, has just sailed through the McClure Strait, a first for a sailing boat in the Northwest Passage, there are more records being broken in the Arctic as the great melt continues. On Tuesday the 30 m/98' steel Russian yacht Scorpius, with a Russian-Ukrainian crew, which had been stuck in heavy ice flows in the East Siberian Sea broke free from the ice ...[more]

Interview with Laura Dekker on arrival in New Zealand By Sail-World Cruising, , 6:55 PM Tue 4 Sep 2012
As reported earlier this week, Laura Dekker, tearaway Dutch solo circumnavigator, who is still to reach her 17th birthday, arrived in New Zealand intending to take up residence. Here is the interview with reporters that was recorded on her arrival into Marsdon Cove in Whangarei. ...[more]

Youngest ever solo circumavigator sails into new home New Zealand By Nancy Knudsen, 5:46 PM Sun 2 Sep 2012
With a shredded but replaced main and the wind gusting 30 knots, Dutch sailor Laura Dekker, the world's youngest ever solo circumnavigator, sailed into New Zealand today, with the intention of starting a new life in the country she was born in, but hardly remembers. ...[more]

Belzebub II breaks record in the Northwest Passage By Nancy Knudsen, 7:07 PM Fri 31 Aug 2012
They've done it! The crew of Belzebub II, a 1976 Hallberg-Rassy Monsun 31, have made it through the most northerly route possible in the Northwest Passage and while they still have challenges ahead, have reached the other end of the most dangerous strait successfully. ...[more]

Sailor celebrates Northwest Passage transit, offers advice By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 9:34 AM Fri 17 Aug 2012
While a disparate group of sailing boats head for the most difficult parts of the Northwest Passage, hoping for a break in the ice, and that forecast ice-free water will allow them passage, one Canadian sailor is able to celebrate his passage, having just sailed from Arctic waters down the Pacific to Vancouver Island after his transit - and offer some advice. ...[more]

So far so good - Hallberg-Rassy's new route in Northwest Passage By Nancy Knudsen, 3:23 PM Tue 14 Aug 2012
>Three adventure sailors are attempting to sail a 31ft Hallberg-Rassy, the Belzebub II, through the Northwest Passage, following a route that has previously only been used by icebreakers and never tried by a sailing boat before. ...[more]

16-year-old circumnavigator on last leg to birth country New Zealand By Nancy Knudsen, , 12:13 PM Mon 13 Aug 2012
Remember Laura Dekker - that 16-year-old no-fuss Dutch sailor who circumnavigated the world in spite of her government's best efforts to prevent her? Laura's long-held dream to desert Holland out of distaste for how they treated her, in favour of her birth country of New Zealand, is about to come true. ...[more]

Sea ice in the Arctic- good for sailing boats, bad for the environment By nk, , 11:51 AM Mon 6 Aug 2012
While several adventurous sailing boats and their obedient crew head for the Northwest Passage, things are looking good - or bad, depending on how you view it. The once dreaded Passage is looking clear of ice from a bird's eye view, and it looks like a record low year for ice - again.. ...[more]

70-year-old woman about to complete solo 'Five Cape' circumnavigation By Nancy Knudsen, 2:03 PM Mon 30 Jul 2012
There's nothing can stop her now! 70-year-old Jeanne Socrates is due to create multiple world records when she reaches Victoria, British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada this week. She will be the oldest woman(by far) to have sailed a solo circumnavigation of the world by sailing south of the Five Great Capes of the Southern Ocean. But as it was not non-stop it's not good enough for her. ...[more]

Youngest and fastest around Britain - Ludo, 'My Hero!' By Sue Hardwick/Sail-World Cruising, 1:30 PM Tue 17 Jul 2012
'My Hero!' is how famed sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur described 21-year-old Ludo Bennett-Jones after he completed his record breaking Great Britain circumnavigation this week, becoming the youngest and the fastest to complete such a voyage in a 16ft Wayfarer dinghy ...[more]

Ludo Bennett-Jones UK circumnavigation- rudder snapped but almost home By Nancy Knudsen, , 3:24 PM Wed 11 Jul 2012
THE RNLI Inshore Lifeboat in Hastings came to the rescue of a young man stranded two miles out at sea while trying to complete a record-breaking charity sail around the UK. Ludo Bennett-Jones, 21, was almost back to his starting point of Portsmouth, after more than 70 days, when the incident happened. ...[more]

The flotilla heads for the North West Passage By Sail-World Cruising round-up, 7:05 AM Sat 7 Jul 2012
The flotilla of yachts which will attempt this year's North West Passage is heralded to be in for some clement weather as the forecast is for early melting. But there are no guarantees and it's still one of yachting's prime adventures. ...[more]

Solo sailor Jeanne Socrates - new 'oldest ever' record on the way By Nancy Knudsen, 6:32 AM Tue 26 Jun 2012
She just keeps breaking 'oldest ever' records, and she's on her way to another. British solo sailor Jeanne Socrates, already the oldest ever female solo circumnavigator after finishing her last circumnavigation in Cape Town, has just left Tahiti on her way across the Pacific to Victoria in Canada. On arrival she will have become the 'oldest ever' woman to circumnavigate via the Five Great Capes ...[more]

Tall Ship Astrid - a circumnavigation of Africa By Sail-World Cruising, , 6:46 AM Sat 16 Jun 2012
There's nothing finer than the sight of a tall ship with sails flying and the organisers of the Africa-Europe Challenge(AEC) are using a tall ship as their flagship. The Tall Ship Astrid, in what organisers are calling their Promotional Year, will circumnavigate Africa, and have already set out from the charismatic port of Malta. The best news is YOU could join a leg of the voyage. ...[more]

Adventure sailors go for new northern route in Northwest Passage By Nancy Knudsen, 12:38 PM Mon 11 Jun 2012
Canadian Nicolas Peissel and Swede Edvin Buregren are making final preparations to sail a new northern route through the Northwest Passage that has never been achieved before, on their 31ft Hallberg-Rassy, the Belzebub II. In doing this they will be again demonstrating to the world just how rapidly the Arctic is melting. ...[more]

Shackleton's legendary open boat voyage: the re-enactment By Sail-World Cruising, , 7:01 AM Sat 26 May 2012
Almost a hundred years ago Ernest Shackleton, leader of a 1916 sailing expedition to Antarctica, whose sailing vessel was crushed by the ice and the crew had made their way to Elephant Island, made one of the most inspirational journeys by sailing boat in the history of the world to rescue his crew. Now it is to be re-enacted. ...[more]

HMB Endeavour returns to Sydney By Sail-World Cruising, 4:41 PM Fri 25 May 2012
The replica of Captain Cook's famous vessel HMB Endeavour returned to Sydney this week following a 400 day circumnavigation of Australia. ...[more]

Across the south Indian Ocean in 30 days - a family story By James Burwick, 3:21 PM Mon 21 May 2012
The Burwick-Sao family are four and they are circumnavigating the world in their Finot-Conq Open 40 sailing boat. They are James and Somiro, with their two children, Tormentina(2), and Raivo(1). Their most recent journey has been 30 days across the Indian Ocean from Simons Town in South Africa to Fremantle in Australia, and here James tell the story: ...[more]

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