Yachting News

The American sailing vessel LIMERENCE, on 24 May 2006, was detained upon checking into the Port of Patras for violating the Greek law punishing non-EU yachts that cruise Greek waters for over ninety days.

Nouvelle épreuve réservée aux skippers de la Classe Figaro-Bénéteau , l'Odyssée Cannes-Istanbul se déroulera du 25 juin au 8 juillet 2006. Cette course a été présentée ce jour par ses organisateurs, Frank Covat et Cumali Varer, lors d'un point presse sur le stand de la Turquie.1500 milles nautiques en double, le long...

We passed Al Mukalla, a known pirate area, at night some forty miles offshore. The next day motoring in light winds, I noticed a dhow (a local sailboat about 35 feet long) up ahead about three miles. I could see as we came closer that there were about eight men aboard.

Erden Eruç, Atlas Okyanusu'nu kürekle aşma girişiminde yeni bir aşamaya girdi. Uygun rüzgarları beklediği Kanarya Adaları'ndan 29 Ocak'ta hareket eden Eruç, tek başına Kosta Rika'ya ulaşmayı hedefliyor

The small port of La Goulette located next to the Tunis ferry and passenger terminal is no longer a port of entry and access to it is strictly prohibited.The small marina is now administered by Club Nautique de la Marine Tunisienne (the Yacht Club of the Tunisian Navy).

Well over 700 sailors from more than 60 nations and all continents have already registered to take part in the festival of sailing that will be the ISAF World Sailing Games in Lake Neusiedl, Austria, on May10-20.

Following the misunderstandings raised by the recent guidelines concerning the payment of sailboat taxes, the Greek Financial Ministry, included in the new Law N. 3427/2005 article 35, effective from 1st January 2006