Voyaging
Green yacht sailing to Brazil on vegetable oil
What do two South Africans, two Irishmen, a Bulgarian, an Englishman and an Australian have in common? They’re all headed for Brazil on a 20-year-old eco-friendly yacht that can run on vegetable oil and has sails made from recycled plastic bottles. READ MORE
Post to TwitterSailor Matt Rutherford welcomed home in Annapolis after sailing solo around the Americas
(Washington Post) Within minutes of his placing his first bare, calloused foot on dry land, they whisked Matt Rutherford away from his joyful family and led him to a makeshift stage in the center of Annapolis’s City Dock, where, clad in a crusty floppy hat, a pungent pair of black mesh shorts and the same vintage Popeye T-shirt he had worn at his departure 10 months earlier, he took a seat next to the governor and his wife and gazed out at the hundreds of faces suddenly staring at him. Teen Girl Sailor Close to Breaking World Solo Sailing Record
(ABC) Dutch teen Laura Dekker is trying to break Watson’s record of being the youngest person to sail around the world solo. After a legal battle with the Dutch government — which initially objected to the teen making the trip — Dekker set off from Gibraltar in August 2010, when she was 14. READ MOREEgypt foils attempt to smuggle coral reefs
Egypt’s navy on Sunday thwarted an attempt to smuggle 43 pieces of
coral reefs on board a British yacht while it was crossing the Suez
Canal.
The naval forces had received information about a British boat bound for Turkey, which carried six British and two Turkish sailors, along with a huge load of coral reefs from Egypt’s Red Sea.
The boat was immediately driven to Port Said’s seaport. Environmental and customs authorities were informed of the incident.
Man sails around world with school atlas
(SBS) Paddy Macklin was feared missing after being hit with bad weather during the trip.
However, according to BBC News, the 52-year-old wanted to "recapture the spirit of true amateur sailing."
"He didn't want anybody to call help for him, he wanted to do it in the
true tradition of going to sea and being prepared to drown like a a
gentleman," said Steve Ransley, a friend of Mr Macklin.
Mr Macklin started the journey in December 2009. READ MORE AND WATCH VIDEORescued sailors tell of drama
(IOL news) Massive waves and gale-force winds battered the Spirit of Izivunguvungu, breaking the mast in three. In the turmoil that followed, the
mast went over and a piece pierced the hull. As icy water started
seeping into the yacht, the four crew members aboard the vessel kept
trying to empty it. “I spoke to the guys every day and
told them we’re not going to die,” the yacht’s skipper, Kader Williams,
30, of Strandfontein, said on Wednesaday shortly after he and his crew
had arrived in Cape Town. READ MORE
Yacht disappears off the Atlantic
The City of Cape Town-sponsored development yacht, the Spirit of Izivunguvungu, sailed in the Heineken Cape to Rio yacht race.
The race ended early last month.
Amver ship racing to rescue sailors in Atlantic
(Newser) The US Coast Guard is searching the Atlantic Ocean 1,582 miles east of
San Juan, Puerto Rico for four people aboard the French flagged sailing
vessel Recidive. Coast Guard watchstanders received notification
of a broadcast from a personal locator beacon assigned to the vessel at
1:45 p.m. Saturday. READ MOREAntarctica: Raft found, still no Berserk
(Explorers Web) Berserk’s life raft has been
found, but still no sign of the three people aboard the Norwegian
sailing yacht. The raft was pretty beat up. Sea Shepherd has searched
the whole area and are convinced that there are no survivors. The
skipper and one of the crew are racing towards the coast in two ATV's. READ MOREGrave fears for missing yacht Berserk in Antarctica – EPIRB stops
(Sail World) Grave fears are now held for the crew of
three – Norwegians and possibly one British sailor - on expedition
yacht Berserk, skippered by Norwegian professional sailor Jarle
Andhoey, who has been skippering the 14metre 25 ton steel yacht for
many years. New Zealand's Rescue Coordination Centre New
Zealand (RCCNZ) said it picked up a signal from a distress beacon on
the Norwegian-registered yacht about 17 nautical miles north of Scott
Base at 5pm local time on the 22nd February. READ MORE