Sailing and Cruising forums - HOT topics of discussion delivered in RSS news feeds.Hot new topics being discussed on the Cruiserlog ocean cruising and sailing discussion forum boards.Yacht Sean Seamour II Sinks In Mid Atlantic - Dream adventure on high seas turns into sailor's sailing nightmare.- May 29, 2007 This is the log of actions and events driven by the only-subsequently named Sub-tropical Storm Andrea, leading to the sinking of sv Sean Seamour II and the successful rescue of its entire crew on the early morning of May 7th 2007. We departed from Green Cove Springs on the Saint Johns River in the early morning of May 2nd, 2007. Gibraltar was our prime destination with a planned stopover in the Azores for recommissioning and eventually fuel. The vessel, on its second crossing was fully prepared.http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3838&view=findpost&p=7704 Cruising in Brazil.- May 24, 2007 Sailing the Coast of Brazil New East Coast Yachting Centre Announced. Phillipe Fessard an experienced French sailor, has opened a new yachting centre at Praia do Jacar, on the Rio Paraiba behind the port of Cabedelo, close to Joao Pessoa, (World Port Index No. 12710, 6 58'S., 34 50'W.). The buoyed channel to Cabedelo is well marked for either day or night entry, with a least depth of more than 8 meters. It is located on the trade wind trans-ocean, trans-equatorial route from Europe and...http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3787 CHAGOS - Breaking News!, Appeal Court Rules in Favour of BIOT Islanders- May 23, 2007 Chagos families win legal battle. The islanders have been protesting for the right to return to the island. Families expelled from the Chagos Islands by the British have won their legal battle for the right to return home at the Court of Appeal. Some 2,000 residents were forced out when the British colony in the Indian Ocean was leased to the US in the 1960s to build an air base at Diego Garcia. Details .....http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3780 Maxpower Marine Fuel Cell, A real step forward for sailing yachts- May 23, 2007 This Maxpower marine fuel cell looks like a real step forward for the DC needs of a cruising yacht. Full discussion ......http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3759 Stitch-It Awl, Sail repair tool - and other uses on sailing yachts.- May 20, 2007 Used a similar tool many years ago - it was a very useful , especially when repairing a genoa on my sailing yacht where the clew's grommetcringle had pulled out - this one looks similar. Seems expensive but I guess if it is strongly built it and because it might have an easy life, it should last the life of your boat. Over time it could turn out to save a lot of journeys to the sailmaker. Full Discussion ......http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3748 Exercise on a sailing yacht at sea- May 14, 2007 When out to sea on a sailing yacht for extended periods how do you stay in shape, if you stay in shape Calisthetics and maybe jump rope come to mind off hand .... Full discussion .....http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3034 Sailing Yacht's first aid kit - what is necessary for cruising- May 10, 2007 A cruising yacht is often on passage and far away from any assistance so it is important to have some knowledge and good reference material to treat a variety of possible injuries or ailments - and have the necessary medicines and first aid dressings, etc., close to hand. You cannot carry everything but what do YOU have in your medical kit Full discussion ....http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3656 Australian Sailing Yacht Cowrie Dancer In Trouble In Southern Ocean, Australian and South African crew aboard- May 2, 2007 The Antarctic research vessel SA Agulhas is steaming through rough seas in the Southern Ocean to rescue the crew of an Australian sailing yacht, Cowrie Dancer, after its mizzen mast broke and a crew member was washed overboard in a storm with swells of between five and eight meters. A South African crew member, Carol Erasmus, 32, of Uvongo on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, was unhurt but exhausted on Tuesday after the ordeal, which took place about 700 nautical miles south of Port...http://www.cruiserlog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3616 |