Laura Dekker sets sails to Portugal The 14 year old girl from Netherland will start later on from her circumnavigation from Portugal after a court released her from the guardianship of Dutch child protection. Agencies had blocked her attempts to leave last year. She plans to set out in her 38-foot yacht Guppy from the [...]
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Plastiki proves the power of ingenuity, imagination combined with some eco awareness with creator, environmental advocate and eco-adventurist David de Rothschild at the helm. Plastiki is a showcase of how waste can be used as a valuable resource. This modern vessel has been engineered from cutting edge materials and all available sustainable design technologies, the [...]
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And here we have again some upcoming enterprise exploiting the most gorgeous places on the planet. But this sailing excursion has pretty much everything what the modern budget traveler is asking for. Adventure, nature and fun. And it is done with the least possible ecological footprint you can think of. Well, this company operating of [...]
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Regatta Samui 2009: June 1 – 6th On the 1st of June the Sawadee.com Samui Regatta starts at 10.oo o’clock of Chaweng Beach in the east of Samui. During the 5 Racing days sailing yachts and sailing boats of the Racing Class, Premier Class, IRC, Bare Boat charter Class, Sport boats and Multihull Calss will [...]
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It’s time to get ready for hitching a ride on a sailing yacht to the Maledives, Sri Lanka, Oman, Aden, the divers paradises of the Red Sea or even up to the Mediterranean Sea! We’re writing November 7th on planet earth. In the North Indian Ocean, the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand the [...]
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Using a Kitecam while sailing This Guy is showing us how to get some awesome video footage of our own yacht while being actually under way. The result is quite impressive considering the huge difference in production costs. Not knowing exactly how much the setup for the Kitecam is it will be certainly cheaper than [...]
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She’s just thirteen, her blog is set, the day counter as well and says she’s ready to go… She’s going to start her journey on the first of September 2009. What she wants is to bee the youngest solo circumnavigator ever and her parents think it is a great idea. Well, there are certainly a [...]
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Grounded sailing yacht rescued by the Angeles Coast Guard leaves still some questions open. How did the Yacht get in the first place into this situation and what would have happened if …. However, the yacht owner and their crew were obviously happy enough to have the coast guard near by. Now, how would look [...]
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Sailing Thailand INFO Koh Tao Sailing Thailand INFO Koh Tao is an island in Thailand located near the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. It covers an area of about 21 km². Administratively it forms a tambon within the district Ko Pha Ngan of Surat Thani Province. As of 2006 it’s official population number [...]
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