Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by DanniDeDell
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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Posted on October 16th, 2008 by admin
Competent Crew Course / Ocean Hiker Course Here we have a quite interesting approach of ex-cruising sailors who started a Yacht Charter Company on Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand. Based on the Competent Crew Course outline of the RYA this experienced cruising sailors added quite a few aspects of blue-water sailing and named [...]
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Posted on August 25th, 2009 by admin
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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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by admin
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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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by admin
SY Sampai Jumpa collides with Ferry The Diving Liveaboard Vessel sunk on its journey from Koh Phuket to Koh Tao. It was colliding on Sunday morning the 24th of May 2009 with a Ferry, broke up and sunk on the east coast of Malaysia. The Crew, three Thais and an Irish Dive guide were rescued [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2008 by captainalf
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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Posted on May 27th, 2009 by admin
Phuket Sunshine Village rides the Optimist Wave The Yacht Racing Association of Thailand has joined forces with Phuket Yacht Clubs Head Coach Jaray Tipsuk to open the world of sailing to more of Phukets disadvantaged children. After a short course in Optimist sailing as a young boy, Khun Jaray went on to the Optimist Worlds [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2008 by admin
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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