The man that was found off the catamaran Queequeg II is Leo Sherman. He was found clinging to the boat and is hopefully now receiving medical attention. Apparently, divers are going to search the boat more thoroughly. We are still hoping that my dad (Joe Strykowski) and Quen Cultra could be out there on a raft […]
Father Missing Off Madagascar from the catamaran Queequeg II - This is all the information I have. I am posting this in hope that someone out there will find him…If you or someone you know is in the area, please help! About 48 hours ago, someone on my father’s boat (The Queequeg II) hit “the […]
A free, online Indian Ocean Cruising Guide on the World Cruising Wiki - information on passages, all the Indian Ocean islands and atolls, bordering countries, ports, approaches, marinas and yacht clubs, weather conditions, and much more.
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A free, online Indian Ocean Cruising Guide on the World Cruising Wiki - information on passages, all the Indian Ocean islands and atolls, bordering countries, ports, approaches, marinas and yacht clubs, weather conditions, and much more.
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Looking for two sailing crew members for delivery of new 43 foot sailing catamaran on delivery from Cape Town, South Africa to Tahiti via the Panama Canal. THIS IS NOT A PAID POSITION but all food is supplied and NO contribution to expenses is required or wanted. Departure is mid June 2007 and the voyage […]
Can anyone offer their opinion or experience in cruising either of these places? I understand that both are beautiful but can be pretty expensive. My wife and I are looking for somewhere to sit out a change of seasons between Sept and Jan before heading up the Red Sea in time for a Med spring/summer […]
There is a new marina (the only one) in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.
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This is an “early Warning” to keep an eye on your yacht that is on a walk on or chain mooring over the period of the 18th to 20th March as exceptionally high spring tides are expected over this period.
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The Inhaca yacht race starts on the 6th April from Inhaca Island (Mozambique), ending in Richards Bay, South Africa - a distance of approximately 220 nautical miles.
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South African crew wanted for Clipper 07-08 to defend national pride! Durban Clipper will be competing again in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race when it sets off from Liverpool, UK, on 16 September this year. This will be the second time Durban Clipper has taken part in the race – having finished […]
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 Jacaré, 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 […]
Due to dredging operations taking place in the vicinity of Durban’s international/visitors jetty, the jetty has been temporarily removed. One’s only option, if sailing in to Durban in the next few weeks, and one hasn’t organised a prior walk on mooring, would be to anchor in the Silburn channel.
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Does anyone have information/opinions on sailing from Seychelles,Chagos, Cocos Keeling, Australia (Onslow seems closest to Cocos). This should be 3628 nm altogether. Would it be possible to make this passage now in July?
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I’m sure I’ve written in this very forum of our own personal account of staring eye to eye with sea-going desperadoes en route to the Red Sea from Oman. And I’d do it all again just to stand in the gaze of the Sphinx once more.
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