Global supply chain disruptions are making headline news. One of the items affected and continues facing a serious shortage for another 12 to 18 months, is the raw material used for producing silicone sealants. This forces a search for alternatives. The good news is that the entire AnchorTech line of adhesives and sealants Pettit Marine Paints provides improved technology and value than traditional silicones. Better yet, these are available at marine retailers throughout the Caribbean, and if not in stock, can be brought in quickly to meet boater’s needs.
Are there...The more the merrier when it comes to boats in the Caribbean and regional participation in regattas. That’s one reason why BVI Yacht Sales, one of the leading Caribbean yacht brokerages, is signing on as a sponsor for this year’s Antigua Sailing Week (ASW).
BVI Yacht Sales Sponsors 2022 Antigua Sailing Week“Facilitation of yacht ownership in the Caribbean is an important strategy in maintaining sailing event relevance and increasing the pool of participants for regattas,” says Rana Jamila-Lewis, Manager of ASW. “...
Little did Antigua & Barbuda’s Karl James know when he started sailing at age 12, the sport would take him to the throne room at UK’s Windsor Castle for a high honor bestowed by the Prince of Wales. This seemingly fairytale, which acknowledges James’ thirty-plus years of dedicated service to Sailing and National Development in the two-island Caribbean nation, came true on February 8, when at a formal investiture ceremony, he received the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE).
UK’s Prince Charles and Antigua’s Karl James. Courtesy Susan Elliot Beatty“I am deeply...
The trouble with clear varnish!
If you want your varnish to be like it is seen on the world’s top yachts, you need a clear varnish. The clearer the varnish the more the grain of the (hopefully ) great wood it is covering will stand out. However, the problem with clear is also that if that clarity shows something else like bits of old varnish or dirt, the effect will be exactly the opposite to what is intended.
How do you use Clear VarnishClear varnishes are readily available and Epifanes varnish is one of the top favorites. However, if...
Durante los dos primeros meses de 2022, los puertos españoles de interés general movieron un total de 88,3 millones de toneladas de mercancías (Mt), un 8,6% más que en el mismo periodo de 2021. Aunque en enero prácticamente se habían alcanzado los valores prepandemia, esta tendencia no ha continuado en febrero y el tráfico de mercancías acumulado en estos dos meses resultó un 1,1% inferior al de 2019.
Respecto a 2021, los graneles sólidos registraron una fuerte subida (+23,9%), seguida de la carga general convencional (+15,8%) y los graneles líquidos (+15,2%). A pesar de los...
Astilleros Armón Vigo construirá un buque oceanográfico para Islandia, tras la decisión del Marine and Freshwater Research Institute del citado país, licitado por el organismo público Ríkiskaup. Será el mayor de su clase que tomará forma en la historia industrial de la citada empresa, con una eslora de 70 m y un precio de 33,45 millones de euros.
Freire Shipyard ofertó casi 39 millones de euros y Astilleros Gondán 35,5 millones de euros. Los citados astilleros, más Astilleros Armón Vigo habían pasado a la final, de entre ocho ofertas presentadas.
El futuro buque sustituirá al...
La empresa española de sistemas eólicos para la propulsión marina auxiliar Bound4blue instalará este año dos velas rígidas de succión eSail a bordo del buque de carga general “EEMS Traveller” (IMO 9218234), de 90 m de eslora y 2.850 TPM, propiedad de la naviera holandesa Amasus Shipping.
Las velas rígidas tienen una altura de 17 m. Según la empresa española, este sistema de propulsión eólica auxiliar podría suponer un ahorro de hasta un 30% en condiciones favorables.
“La instalación también reducirá el Índice de Eficiencia Energética de Buques Existentes (EEXI) del EEMS...
Every time I get discouraged by recent events—global warming, the rise of fascism, the sudden return of racism as a well-trodden path to political power, and the almost instantaneous waning of American international prestige—I go sailing. That’s right, I mess around in boats. I don’t have to sail far. I don’t have to sail aboard a fancy nor expensive vessel. All I have to do is get out on the water and trim my sails—Mother Ocean kindly does the rest.
I don’t need to study Zen—I sail.
Of course, I realize my going sailing doesn’t help the world. It only helps...
I do. Even after 10 years of cruising, leaving a cozy anchorage for a longer passage stresses me out—unless it’s a dreadful place I can’t wait to get away from. It’s a strange mix of indecisiveness (watching ever-changing weather forecasts on an hourly basis), anxiety about what could go wrong and worries that there might be too much wind for a comfy ride or (even worse) not enough wind, a certain wistfulness to leave a place and people we’ve grown fond and of course pleasant anticipation of a new destination ahead.
Vibrations loosen...Pump it, don’t dump it is easier than ever now in Bonaire thanks to two recently installed state-of-the-art pump-out facilities at the Harbour Village Marina. The Marina, located just north of Kralendijk and a half-mile east of Klein Bonaire at the Harbour Village Beach Club Resort, offers 60 slips for yachts up to 150-foot.
Harbour Village Marina – Bonaire“Yachts can simply come to either pump-out location and the Marina will provide the service,” says Francisco ‘Frank’...