El 27 de Agosto de este año, un padre tomó la peor decisión de su vida al soltar amarras y dar el salto desde Menorca, en Cala Galdana, hasta Mallorca, concretamente en Cala d´Or. Salieron de madrugada, pero ya a las seis de la tarde, un familiar desde Alemania reportó a Salvamento Marítimo su preocupación por el velero Makan Angin de bandera alemana y matrícula de Frankfurt. El padre, de 50 años y su hijo de 19 llevaban horas sin dar señales de vida, y la situación meteorológica era más que preocupante: la tormenta Betty estaba causando importantes destrozos en la isla de...
PBO's resident YouTube aficionado Kass Schmitt begs a YouTuber she's never met to help a friend with wonderful results
Screenshot from WindedVoyage YouTube channel, Don’t Count Out This Sailor,Season 6, Episode 39This month’s video features an encounter I facilitated between two guys who retired to sail off into the sunset in style, although their styles are very different.
In 2015, inspired by the examples of Delos, ...
Russian sailor Roman Titov is missing after the wreckage of his 33ft Colin Archer-type cutter was discovered at Loch Inver in Scotland
Roman Titov's yacht, Vperyod was pitchpoled and dismasted in January 2022 off Scotland. Repairs has been made before he set off from Ullapool on 13 December 2023. Credit: Roman TitovRoman Titov set out in his 33ft Colin Archer-type cutter, Vperyod from Ullapool Harbour in Scotland on 13 December 2023.
No one has heard from him since.
On 6 January 2024, wreckage from Vperyod...
Roger Geary and Liz Lawrence tackle a series of gear breakages while sailing in rough conditions from Panama to the Marquesas...
People think of the doldrums as an area of light or no wind (it can, indeed, be like this), but it is violently stormy, equally often, with wind from any direction. Moreover, it is not an evenly wide band stretching across the oceans just north of the equator as the school atlas shows.
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Planning on visiting BoatLife 2024? Here is your guide to the third edition of this popular show, which will take place in February at NEC Birmingham
BoatLife 2024 will be held over four days at NEC Birmingham. Credit: BoatLifeThe third edition of BoatLife promises more sub-40ft powered boats under one roof (quite literally) than any other UK show, along with equipment suppliers and a host of speakers, such as Tom Cunliffe,...
The Translated 9 co-skipper, Vittorio Malingri has resigned after the Ocean Globe Race team breached the notice of race over sail repair
Vittorio Malingri (right) was co-skipper and technical manager on Translated 9. His son, Nico (left) remains onboard as chief mate. Credit: Translated 9Vittorio Malingri, the co-skipper of Ocean Globe Race team...
Los términos DANA y gota fría se refieren al mismo fenómeno atmosférico. Se trata de depresiones en altura, las encontramos a partir de una cierta altitud y no se aprecian en los mapas a nivel de mar.
Autor: Enric Agud
Fotos: Jordi Martin / Lluís Roura
Nubes de desarrollo vertical. Foto: Jordi...Jon Walmsley explains how to heat water without a diesel engine
Hot water makes light work of wash day on Ciel Bleu. Credit: Jon WalmsleyDear PBO, In the Catamaran Refit article (PBO July 2023) in the section on hot water, the author, Jon Walmsley alludes to a ‘gizmo’ that diverts excess 12V power to a heating element thus utilising otherwise wasted power to heat the domestic water.
Is there any chance you could have a look at this concept and perhaps even produce an article on it?
So many boats these days have...