The team that created Maltese Falcon has regrouped to design Dream Symphony, a spectacular 462 ft four masted staysail schooner destined to be the biggest private yacht ever – and she may be built in timber

The superyacht community were dumbfounded when details of this four-masted staysail schooner were circulated during the Monaco Yacht Show. At 462ft, the romantically named Dream Symphony will be the biggest private sailing yacht ever to be built and if the number crunchers can come up with a way of building her in timber, the client’s preference, she will be in a class of her own…continue reading

Yachting World Magazine December 2010 Issue >>

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Some of the most amazing sailing and beautiful anchorages in Europe are found in the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean off southeast Spain. Although sometimes challenging, the sailing around Majorca, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera can be heavenly. The islands offer a wide variety of topography and on-shore diversions. There’s the sophistication of Palma-Majorca’s capital-and its ancient culture, tourist beaches, traditional Spanish fiestas and superb cuisine. May and September are the best months to cruise particularly early September, when most of the holidaymakers have left, the water is warm and the winter gales have not yet set in. A useful pilot/cruising guide to keep on board is Islas Baleares produced by the Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation (www.imray.com).

The Mediterranean has been compared to a …. continue reading

Inside Blue Water Sailing Magazine – December 2010 Issue

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Beyond all expectations, said the local newspaper. And so it was at the second annual Heineken Regatta Curacao, run on the second weekend in November 2009. The regatta’s purpose is trifold: to increase Curacao’s popularity in Europe and the U.S.; to place Curacao on the international sailing calendar; and to host the “final” event on the Caribbean regatta circuit in November, the start of hurricane season for the rest of the Caribbean. Because Curacao is nicely tucked below the hurricane belt in the southwestern Caribbean (just 35 miles north of Venezuela), the island is in the perfect position to host a large regatta… continue reading

Inside Blue Water Sailing Magazine – November 2010 Issue

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Whether it’s winter sun, ocean sailing or just a wild time, Madeira has a lot to offer. Chris Beeson reports

Looking for some warm, winter sailing spiced up by the freedom of the deep, blue Atlantic Ocean? So were we, and Madeira looked likely to deliver on all fronts.

Finding a company that offers bareboat charter here takes some doing SO we were pleased to have help from Catia Carvalho, operations director of Quinta do Lorde Marina and the UK Ocean Cruising Club’s representative in Madeira.

My crew, Emma Martin, and I collected our charter yacht, a Beneteau Oceanis 323 named Paralelo 32, from the 264-berth marina nestling beneath a cliff on the south side of the Ponta de Sao Lourenco peninsula to the east of the island… continue reading

Yachting Monthly Magazine – November 2010 Issue

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