In our series of Eco Blogs, First Class Sailing is discovering a variety of issues that concern people who use the seas. In the previous blog we highlighted Ecover's new bottle of which 10% of the plastic is reclaimed from the sea. We didn't realise that...
In the summer our survey of south coast sailors provided a resounding "No!" against the closure of coast guard stations and a centralised system. In a follow up guest blog Dennis O'Connor, Group Coordinator from National Coastguard SOS, gives us an...
There’s a storm brewing in the waters off the South Coast... Navitus Bay Wind Park, a proposed wind farm off Dorset and the Isle of Wight, has submitted alternative plans to the Planning Inspectorate which includes less turbines spread across a smaller area, and...
In a recent blog, sailor Alex Thompson Islands of Adventure has got people thinking about their favourite islands and like him, we also love Formentera and Malta in the Mediterranean, but we have a couple of other favs that we'd like to share. There are two within...
So where would you find the best Marina in the UK? And what makes a Marina excel? These are the questions that surface every time the Yacht Harbour Association's Marina of the Year Award comes around. Having said that the award was only started last year and won by...
The romance of sailing has inspired many photographers to use yachts as the set for their photo shoot, but what is it like on the other side of the lens? How do you accommodate the artists while sailing a fully rigged ship? In the blog below, Darryl Hughes a regular...
We were walking around Port Solent last weekend when we saw scruffy boat and then realised it was a famous yacht… The boat in question was Lively Lady, a 36 foot cutter which is known as the vessel of the late Sir Alec Rose. With this trusty yacht, Rose achieved a...
There are few things in life which are more rewarding, relaxing and enjoyable than sailing. The experience of drifting leisurely across the waves in the sun with the ocean breeze in your sails is unlike any other. That said, any sailor worth their salt will know it's...