by Natalie | Nov 6, 2017 | Editorials
There is no question that as yacht size has increased so have the demands on the purchasing team. To outfit a 50m yacht or larger is not a case of just popping to your local chandlery and great care needs to be taken to select the right equipment and suppliers at the...
by Natalie | Oct 24, 2017 | Editorials
Most of our readers , especially in Palma, will know or will have heard of Bobby Cooper, previously manager of Boatyard Palma, and subsequently Varadero Ibiza and Valencia. Many of you will have read recently about the sad incident where Bobby Cooper and family have...
by Natalie | Oct 9, 2017 | Editorials
James Reiley, ex resident of Mallorca headed off earlier this year to his new home, his beloved Yacht Saphir in Tortola BVI. He has spent a very pleasant few months at Bitter End Yacht Club on his mooring before heading off to Nanny Cay’s hurricane hole for the...
by Natalie | Aug 7, 2017 | Editorials
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, a young man called Pepe Escaño ran a fishing fleet off Spain’s Cantabrian coastline. It was competitive, tough, and financially unrewarding. Suddenly news began to travel that Frenchmen Jacques Cousteau and Émile Gagnan had invented...
by Natalie | Jul 24, 2017 | Editorials
By North Sails Woven or laminate? That’s the choice for anyone in the market for cruising sails – until now. Chris Beeson finds out how North Sails has blown the debate wide open As with most things in life, choosing new cruising sails involves compromise. You can opt...
by Natalie | Jul 10, 2017 | Editorials
Marlow Ropes Paul Dyer, technical manager at Marlow Ropes, tests the effects of knots and splices on rope strength. It’s likely anyone who has ever used ropes has learned to tie knots – to create eyes, connect rope to objects or even just for decoration. There’s...
