Dear Islander, Well, here we are starting off another year, and let’s hope it is a good one for one and all ! I hope you have all had a great festive season, and like me are starting on the various detox and healthy regimes for the start of the new year !! I’m not...
Dear Islander, I cannot believe that I am writing the last issue of The Islander of the year, where did 2015 go ?? As I write this in mid-November the weather doesn’t seem to have realised that we are in what is normally the wettest month of the year, and so far we...
Dear Islander, This month sees the annual mass migration from Palma to Amsterdam for many of us involved in the marine industry, to visit METS , the largest marine equipment trade show in the world. It is three days of intense business and social action and one which...
Dear Islander, Well, as the regatta season draws to a close here in the Med this month, the boat show season is now in full flow, with Southampton and Cannes already reporting good levels of business and both reported an optimistic outlook for the 2016 season. As we...
Dear Islander, Well the furnace like temperatures have finally abated from the summer’s heatwave and instead, as I write this in mid-August we are all now complaining of the heavy downpurs!!! We’re never happy! This month sees the start of the new refit season here in...
