Do Plastic Straws Make A Difference?

As details emerge regarding the failing ocean health due to plastic waste, growing public concern has inspired movements to ban single-use plastics, most notably straws. In this report from Stanford University, Jim Leape, co-director of the Stanford Center for Ocean...

Dongfeng Receives Two Top Awards

Dongfeng Race Team of China, the winner of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18, was awarded World Sailing’s 2018 Team of the Year, at the governing body’s annual conference. In addition, the team’s two female crew, Carolijn Brouwer of the Netherlands and Marie Riou of...

Richard Hadida – Oyster’s New Protector

It’s day two of the 41st Oyster Regatta on the island of Mallorca and the fleet has just arrived in Port Antratx after the regatta’s first passage race along the coast. The dock party is getting set up, the food trucks have arrived and I find myself sat in the saloon...