The Apprentice – Episode Four – Marinera

‘24 degrees, sunny, negligible wind.’  This was the forecast when I fired up my smartphone on the morning of my apprenticeship as a marinera.  I indulged in a spot of roof-down “sun in the sky you know how I feel… it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day” in the car on...

The A-Team of Balearic Islands Marine Reserves

Marine reserves, who needs them?   A simple educated answer to that question is “We do, we all do.”     The benefits of Marine Projected Areas or MPA´s are quite simple to describe yet very complex in achieving. Benefits of well established, well managed and well...

Top 6 Speryacht Slides

  1 YACHT CLUB DE MONACO   This monster 15 metre FreeStyle Cruiser slide was hung off the third floor of the yacht club to close the 2014 race season. Not a boat – but definitely amazing.     2 TRIPLE SEVEN   From sundeck to water in a few short seconds – this big...

Hurricane Preparedness Week

  History teaches that a lack of hurricane awareness and preparation are common threads among all major hurricane disasters. By knowing your vulnerability and what actions you should take, you can reduce the effects of a hurricane disaster. Hurricane hazards come in...

Columbus celebrates double launch

image: http://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2015/05/IMG_2574-630×630.jpg Columbus Yachts, part of the Palumbo Group, has celebrated the launch of two new yachts, the 57m (187ft) Classic superyacht and the second of the 40m...

Superyacht Friday sold

Camper & Nicholsons has announced that the 30.98 metre superyacht Friday has been sold. Part of the Leopard 31 series, she was built by the Italian shipyard Leopard Yachts in 2007. On board she accommodates up to eight guests as well as a crew of five in modern...