Yachting Like It Is

This week I received a message on my Dockwalk.com account, it invited me to get into contact wih a saucy sounding lady I think called Mary.  Before I had a chance to think that I should perhaps have reconsidered that provocative photo I use on my profile, I found out that another Dockwalk.com member had [...]

Over the last few weeks I have been in touch with a number of, how can I best describe them, ‘hopeful newbies’ to the yachting industry.   They have come to Lauderdale to find fame and fortune.   Most are rather better  prepared than Dick Whittington was and none are under any illusion that 17th St [...]

Probably the most often asked question I hear these days is; “…do you know anything about a boat called ………”.  It comes about as a result of crew members hearing on the grapevine that there are issues on board a yacht;  high crew turnover, difficult owner, poor crew accommodation or a thousand others.

Lets face  it [...]

Greener Yachting is Possible

Some times it is fair to say the environmental debate is a little too complicated for most.  It must be, because not enough is being done by ‘normal’ folk in defence of the environment.  In the yacht industry ‘Green’ still means someone who has not done a  season and [...]