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You will all recall the tragic loss with all crew of the racing yacht Cheeki Rafiki in May last year. She had spent a week racing at Antigua Race Week and was enroute back home to the UK with a delivery crew of four.
Cheeki Rafiki racing
In bad weather she lost her keel and capsized almost immediately. Presumably the four crew were thrown into the water and sadly have never been found. When the inverted hull was found several days later, the liferaft was found still lashed in it's cockpit...

With the groundswell of debate on FPB's (Fast Patrol Boats) ever rising along with the increasing number of these boats hitting the water, it is a subject all cruising sailors are going to become embroiled in at some point.
It is a bit of a stretch to label recreational yachts of this design FPB's, also known as Fast Power Boats, Fast Pilot Boats. The more conservative Functional Power Boats is probably more suitable for recreational sailors. Basically designers have taken...

Being lost at sea is probably the most stressful event that can happen to sailors, families and friends alike. The very fact of not knowing injects a huge amount of worry and stress into everyone directly involved with the situation. Therefore the fastest...

The Galapagos Islands, famous for its incredible natural wild life, and largely brought to the attention of the world by the research and writings of Charles Darwin, has long been a Mecca for cruisers on the Pacific route.
The government of Ecuador in its efforts to preserve this state of nature under the ever increasing pressure of so called 'environmental tourism', has to continually tighten up restrictions on visiting vessels, which of course includes cruising yachts...