A sailing trip isn’t the only way to see the most amazing marine life around! You can also go scuba diving, snorkeling, or just head on over to The Reef Tank, a forum and blogwhere marine life topics are lifted like the wind in our sails!
Also check out TRT’s great blog, where topics like water conservation, ocean acidification and climate change, all issues that affects the seas we sail on are discussed in a productive manner.
While first entering the World of sailing can be daunting, with a stereotypical view of it being expensive and difficult, this is not the case however. A decent second hand dinghy can be obtained from only a few hundred pounds, and once you are prepared with boat insurance and safety equipment, you are ready to take to the water!
However, before buying your first dinghy, there are a few things you should bear in mind.
Learning to sail is one of the most enjoyable and fulfilling experiences you will ever have the pleasure of, and there are many ways of going about it. While people may try and sway you either way, it is important that you learn in a way and at a pace that feels comfortable to you. Below are a guideline of the various ways of learning to sail, and steps you should take, as well as one or two handy guides for the beginning sailor.
Obviously with the recent economic turmoil and rapidly increasing fuel prices, motor boat owners have been hit hard, and many are seeking to reduce the amount of travelling they have to do, in order to save on fuel costs. There are two ways of doing this: First of all you can maintain and tweak your boat to improve its' efficiency through the water. Second, you can change your driving habits! Both of these are detailed further below.
The Krunzenshtern, departing the port of Cadiz during the Quincentennial Tall Ships race in 1992.
The four-masted bark, built in 1926 as the "Padua", is the last vessel of its kind. Built as a cargo-carrying sailing ship, she was one of the Flying P-Liners, the sailing ships of the German F. Laeisz shipping company from Hamburg.
The last Windjammer is still active today, although it has undergone a change in profession and turned training ship. Today the "Kruzenshtern" is the world's second largest sailing ship - second to Russian "Sedov" - and, without a doubt, the most famous ship in the contemporary Russian sailing fleet.
