Why did you join the CBYA? The opportunity to learn to sail nice yachts! Yes please? My waypoints to the CBYA included canoeing, Enterprises, Junks, windsurfers, metal assault boats, RIBs, and a lifetime passion for scuba diving. What was a…
Preparations for the return journey were made in Corfu, including a couple of repairs. Crew member Victor Ubeda scaled the mast as the head of the mainsail leach had folded over and jammed in the furling mechanism. Unfortunately it wasn’t…
The Real Club Náutico Calpe (RCNC) have advised that, in Spain, the seller of flares is responsible for safely disposing of them but most of them do not do it because the Spanish legislation is not very clear. However, there…
TrickyD has now sailed all the way from Malta via Siracusa (Sicily), across the Ionian Sea, to the Greek island of Lefkas, where we visited Sivota, Meganisi, Spartahora, Nidri, and Lefkas Town. We then made our way to Corfu via…
If you enjoyed reading about the sailing Pardeys, the story of Professor Martin Creamer should also interest you. No GPS for him, not even a sextant; the sun and the stars did nicely. He was the first recorded person to…
The last Hobie Cat sailing event, before Las Antipodas Watersports shuts down at the end of this season, will be on Friday 18th September from 1500 – 1700 hours. We have two skippers and two cats sailing. Still a couple…
Why did you join the CBYA? Having owned a house in the area for 12 years and visited on a regular basis, we had decided that, with retirement from Saudi Arabia in April 2003, and permanent residence, selling up and…
As part of our CBYA Crystal Jubilee celebrations, we thought that you would be interested in some CBYA yachting history. Here a couple of scans from our early newsletters… The Committee September 2020
Here is a couple who lived the lifestyle they wanted – sailing around the world TWICE – without an engine! To read their story, click HERE. The Committee September 2020
S/Y Tricky D set sail from Dénia on 11th August 2020, with Captain Richard Jones, and crew Diana Jarvis, Victor Ubeda, Steve Topson and Amanda Topson. So far we have visited Formentera, the Cabreras Islands and Majorca, then we sailed…