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…
New CBYA member, Albert Whitley and his wife, Jutta, own a Hallberg Rassy 37 (S/Y Stormy Waters) which is moored at Club Náutico Moraira, where they are long-term members. They are experienced sailors. They were planning to cruise around the…
Understanding headsail vertical camber is the modern headsail trimmer’s main tool for getting optimum speed and power out of the sail. Headsail horizontal camber is always spoken about regarding how the sail needs to develop the right shape; but vertical…
Weather permitting, the CBYA organises Hobie Cat sailing every Wednesday evening during the summer months of July & August from Las Antipodas Watersports at Les Bassetes. Here are a few photographs taken on Wednesday 19th August, when we had ten…
Why did you join the CBYA? Because we were interested in sailing on the Costa Blanca. We both enjoy sailing and wanted to meet other fellow sailors with the same passion – we were also looking for more opportunities to…
This event first started in July 2005 and has been repeated many times since then – maybe we should re-instate it? Here are details of a few other past CBYA social events… Maybe, COVID-19 willing, we can re-run some of…
The CBYA has now deleted our Community facebook page. However we still have an active Closed Group page called the CBYA Costa Blanca Yacht Assoc Facebook page. We currently have seventy (70) members with access to our Facebook page, however…
As part of our Crystal Jubilee celebrations, we are sharing some CBYA history. Here is an interesting write-up of our first ever CBYA Water Sports Day in Autumn 2005!
CBYA Hobie Cat summer sailing starts again on Wednesday 22nd July at Las Antipodas at Les Basetes. Meet at 4 pm for 2 hours sailing . Cost is €25 each. Numbers are limited: 1st come, 1st served. So sign up…
You are a very active member of CBYA, so it is great to get your perspective on the club – please tell me why you joined? I was considering buying a yacht, so I needed to speak with sea-going, like-minded…
