60 Days at Sea – doldrums and gales on final leg of journey S/Y TrickyD has arrived safely at Dénia Marina with an eventful final leg from Villasimius in Sardinia, via Ibiza Town, to Dénia. We were becalmed for several…
New CBYA members, Albert and Jutta Whitley, took their Hallberg Rassy 37, S/Y Stormy Waters, on a late summer trip to the Balearics and were accompanied for the first leg of the trip by Chris and Tammy de Boer. Click…
Medicane Yannis and Storm Alex have caused delays to TrickyD’s return trip. Boat and crew stayed in the safe harbours of Licata (Sicily) for 5 days and Vila Simius (Sardinia) for 7 days waiting for good weather windows for the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
