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…
Relative to the Diana Jarvis Crystal Jubilee interview, we thought that you might find this bit of CBYA history of interest… The Committee October 2020
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…
Thanks to all of you who attended our first Dinghy Day of the new season. Welcome to new members and returning ones, as well as all the regular helpers who without them we would never function. We all know who…
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…
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…
