As we walked the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show last month we awarded our top design award to Project Yonder. We said as much in our review of the show written for MotorCaravanner Magazine. Now it seems others have too. Charlie and Grace, the brains behind Project Yonder have won the ‘Van Conversions with a fixed roof over 6 metres’… Continue reading Design Award for Project Yonder
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Project Yonder to Launch 4×4 Off Grid Camper at NEC
Project Yonder to launch its Freedom 4X off-grid, go anywhere campervan. This 4×4 Mercedes Sprinter-based luxury van can be seen at the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show 2024. The show will take place at the NEC from 13th to the 18th February and we will be there to report on what we find Based in… Continue reading Project Yonder to Launch 4×4 Off Grid Camper at NEC
World Rally yachts gather in Antigua ready for start
Twenty-one Oyster yachts, ranging from 53 to 90 feet, are now gathered in Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua, ready for the start of the Oyster World Rally on Sunday 14 January. Some 18 yachts have been bought specifically for the Rally. Just underhalf the fleet are new Oyster yachts. Some were launched in 2023 and… Continue reading World Rally yachts gather in Antigua ready for start
Rick Tomlinson Secures “Best Job in the World”
Award-winning yachting photographer, Rick Tomlinson, has been hired to do the best job in the world. He will be the first ever On-Board reporter for the Oyster World Rally. This follows his spotting an advert on social media offering the ‘best job in the world’. The fourth edition of this 16-month circumnavigation of the world, arranged exclusively… Continue reading Rick Tomlinson Secures “Best Job in the World”
The Hunter & The Gatherer – a Book Review
The Hunter & The Gatherer is a new sailing-focussed cookbook by two Aussie authors. Every so often a book falls across our desk that cries out for a wider audience. It must be a pretty special book for us to take to the keyboard and write about it. And because new books that are both interesting and fascinating are… Continue reading The Hunter & The Gatherer – a Book Review
The Right Yacht for a Circumnavigation
Oyster Yachts will host a free webinar to help sailors choose the right yacht for a circumnavigation – Wednesday 22nd March – 18.00 UTC If your dream is to set off long-distance sailing, maybe with the ambition to sail around the world, then choosing the right boat and equipment is essential.Drawing on its 50 years of experience helping owners select the… Continue reading The Right Yacht for a Circumnavigation
Grenada awarded ‘Yachting Destination of the Year’
The island of Grenada in the southern Caribbean has been awarded the ‘Yachting Destination of the Year’ in the Caribbean Travel Awards 2023 organised by The Caribbean Journal a website covering the area and aimed at a both consumers and travel agents. Grenada is known as the ‘Island of Spice’ and located in the Southern… Continue reading Grenada awarded ‘Yachting Destination of the Year’
Wild Camping Legally in Campervans is the Key
Wild camping in Campervans has never been more popular than it is right now Connecting campervanners with consenting landowners, allowing them to wild camp off-grid legally in the UK, is the core mission of the Wild With Consent website. Wild With Consent aims to “share the wild” with others in a way that does not… Continue reading Wild Camping Legally in Campervans is the Key
Flogging a Dead Donkey
In what might be yet another case of flogging a dead donkey, British Marine, the team behind the Southampton International Boat Show, is trying to revive the London Boat Show concept on a smaller scale with their London Luxury Afloat show. With tickets at £45 a pop the event aimed at well heeled boat buyers… Continue reading Flogging a Dead Donkey
A Passion for France
We have always had a passion for France but now, as we tour through the countryside, that appetite has been enhanced as we benefit from using the France Passion book. In essence, it is a way for a campervans such as ours to cruise through France stopping overnight at a wide variety of differing locations… Continue reading A Passion for France