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
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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
Roll Up Roll Up A Voyage of a Lifetime Beckons
Oyster Yachts shouts out Roll up Roll up as it announces dates for World Rally in 2024-25 The British boatbuilder Oyster Yachts, has announced the dates of its fourth World Rally, allowing a limited number of lucky sailors to reserve their places for the voyage of a lifetime. The forthcoming Oyster World Rally 2022-23 is… Continue reading Roll Up Roll Up A Voyage of a Lifetime Beckons
New Standard in Bluewater Cruisers
Oyster Yachts have announced the launch of their much anticipated 50-foot yacht, which promises to set a new standard in her class. In doing so they have set another standard reaching the milestone figure of a newly built production sailing yacht costing £20,000 per foot. In 1978 the company’s 46 ft cruising ketch designed by… Continue reading New Standard in Bluewater Cruisers
Rally Round for a Once-In-A-Lifetime World Yacht Event
The next Oyster World Rally will begin on 9 January 2022 setting off from Nelson’s Dockyard, Antigua. It will offer 30 Oyster owners the opportunity to fulfil their dreams and sail around the world in company. But before you rush out and buy your very own Oyster, be warned the Rally is already oversubscribed with a… Continue reading Rally Round for a Once-In-A-Lifetime World Yacht Event
Hill Robinson Expands Top Brass
Nick Hill and Niall Robinson, started their eponymous yacht management company in 2001 with six yachts under management and a team of just four now they have offices around the world and are expanding their senior management team Nick Hill started his sailing career at Oyster Yachts in 1980 delivering his first yacht to the… Continue reading Hill Robinson Expands Top Brass
Million Pound Wrecked Yacht Available for Charter
Built and sold for over £3 million in 2014, she spectacularly lost her keel and sank off the coast of Spain in 2015. Now she is being offered for charter at £1 million. That is quite something for an Oyster 825 that started sailing as Polina Star III and is now happily sailing the oceans as Champagne Hippy Currently in… Continue reading Million Pound Wrecked Yacht Available for Charter
