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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 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 

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

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’

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

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

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

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