The Story Barbados Has Been Telling Sailors for Centuries
When we slip into the rhythm of Barbados Sailing Week, it feels less like entering a competition and more like stepping into a story already in motion.
18/01/2026
Sailors & Sailing Routes
Grenada, Where Old Sails Still Whisper to New Ones
We feel it before we understand it. Before the first briefing, before the first line is cast off, there is a quiet moment when the boat rests at anchor and Grenada surrounds us like a memory we did not know we had.
From Discovery to the Race: Juan Ponce de León, His Crew, and the Legacy of Key West
Juan Ponce de León stood at the bow, eyes scanning the horizon, feeling the pulse of the Gulf Stream beneath the hulls. It was 1513, and they were far from home, charting waters that no European sailor had fully mapped.
A Story from the Southernmost Point
The Southernmost Regatta is more than a race. It is a living narrative where wind, waves, and human spirit converge, where every tack and gybe writes a line in a story that connects explorers, sailors, and spectators across time.
Sir Francis Drake and the Human Face of Caribbean Exploration
When we speak about Sir Francis Drake in the Caribbean, it is tempting to picture only the legend. The fearless privateer. The enemy of empires.
Sailing Events
Altea and the Sea of Legends: The ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2026
In early March 2026, the Mediterranean is at a moment of transformation. The winter storms have retreated, leaving a sea that is alive with energy and yet calm enough to test sailors’ skills to the fullest.
Luxury Yachting
Lürssen: Legends of the Sea – A 150 Year Journey
It was the spring of 1875, and the air over the Weser River in Bremen carried the faint tang of salt from the nearby North Sea. In a small workshop at the riverbank, Friedrich Lürssen, a man of twenty-four, was surrounded by planks of oak, copper rivets, and the scent of freshly cut timber.
Boats & Marine Tech
Silent Horizons of Marine Batteries and Hybrid Propulsion
In the spring of 2025 people in harbours from Bergen to Rotterdam were beginning to talk about technology that once belonged only to electrical engineers and futurists: large scale batteries storing immense amounts of energy and hybrid propulsion systems that allowed ships to operate in silence, in comfort, in harmony with nature.
