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Regardless of your experience as a swimmer, water is always a source of risk. This risk increases significantly if there are no rescuers around. In open waters, visibility is often poor, therefore a quick response is critical.

Nowadays, there are many options for yachting holidays, suitable for everyone. From daytime river walks to luxury Mediterranean cruises with dining in coastal villages, or the finest restaurants on swanky coasts, retreat to exotic islands in distant oceans, or venture far south or beyond the Arctic Circle in search of wild, icy waters. to make a circumnavigation, to conquer the north-western passage or Cape Horn ...

The Swiss company SolarImpact Yacht AG has finally announced its plans for a new project. The world's first fully solar-powered ocean-going superyacht will debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival, which will take place from 11-16 September 2018 in the south of France.

It's never too late to learn! Five inspiring stories of people who set out on the high seas with little or no experience for the journey ahead.

British firm Tentsile - known for its portable tree houses - has created a camping tent designed for comfortable living in some of the world's most extreme locations. Literally - no limits! The new Tentsile Universe is the most versatile of its kind, whether in a tree, over water or on land!

7 months after British sailor Pete Goss left Cherbourg aboard the Garcia Exploration 45, he recounts this first leg of his journey:

Traveling alone aboard a 35-foot yacht, a wooden ketch named Temptress, Englishman Edward Allcard crossed the Atlantic Ocean - from Europe to New York and back using only stars and a sextant, surviving on meager canned rations. , potatoes, stock cubes, and with a limited amount of water. He was chased by sharks, nearly died in a hurricane, and became an international celebrity when he arrived in Casablanca with a 23-year-old Azorean girl who wanted to go to England to become a poet.

Allures Yachting is expanding its range of possibilities by doubling its offer. The new Allures 45.9 lifting keel version is now available alongside the legendary Allures 45.9 version which includes a centerboard.

During the summer season, Bonifacio in the south of Corsica is every sailor's nightmare. Everywhere the sea of yachts, which are crowded as they can, almost on top of each other, ferries and pleasure boats hum and rustle from early morning until late at night. All the time you need to let one of them pass, and all this jerking back and forth, noise and screams are maddening. So, very soon you start to wonder what you are doing there.