The term ‘man overboard’ has been deemed offensive The Royal Yachting Association has deemed ‘man overboard’ an offensive term and should be avoided. The governing body urges the use of the term ‘person in water’ instead. The RYA want its members to use the ‘correct term’ to ‘honour and value’ women and non-binary people. According […]

6 months ago

He feared for his life several times A man decided to spend his inheritance on a boat instead of a new car and sailed around the world for nine years. Barry Perrins set sail in June 2016 in a 36-foot sailing boat with the motto ‘I’ll keep going and see where I end up.’ But […]

7 months ago

Woman sells all her belongings so she can live on a cruise ship for 15 years At 77 years old, Sharon Lane left her quiet life in California behind to spend the next 15 years onboard a cruise ship. Sharon now lives on the Villa Vie Odyssey, a 600-foot residential cruise ship that will stop […]

9 months ago

Bronze Britain It’s been a rollercoaster couple of days for Team GB’s athletes with a mixed bag of results at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Recent days have seen a scarcity of gold medals, but an influx of silver and bronze medals have exacerbated for many a feeling of what could have been for many GB […]

1 year ago

Rest in peace A Tunisian sailor who competed in the Tokyo Olympics for her country has died at the age of 17 while training with her twin sister. The sisters were born in March 2005 and had just celebrated their 17th birthday last month. Guezguez was the youngest athlete to compete for her country Eya […]

4 years ago

MORE MEDALS Team GB sailors strike gold again as Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre secured Britain‘s 14th gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday morning after finishing first in the women’s 470 class. https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1422816457516331010?s=20 In doing so, Mills achieved the incredible feat of becoming Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor ever, with two gold medals […]

5 years ago