The Storm Trysail Club hosts the 30th Anniversary this year out of a new location: the Waterfront Brewery. It's a staple on every serious sailor's calendar with big breeze, big seas and big fleets.

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The Damen Yachting team celebrated the keel-laying of the SeaXplorer 60 from our luxury expedition yacht range. The Netherlands-based design team joined the Antalya production team to witness the first steps in of this very exciting project. The SeaXplorer 60 is 60 metres in length (almost 200 ft) with exteriors by Azure Yacht Design and interiors by H2 Yacht Design. For her 12 guests on board, she has impressive capability and extensive provisions so that her 17 crew (including 4 specialist staff, guides, pilots, etc) can provide full luxury service for up to 30 days without port call. As well as an Ice Class hull for global voyaging, she has hybrid power and propulsion.

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A number of lines are only allowing passengers ashore on excursions booked through the cruise line, effectively banning independant passenger port trips for the time being. This has come as a surprise to many passengers, and an unwelcome additional cost to a lot of families going on their first holiday in almost 2 years. We have been looking at exactly what this cost is and have found that (one our upcoming cruises at least) there are some excursions available at reasonable prices. For example, booking one excursion at each of the 3 ports that we will be visiting on our December P&O cruise comes to just over £300 for our family of 3 (or roughly £34/£35 per person at each port). This is a lot more than we would normally spend ashore, but isn't too prohibitive (especially given the money saved on the deal that we got for this cruise). Its also worth highlighting that cruise lines often apply loyalty discount when booking excursions, and that many allow free cancellation up to a few days before sailing (just in case the rules change). let us know if you have had to book additional excursions, or if you have cancelled a cruise because you can't spend free time ashore.

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Installing new Dyneema lifelines on the boat—splicing this double Dyneema core and braid is no easy task! One stage involves sewing, and I think my mother would be proud! #SailingLife #Dyneema #BoatUpgrade #SailingDIY #Splicing #Lifelines #SailingAdventure #BoatMaintenance #PacificSolo

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