Sailing

Sailboats and national sailors are back in Turkish waters after almost two-and-a-half months of bans that aimed to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The sailors, who won medals in many international competitions, finally sailed to the blue waters of Marmara with their coaches.

The health protocols published for yachting are impossible to implement, unrealistic and in some cases funny, say sources from the Greek maritime tourism industry.
"They are obviously drafted by people who have never been on a yacht and do not understand or are not interested in what sailing means," a source told Kathimerini.

Authorities were investigating the cause of a collision between two sailing boats off the island of Aegina Friday, which led to the injury of a British woman who was transferred to the island's health center.

A 40-meter traditional wooden ship from the Gulf state of Qatar is expected to dock at Marina Zeas in Piraeus Wednesday after sailing from the popular island resort of Mykonos.

The Palinuro, a three-masted, iron-hulled barquentine that serves as a sail training vessel for the Italian Navy, will be anchored at the Ionian island of Cephalonia's port of Argostoli from September 7 to 9. The public will be able to board the historic vessel for guided tours on Friday between 4 and 7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon and Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon and 4 to 6 p.m.

Yacht Racing photographers from all over the world are invited to attend the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2018.

An easing of the annual northerly winds known in Greece as meltemia has led to a rise in sea surface temperatures in the Aegean Sea in July, Kathimerini understands.

Knowing what they do about the intensity, and the extremely high level of competition within the 52 SUPER SERIES, the crew of double Olympian, Eduardo de Souza Ramos, considers their debut season to be about learning and experience building.

Two-time America’s Cup winner Jimmy Spithill has joined Italian syndicate Luna Rossa ahead of the next regatta in Auckland in 2021, the team announced March 14.

Two women mariners adrift in the Pacific Ocean for five months endured two days of shark attacks on their sailboat and major storms before being rescued by a U.S. Navy warship nearly 5,000 miles from their intended destination of Tahiti.