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Latest from Repubblica: "First the boat heeled to one side and in a few minutes she sank; it all happened in a very short time," says the skipper. So it sounds as though she was pushed on her beam ends, the windows and companionway were open (hot, apparently calm night), and woosh. On shore, a...

No additional news in the Italian press so far. What on earth happened to sink her? Knocked flat and then water down the companionway(s)?

PS Sorry about the music...

Here's something the Royal Navy hasn't been able to do for quite a while, sadly.

A bit further north, Trani is well worth a visit.

Since you are going from one Schengen country to another, and you have valid residency/passport, there is no need to check out of Italy, nor, presumably, to check into Greece. If the Italian-flagged boat is a 'natante', that is, with no registration, when you change flag, just... change the...

It's good news for me! I knew of one or two 'back routes' that avoided the looong queues to get into Croatia from Slovenia, little tracks through the woods... but now Istria will all be open once more... the way it was under Yugoslavia and Austria-Hungary!

That's nothing: in the suburbs of Buenos Aires you can come across cars that haven't moved since at least the 1950s... It would appear that no-one's responsible for removing them.

Italy had no interest in seeing my British passport when applying for an Italian one. However, during the application for Italian nationality, they did require a copy of it (but did not want to see the physical original). To get the new passport, I popped into my local plod (this during...

Oh God, here we are again; an anchor thread...

Could be by as early as June 2022. Rather than French appui, I believe that a green light from Slovenia and Italy (both of which have/had disputes with Croatia) helped.

Going back to Baggie's original post, there's no news I'm aware of about what will happen regarding sailing into or out of Croatia from a Schengen country. But will let you know when my club sends details.

Apologies: quite right!

Yes, I think the OP has it the wrong way round: the Scot Carrier is the one on the right, and appears to have altered course from 220° to 24°. She was travelling at twice the speed of the Karin Hoej, but from the free AIS (as the OP notes), it's hard to know what the change of course represents...

I'm with Povremeni on this: just because it's summer and holiday time is no excuse for selfish behaviour that pays no regard to your neighbours.