STCW-95 : The Big One Comes to Ocean Village Gibraltar

Allabroad Secure Approval for Internationally Recognised Training Course After seven years and significant financial investment, Gibraltar’s Allabroad Sailing Academy has this month earned MCA (UK Maritime Coastguard Agency) Approval for the STCW-95 (Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping) Basic Safety Training Courses. This course is vital for anyone wishing to work in the marine or superyacht industries. Course Manager Clare Kuszyk answers the questions. Why is the STCW-95 so important to Allabroad? This is the “big one” for us.  We’ve had many Government departments...

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Larger Berths Now Vital for Marinas

Any long term watcher of the boats that come into Ocean Village Marina over the years cannot have failed to notice the explosive growth in the size of the superyachts coming into service, The annual PMY (Power & Motoryacht) Survey has recorded the Top 100 largest yachts since 1994 and a quick glance at the figures for 2011 show that the number of superyachts is increasing every year. They use the example of  the 73m ‘Coral Island’ which when delivered to her Saudi owner in 1994 made her debut at number 14 – the longest newly launched vessel in the survey that year. Since then she’s...

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