Expert advice on safe anchoring, seamanship, and getting the most out of your time on the water.
Where to anchor in France — the Calanques, Côte d'Azur, the Hyères islands, Corsica, Brittany and the Atlantic islands, with Mistral shelter notes, Posidonia rules, and how anchoring changes on a tidal coast.
Read articleWhere to anchor in Italy — Sardinia, the Aeolian and Pontine islands, the Tuscan archipelago, Amalfi and Capri, with honest holding notes, Maestrale and Bora shelter, and how the marine protected area rules work.
July 10, 2026
Where to anchor in Croatia — the Kornati, Telašćica, Hvar and the Pakleni, Vis, Mljet and the Elafiti, with Bura shelter notes, cruising permit and park fees, and where the buoys have replaced free anchoring.
July 10, 2026
You don't need thirty apps — you need one great app for each job at sea. The essential toolkit organised by job: charts, weather, anchorages, anchor alarm, tides, AIS, routing and safety tracking.
July 9, 2026
The classic South Corsica loop, day by day — Bonifacio to the Lavezzi Islands, Rondinara, Santa Giulia, Palombaggia and Figari and back under the limestone cliffs, with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages, Strait of Bonifacio and mooring-buoy notes, and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.
July 7, 2026
The classic Îles d'Hyères loop, day by day — La Tour Fondue to Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Le Levant and back, with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages, Mistral and Posidonia notes, and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.
July 6, 2026
The classic North Ionian loop, day by day — Gouvia to Benitses, Lakka, Gaios, Antipaxos and back, with a numbered route map, daily distances, verified anchorages and the anchor alarm radius to set at every stop.
July 5, 2026
Where to anchor in Greece — the best bays of the Ionian, Saronic Gulf, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Sporades and the Peloponnese, with meltemi shelter notes, holding, and Greek anchoring rules.
July 4, 2026
Where to anchor along Turkey's Turquoise Coast — the best bays in the Gulf of Gökova, Datça, Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye & Göcek and Kaş-Kekova, with meltemi shelter notes and local anchoring rules.
July 3, 2026
See your anchor safe radius and distance from the anchor right on your Apple Watch. How a wrist-based anchor alarm works, how to read it at 3 a.m., and why it's the quietest way to keep watch overnight.
July 2, 2026
Safety Anchor Alarm monitors your boat's position and alerts you instantly if something goes wrong. Download free for iOS.
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