A Guide to Sustainable Seafood: How to Make Eco-Friendly Choices
Enjoying seafood can be a delicious and nutritious experience, but it’s essential to consider how our choices impact the ocean. Not all seafood is harvested sustainably, and some fishing practices harm marine ecosystems. By making responsible choices, we can help protect ocean life for future generations. Here’s how you can eat seafood more sustainably: CHOOSE […]
Sailing Towards Sustainability
This sailing season, we’re focusing on sustainability with our “Sailing Towards Sustainability” initiative. While sailing is already a low-impact way to travel, there’s always room to improve. Here’s how we’re integrating eco-friendly habits across our courses and charters. Food & Provisioning 🍴🌱 Avoiding Food Waste and Supporting Local CommunitiesSmart provisioning isn’t just about efficiency—it’s a way to reduce […]
From Daydreams to Dockside: Greg’s journey from student to boat owner, actually the other way around
We met Greg in 2022, and he came with one goal in his mind – to learn how to sail his new sailboat The Red Witch, who was already waiting for him in Italy. It’s not unusual, to get the boat before the actual knowledge, and he made the right decision to take actual courses, […]
Commercial Endorsement
What is a Commercial Endorsement? Do you really need it? And if so, how do you get it? As the RYA explains, a commercial endorsement is required to work on board British flagged vessels subject to the MCA’s codes of practice for small commercial vessels. So yes, if you want to work on a red ensign vessel, […]
Your comprehensive Practical Sailing Course FAQs
Congratulations on booking your course, completing payment, filling out the Enrolment Form, and packing according to our provided Packing List! As you prepare for your practical sailing course with Second Star Sailing, you might still have a few questions lingering in your mind… Not to worry! Here’s a handy FAQ guide that might help. Which […]
How to entertain yourself and others during an Ocean Crossing?
Let me guess. You’ve picked up your device to google search this topic because you are unsure of what to do on your first crossing, fair enough… we did the same before our Atlantic Crossing! Crossings any of the oceans can sometimes be a bit challenging and potentially long journeys. All experiences are different for […]
