Newsletter 3 of 2023 & info for our upcoming events is now online.
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Commodore’s Award 2022
Today, seventeen years after its founding, the original concept and objectives of the Malta Cruising Club are still adhered to. Among the most valued and esteemed events of the Club is the Commodore’s Award presented annually to that member who has given special service to the Club and its members. Cruising is often characterized as […]
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Cancellation of Cruise to Marina di Ragusa – 23/Sep -> 26/Sep 2022
Dear members, A decision has been taken by the Club to cancel the Marina di Ragusa Cruise planned for the 23rd to 26th September 2022. We have been following the weather forecasts for a number of days and unfortunately, all the weather models agree that the forthcoming weekend is more suitable for offshore competitive sailing […]
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New September Cruise to Marina di Ragusa
The Malta Cruising Club sailing activities during 2020 and 2021 have been severely hampered due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, however following the success of the 8th Falken Tyres “Sette Giugno” Pozzallo Cruise in June 2022, the Club decided to introduce a new end-of-season cruise, this time to Marina di Ragusa. The event will be an […]
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S/Y VITAE to Lead “Sette Giugno” Cruise
VITAE has been the yacht’s new name for only the past four years and since its reborn with this identification it has been familiar to members of the Malta Cruising Club particularly with those who participate in the Falken Tyres “Sette Giugno” Pozzallo Cruise. Prior to early 2019 this sailboat’s name was Ceyar, disgracefully being […]
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Falken Tyres Sette Giugno Pozzallo Cruise 2022
We are hereby launching the full program of the Falken Tyres Sette Giugno Pozzallo Cruise 2022 which will take place between Saturday 4th June and Tuesday 7th June 2022. The title sponsors for this event will, once again, be Falken Tyres who, together with their local agents of Santa Venera, will be providing participating boats […]
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Commodore’s Award Moves to Sicily!
In 2013 the Malta Cruising Club launched a new event in its sailing programme meant to be held annually and to be always associated with a particular national day. This was the Sette Giugno Cruise to Pozzallo which immediately became highly popular with members and non-members alike, who on this occasion are welcomed, to what […]
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Online Webinar: Cooking on Board
Chef Jean Paul Debono owner & chef of Danny’s Kitchen & Deli gave us a very interesting and talk on food preparation onboard and how to prepare three easy but very tasty dishes that would delight the appetite of any crew on board.
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Online Webinar: Sail Trim
Committee Member Patrick Genovese gave us a very interesting presentation on the core principles of proper sail trim. The webinar dealt with: The core fundamentals of how sails work, Wind behavior How to “see” and evaluate sail shape for various wind angles and wind strengths How to use the various sail controls to achieve correct […]
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Commodore’s Award 2020
The Commodore’s Award this year was awarded to one of the members of the Club, Dr Carmel Abela. Wilfred Sultana, the Commodore of the Malta Cursing Club, presented Carmel with the Commodore’s Award for 2020 in the presence of the club’s Committee. The Commodore also wrote a full page article which appeared on the Times […]
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Online Webinar: Sailing In Greece
Club member Peter Rigby gave us a very interesting presentation on how to get to Greece and back and, more importantly, what to do in Greece and where to go when you are there. Peter went to the Ionian Sea twice in the last three years and has tons of experience on how to enjoy yourself once you
get to the Ionian Sea and beyond.
Extraordinary times bring about remarkable solutions
Press article in the Malta Independent of 12th March 2021 highlighting the club’s recent activities.
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Covid-19: Suspension of Club Activities
Due to local Health Authorities directives issued, no social activities or Club meetings can be held. Once these restrictions are lifted, we will do our best to resume our normal programme of activities in line with what the Health Authorities allow. We will keep you informed accordingly.
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Gone with the Wind
Our Commodore, Wilfred Sultana wrote a full page article in the Times of Malta highlighting the difficulty clubs like the Malta Cruising Club are facing because of the global pandemic. He also focuses on what some of the members of the Club are doing to fight COVID-19.
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Members Len and Mary wrote a book – worth reading!
Club members, Len & Mary Nugent have been held up in Florida (USA) during the Coronavirus pandemic. Len put the lockdown period to good use by writing a book on his life. He writes: “As I sit here writing this book, in the Sunshine State of Florida, in the middle of a lockdown because of […]
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Brian Darmanin 1953-2020
We regret to inform members that ex-Committee Member, Brian Darmanin passed away. Brian was a long standing member of the Club and served also in the Committee of the Club for two years between 2017 and 2018. For at least two running years, he organised and conducted the Annual Quiz Night for the Club and […]
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Prof Antony de Bono 1932-2020
We would like to express our condolences to the family of Professor Antony de Bono, founder of the Malta Cruising Club who passed away at the end of March 2020, three days short of his 88th birthday. Prof. de Bono was one of the first cardiac surgeons in Malta. He was also a passionate sailor […]
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Sailing Boat – Suwena
Eve and Andrus are Club members who moved to Malta in 2015 from Finland. They have put up a blog and they also have a Youtube channel about their adventures with their sailing yacht, Suwena, a long keel ketch Nauticat 441. You can read about their sailing blog and their voyages from Finland and also […]
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Falken Tyres sponsors Sette Giugno Pozzallo Cruise 2020
We are also happy to announce that the sponsor for the 2020 edition of the Sette Giugno Pozzallo Cruise will once again be Falken Tyres who together with their local agents, Standard Group of Santa Venera will be sponsoring the event. The 50 nautical miles Falken Sette Giugno Pozzallo Cruise, now in its 8th edition, will once again […]
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Suspension of Club activities due to Covid-19 Pandemic
We refer to our email to all members sent out on Wednesday 25th March 2020 where we informed you that because of the current situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to suspend all Club activities until further notice. In the same email, we did however not exclude holding the Falken Sette Giugno […]
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