Cruise to Marina di Ragusa – CANCELLED
We will be organising an extended weekend cruise to Marina di Ragusa between Friday 23rd September and Monday 26th September 2022. As most of you know, this year, Marina di Ragusa has new owners and a new management team. The Malta Cruising Club has been in contact with the Marina and they have offered us […]
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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 […]
Read More »Ragusa Weekend Regatta
The Royal Malta Yacht Club has cordially invited members of the Malta Cruising Club to join them in a Weekend Regatta to Marina di Ragusa between Friday 29th April and Sunday 1st May 2022. This is a fun race to Ragusa and back. Boats will be classified into two groups; (1) boats that will sail […]
Read More »Falken Tyres Sette Giugno Pozzallo Cruise
After two consecutive years where we had to cancel this popular event of the year because of Covid-19, we are this year very eager to hold the 8th edition of this cruise. Full details may be found here
Read More »Easter Gozo Cruise
Dates: Friday 15th April 2022 Saturday 16th April 2022 Sunday 17th April 2022 (Easter Sunday) Our target is to cruise to Mgarr harbour for two nights with a dinner organised for Saturday 16th April 2022, hopefully with the participation of our friends in Gozo, Gozo Cruise & Crews. […]
Read More »Technical Presentation & Dinner: Rope Work by Patrick Genovese at the San Antonio Hotel & Spa Qawra
Our next technical presentation will be on the subject of rope work. This presentation will focus on a small selection of essential knots, rope handling techniques, and how to correctly apply them. This presentation will be held at the San Antonio Hotel + Spa in Qawra on Friday 8 April 2022 at 6:30 pm and will be presented […]
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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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Commodore’s Lunch at the Gillieru Restaurant St. Pauls’ Bay
Once again we will be organising a Sunday Lunch this time at the Gillieru Restaurant in St. Paul’s Bay on Sunday 5th December 2021.
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Online Webinar: Fishing from your boat
We will be holding a webinar presented by a leading supplier of fishing tackle in Malta and a great angler himself, Sinclair Pace. He will give us a talk on fishing from our boats. A popular subject with our sailing community.
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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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Online Webinar: Cooking On Board
The third webinar for this year is about food glorious food. We will team up with Jean Paul Debono, a professional chef who will give us a talk about food on board and how to prepare at least three easy dishes that would surprise your crew on board. He will show us video clips of […]
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Online Webinar: Sail Trim
A few years back we had a very interesting talk on how to manage your boat sails. This time, Committee member Patrick Genovese will revisit the subject of how to trim your sails. Patrick will help us understand how sails work and how to best adjust them for the prevailing conditions. For the experienced sailors, […]
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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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