A Coastal Motor Cruise is not necessarily what you first think of when you hear the expression. You could be forgiven for assuming that it’s a four (or two) wheeled drive along a winding coastal road…
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Déjeuner-buffet? Bon Voyage, and Bon Appetit!
The portmanteau word ‘brunch’ has a very modern ring to it. It sounds like a 20th century concoction, similar in origin to words like ‘infotainment’ and ‘advertorial’, all designed to denote a working combination of two activities or items.
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Happy Huntigowk Day
It seems that one of the inbred human conditions is to laugh at others misfortunes. The German expression that has migrated into English terminology…
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Your Hand, Your Hand, Your Hand…
Conundrum. What has six arms, two legs, three hearts, a foot next to its head, a beak, breathes water and has two thirds of its brain in its arms?
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Someone Else’s Problem?
We make no apologies this week for focussing on a topic that we have highlighted numerous times in the past. It’s a subject that should be of concern to every person on the planet; simply because of the fact that almost without exception…
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Beauty and the Beach
At Waterfront Charters we don’t often have issues with Tripadvisor. They offer a brilliant service to travellers and members of the travel industry alike. But for once – just this once – we must wag an admonishing finger…
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Taken Aback in the No-Go Zone
Becalmed. It’s an expression that has been taken from the world of sailing and applied to many walks of life. For the past year or so it feels as if the world has been becalmed as Covid-19’s tentacles reached across seas from continent to continent…
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Foiled! It’s Not Plain Sailing Anymore…
Sailing has been around for a long time. The sight of triangular sails scudding around over the oceans, dams and lakes of the world these days is more indicative of fun than commerce…
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One Ocean, One Climate, One Future – Together
The heading of this week’s blog is the powerful motivation behind a very important initiative: World Ocean Day. This falls each year on June 8th…
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Unsung Ocean Heroes
This week’s Waterfront Charters newsletter is an appeal. Any person who is acquainted with our company will know that one of our most important underpinning values is the protection and conservation of our oceans.
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