25th June saw the start of the Puerto Sherry 2 handed race in the Bay of Cadiz. 11 Yachts crossed the start line at 1830 heading out in to the complicated 9 mark course and a forecast for light airs. After a long tactical race Seawolf finished at 0334, in second place on the water. Once all the yachts had finished the corrected results were:

• First..........Marathon Dos
• Second......Seawolf of Southampton
• Third.........Kronos Quinto

Our next 2 man race is from Algeciras to Ceuta on the 10th July
We still have 2 places available for the Algeciras regatta on the weekend of 3rd July, please contact us if you would like to join the crew.

Bargain flights from Easyjet and Monarch to Gibraltar in September make it the ideal time to benefit from our 10% discount offer for all RYA Sailing courses booked for September 2010 in Gibraltar. Our cruising area takes us up to Cadiz, calling at Barbate and Sancti Petri on the way up the Atlantic coast of Spain, Tangiers, Ceuta, Smir and Melilla in Morocco and East into the Mediteranean, on the Southern Spanish coast as far as Malaga.
Please contact us to check availabilty or to book your place.
RYA Competent crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster courses all available in September.

Magister Law Gibraltar to Sponsor "Bongani" in the 2010 Gibraltar Regatta.
Atlantic Charters are delighted to announce that Magister Law of Gibraltar have agreed a sponsorship package for our Pronavia 38 "Bongani" entered in this years Gibraltar regatta taking place in Gibraltar Bay on the 24th/25th July. Magister Law offer a personal service in areas of tax, banking, private client services, trust administration, and corporate management.
This additional support emphasises the growing popularity and success of the Regatta as a key area for networking opportunities in a competitive environment, between the Major Companies trading on the Rock.
If you wish to become a player in this event please contact us now. 

Atlantic Charters are delighted to announce that Quad Consultancy, the leading Gibraltar based recruitment company led by Tom Day, have again selected the Gibraltar Regatta as a stage to entertain and thank their clients by chartering our flagship race yacht "Seawolf" in this prestigious event in the Gibraltar Yacht racing calendar. The Quad consultancy team finished on the podium in the 2007 Gibraltar Regatta whilst racing in the Open class. This year everything has moved up a gear, we are now racing against the best yachts from along the Andalucian coast, including "Trumpeter of the Rock", helmed by the former Olympic Yachtsman Louis Triay, of Triay and Triay Lawyers, Gibraltar. Our other entry "Bongani" is a sistership to Seawolf and will also be hungry to make her mark in the RI fleet. We still have crew places aboard Bongani, should you wish to join the crew on this race prepared Yacht.

Jane, Gill and Rachel(Catherine) pictured above, all successfully completed their RYA Day Skipper practical course last week here in Gibraltar. With a diverse mix of weather from light airs at the beginning of the week to Westerly gales mid week, the 3 girls sailed from Gibraltar to Ceuta, Estapona and Sotogrande enjoying long upwind beats and exhilarating spinnaker downwind runs during the varying weather. They were accompanied by 2 Competent Crew students, David and Sylvana, who also passed there RYA course with flying colours.
Please contact us if you wish to sign up for any RYA courses in 2010

Gibraltar Regatta 24th/25th July 2010, crew places available for this annual regatta, around the cans racing in Gibraltar Bay on Saturday then sailing around the Rock race on Sunday. Seawolf and sistership Bongani will once again be racing in the same class and hoping to repeat the 1,2 results as in there last meeting in the 33rd mar de Alboran regatta last month. We have 2 crew places still available at £250.00 per person, including evenings training in the week prior. Please contact us to book your place in the biggest event in the Gibraltar yachting calender.

There is no age limit for enjoying yourself Sailing in Gibraltar, Ronnie pictured above aged a young 73 still keen to hike on the rail whilst sailing across the Straits of Gibraltar in a stiff Westerly breeze. Ronnie completed his RYA Day Skipper practical course 12 months ago here in Gibraltar and returned again, this week, to polish up some new skills. We think this is an age record for hiking, if you know different please send in a photo as proof and we will add it to the wall of fame.