Since the 1970's and 1980's, boats have predominantly been built from plastic composites, such as GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic) and FRP (Fibre Reinforced Plastics), both incredibly durable materials. Decades later, these boats are coming to the end of their life, with little or no formal organisation of how to dispose of them safely.  In the first of our photo-documentary series, 'The Wake of Sailing', our crew mate Carolina, explores traditional boat construction and its impact on our marine environment through her photography.    A DARKER LEGACY Despite its nomadic lure ..read more

Through our global platform, ReSail by Clean Sailors, we are on a mission to give old sailing things a second life. With our somewhat alarming research showing that up to 97% of end-of-life sails are sent to landfill or are incinerated, we wanted to encourage the sailing industry to find purposeful and useful solutions for these materials.  We've teamed up again with our friends and partners at Waterhaul and Ocean Republic, who, since 2022, have been turning spinnakers into beach-cleaning bags.   This winter, we want your help to save 200 spinnakers from l ..read more

  The final day of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup Grand Final 2023, a highly anticipated competition among the best eight Under 25 teams of the 2023 season, proved to be an exciting culmination of a brilliant season. Hosted by Marina Vela Barcelona and organized by 69F and Club Nàutic Vilassar de Mar, this event showcased the skills and determination of young sailors who demonstrated their talent throughout the season on the state-of-the-art one-design foiling monohulls for crews. Our trio of CJ Perez, Jann Schupbach, and Lukas Hesse demonstrated exceptional sailing ability, securing the ..read more

    Clean Sailors is excited to share that as a result of our #ProtectOurBeds campaign, ongoing with our friends savvy navvy and the Ocean Conservation Trust, Clean Sailors  is now an official Delivery Partner of the UK's Blue Meadows project. Seagrass meadows store 10% of the ocean’s carbon and are major facilitators in moderating our global climate, but are estimated to be the fastest disappearing habitat on the planet mainly due to avoidable human activity. Our #ProtectOurBeds campaign is the FIRST -EVER project to digitally map sensitive seabeds fo ..read more

  This November is the first ever Coral Bleaching Awareness Month.  Coral bleaching is occurring at an alarming rate, and it’s our ocean’s desperate cry for help. For the month of November, we've joined the Coral Reef Alliance in solidarity for coral reef conservation and in honour of Coral Bleaching Awareness month. Coral bleaching doesn't always mean the death of corals. By taking action now, we can help corals adapt to rising temperatures and endure bleaching events to come.   1. Check your sunscreen The golden rule when spending time in the sun is to cover-up ..read more

WIN a year's supply to Tanki, the glue-free loo roll ? ? ?       Sailors, did you know that in the UK alone, we flush more than 22,000 tonnes of glue down our loos, the majority of which ends up in our environment? Glue is made up of a variety of chemical compounds, most importantly, of plastic, which is used to bind it together as a substance and to give glue its viscosity and texture. Each time we flush loo paper down the toilet we are potentially adding thousands of microplastics to our waters.  Microplastics are now the most pervasive pollutant ..read more

Image (C) Martin Stevens Cornwall has become the first county to contribute data to global seagrass initiative, #ProtectOurBeds, a new campaign digitally mapping sensitive seabed locations for marine users in the savvy navvy app. Cornwall Council, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, and LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES are among three major contributors to the recently launched #ProtectOurBeds campaign run by Cornwall-based not-for-profit Clean Sailors, the Ocean Conservation Trust and all-in-one boating navigation app, savvy navvy. Data from Cornwall has been digitally mapped and is from today live in the navi ..read more

The new partnership between 100% glue & plastic-free toilet roll, Tanki, and Clean Sailors, will work to inspire a shift in the boating and cruise communities away from traditional toilet papers which are high in glue content and therefore, microplastics. Each year, in the UK alone, we flush more than 22,000 tonnes of glue down our loos, the majority of which ends up in our environment. Glue is made up of a variety of chemical compounds, most importantly, of plastic, which is used to bind it together as a substance and to give glue its viscosity and texture. Each time we flush loo paper d ..read more

    Only three months since launching the #ProtectOurBeds campaign run by not-for-profit, Clean Sailors, the Ocean Conservation Trust and all-in-one boating navigation app, savvy navvy – has seen major contributors come forward expanding its global coverage. From today seagrass data from the Channel Islands is live in the savvy navvy app, as the Bailiwick Eelgrass Exploration Project (BEEP) partners in Guernsey and Alderney and the Government of Jersey are amongst the first contributors to the campaign.  Dr Mel Broadhurst-Allen, Living Seas Coordinator of the Alderney Wildlife ..read more

  We know it's lovely to give gifts and we believe if we *have* to buy, that we should be buying better. Now, we know as a team of sailors ourselves, that finding gifts for sailors isn't always so easy! This is why we've put together a list of some our favourite things, all now available in our Clean Sailors store.   And, true to Clean Sailors form and like everything we share in our shop, all of our suggestions are ocean-minded - made from upcycled and recycled materials including sails and fishing nets. PLUS all sales supports us Clean Sailors as a not-for-profit  We just mad ..read more