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Copying The Champions – Is That Cheating?

2021-10-08T13:05:46+01:00October 8th, 2021|Features|

To someone unfamiliar with our sport, two identical boats should sail at the same speed given equal crews, the same wind, and the same wave conditions. What an outsider may not realise is that small changes in identical equipment can make big differences in boat speed and performance. A couple of turns on a forestay [...]

Beatrice returns to the sea

2021-10-08T18:23:45+01:00October 1st, 2021|Features|

The classic yacht Beatrice, donated by Diana Bracco to the city of Imperia, becomes an ambassador of the Italian capital of vintage yachting Beatrice, a 15 metre long yawl built of wood by the Sangermani shipyard in 1963, makes her official return to sea. Restored with the help of the students of Imperia’s Andrea Doria [...]

Chatham’s Hidden Heroines

2021-06-18T18:46:37+01:00June 1st, 2021|Features, Life Afloat|

Hidden Heroines: the untold stories of the women of the Dockyard celebrates extraordinary women in Chatham Dockyard’s history who campaigned for change, fought against the odds and whose impact left a lasting legacy. Featuring stories from the first ladies of the Spinning Rooms and Sail and Colour Loft to tales of women boarding warships masquerading [...]

Pumping our way across the Atlantic

2021-06-18T18:46:04+01:00May 19th, 2021|Features, Life Afloat|

The boat was a beauty, but she let in a lot of water... By Ian Galletti Having crewed on a Contessa 32 when she was harmlessly ‘pooped’ many times during the 1979 Fastnet storm, I couldn’t understand why a past generation of yachtsman dreaded the experience. However, I was soon to learn why when I [...]

RNLI launch videos

2021-01-29T19:16:01+00:00November 5th, 2020|Features, Life Afloat|

‘Anything can happen in the next half-hour’, is how the RNLI puts it. And, with around 26 people being rescued by the institute's volunteers every day, the charity's work is never far away. This video shows the seaborne lifesavers launching their sophisticated craft, at great speed, from the exhilarating height of a slipway. From Cromer [...]

Dinghy Cruising on the Bristol Channel

2020-11-06T11:20:41+00:00September 18th, 2020|Features, Life Afloat, Seamanship|

A TRIP TO BRISTOL WITH MY DAUGHTER. Reproduced with permission from Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd. by Annabel Bowker-Dance Lydney Yacht Club, based in the Severn Estuary in Gloucestershire, run a 9-day Summer Cruise around the Bristol Channel.  For many years there have been a number of wayfarers in the fleet, and [...]

L’Hermione – Bringing History Back to Life

2020-11-06T11:23:28+00:00March 8th, 2019|Features, Heritage|

Nigel Pert talks to Dan Houston about the replica sailing Frigate L'Hermione, and shares his amazing collection of photos of the ship.  The ship was launched in 2014 after a 17 year build programme in Rochefort, France. Copied from a 1779 ship of the same name, and to the same lines, she faithfully recreates history [...]

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