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Panerai ends sponsorship, except Cowes
Nine regattas lose sponsorship Flagship Eilean will continue Organisers working hard to find a new sponsor Organisers of classic sailing regattas are busy trying to find new sponsors after the Italian watch specialist Panerai announced [...]
News crews on a booze cruise
Channel 5's Britain by Boat has so far not really lived up to expectations. It features the veteran BBC newsreader Michael Buerk and John Sergeant, the Beeb's long term (1992 to 2000) chief political correspondent [...]
Susie Goodall rescued
Ship arrives and she is craned off Moment of rescue (MRCC Chile) Susie Goodall has been rescued and is now safely aboard the Hong Kong-flagged 190m Tian Fu. The ship arrived in [...]
Slats closes the gap
The Race is On! Mark Slats rounds Cape Horn and closes the distance on J-LVDH Jean-Luc Van Den Heede predicts a January 23 finish Susie's water shortages Outside assistance? New rule bans position reporting over [...]
UK to have its own GPS system
Mrs May has said that Britain would develop and build its own Global Navigation Satellite System, at a projected cost of £3-5bn. The announcement came on Friday November 30, as a reaction to the European [...]
Jean-Luc rounds Cape Horn
Jean-Luc Van den Heede, the 73-years young French sailor leading the Golden Globe Race in his Rustler 36 yacht Matmut, rounded Cape Horn last night and is heading north east into the Atlantic at [...]
Falls of Clyde returning to Scotland
The world's last iron four masted ship, Falls of Clyde, built in 1878, has a date for returning to Scotland for restoration, but desperately needs a funding campaign to take off in order for that [...]
Mooring line made of recycled plastic bottles
Marlow Ropes is launching a mooring rope made using 100% recycled plastic. Blue Ocean Dockline, is the first ‘technically better’ premium dockline rope manufactured using yarns wholly made from plastic bottles. "The development and production [...]
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Classic Sailor Magazine – Online
Classic Sailor Magazine is publishing news and features online at the moment following the death of our chairman and benefactor David Walker early in the [...]
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Den Phillips 2019 Calendars
East Coast photographer Den Phillips' large black and white calendars are a great wall feature with their evocative images of [...]
Ancasta’s virtual office for Portland and Poole
Ancasta's new service to the UK's central south west Ancasta has opened a new "virtual office" in Portland and [...]
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Great Sailing Films
This list of our favourite films about the sea is of course subjective, but we did set ourselves some criteria – that we [...]
Setting a square sail on a yacht
by Will Stirling There are many ways to set a square sail on a sailing boat; this is one of many; simplicity is a [...]
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Panerai ends sponsorship, except Cowes10th December 2018Nine regattas lose sponsorship Flagship Eilean will …
News crews on a booze cruise7th December 2018Channel 5’s Britain by Boat has so far not …
Flying fish – between the devil and the deep blue sea7th December 2018Incredible footage from BBC Earth’s The Hunt …- Racing traditional outrigged Malay jong models6th December 2018The joy of tiny traditional model sailing boats With …
UK to have its own GPS system3rd December 2018Mrs May has said that Britain would develop and build …
Great Sailing Films30th November 2018This list of our favourite films about the …
A gaffer beating bermudans22nd November 2018It’s been great to sail aboard the 1984 28ft …
Setting a square sail on a yacht21st November 2018by Will Stirling There are many ways to set a …
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