Author: Admin
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Round the Island Race Entries Open
Press release from organisers: Round the Island Race entries for 2019 open Entry fees to remain at 2018 level The Round the Island Race 2019 is set to attract thousands of sailors from… […]
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Why buy a boat when you can just borrow one?
There’s a cultural move towards sharing that is just beginning to take hold. The idea is that from quite soon, a decade some say, we won’t own a car, but like bike racks in municipal… […]
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Dutch Charts Upgrade
From Stentec Navigation Our first chart release for 2019 is the well-known DKW 1800 series, based on the paper charts from the Dutch Hydrographical Service. Starting now, you can purchase the new chart sets in… […]
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WHAT’S A RINGTAIL?
Setting extra Sails – Ozzie style By Ian Smith If you’re out on Sydney Harbour on any Summer Saturday you’ll see an odd fleet of gaff-rigged, varnished wooden boats racing, and if they’re… […]
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Wayward gets her name back
Restoration of the 1898 Summers & Payne yawl Wayward – also known as Samphire […]
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The Magnificent Sixes by Tim Street
A Century of Six Metres Since 1907 the Metre Boats have both fascinated and challenged the very best designers of each age to produce boats for the very best helmsmen and crews to compete… […]
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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 classic craft in their element. They also make an excellent Christmas present. The East Coast… […]
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
It’s busy times at Arthur Beale preparing for Christmas… You may have noticed in recent weeks the shop window updated to depict a rather fishy scene which has gone on to inspire the choice of… […]
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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 wanted from all the films here. Firstly the list is… […]
