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Lucy L Ford: A romantic night afloat
In early May, at the start of what was to be one of our coldest summers, the newly appointed President of the Pontoon Camping Association decided to encourage new membership and extend the BBQ experience… […]
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GoSun stove
Admittedly it takes a little practice, mostly because it is such a new way of cooking but the GoSun stove is incredibly innovative – it combines an evacuated glass tube and parabolic reflectors. No fuel… […]
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East Coast Pilot: Great Yarmouth to Ramsgate by Colin Jarman, Garth Cooper, Dick Holness
This is the 4th edition of this now-established guide (it first came out over 10 years ago) and it continues to improve. Coverage has now been extended northwards to include Great Yarmouth (albeit discouragingly:… […]
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Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic by Sam Jefferson
His name is still used as an exclamation of shock, surprise and even outrage – and with some justification. James Gordon Bennett, reckless, feckless playboy son of the owner of the New York Herald is… […]
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The Beachman’s Coast; Suffolk by Robert Simper
Page 3 of this informative book contains a list of all other titles by the same author. And there are 39 others (!) dear reader, dating back to 1971. Together they catalogue the disappearance and… […]
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Feature In praise of the She 36
Of all the design offices to rise to prominence in the 20th century, Sparkman & Stephens must rank near the top. From cruising yachts to America’s Cup 12 metres (with an unsurpassed record of six… […]
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Cruising Yachts by T Harrison Butler
With clean earlier editions of this classic on yacht design becoming rare it’s great to have a reprint from Lodestar, with forewords by both the late Ed Burnett and Ian Howlett (who prefaced the fourth… […]
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Solent Cruising Companion
By Derek Aslett This very successful book has now been re-issued in its third edition, and is bang up to date – for instance it includes a photo of the spinnaker tower in Portsmouth with… […]
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Rogue Waves
by Michel Olagnon What a pleasure to have something very technical broken down into easy bites and then put together in an attractive and exciting volume beautifully illustrated with ancient Japanese paintings and the best… […]
