Author: Dan Houston
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Classic Sailor Supporters’ terms and conditions
Supporters’ terms and conditions Thankyou very much for your interest in supporting Classic Sailor with a financial contribution. Our mission is to report on the sailing world with accurate and unbiased news and features and… […]
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LIGNIA distribution expands
Bellotti signs LIGNIA to distribute its product in Italy and Switzerland LIGNIA Wood Company, the award-winning modified timber specialists, has signed a distribution agreement with Italian timber experts Bellotti Spa, who will be distributing the… […]
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Greta sails into Lisbon
Greta Thunberg – the 16 year old climate activist, has arrived in Lisbon by sailing catamaran, after spending three weeks at sea since leaving Virginia in the United States on November 13. She crossed the… […]
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Scuttling the Trafalgar survivor HMS Implacable
Short film showing the scuttling of the 18th century wooden-wall 74-gun ship HMS Implacable by the Royal Navy in 1949, after she was towed from Portsmouth out to Saint Catherine’s Deep, a spot east of… […]
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RYA recognises 47 volunteers
Some 47 volunteers have been recognised for their dedication and achievements in boating at the Royal Yachting Association’s annual Volunteer Awards on Friday, 22 November. The awards were presented by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne… […]
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Get more volunteers at your club: RYA online seminar
Getting more volunteers at your sailing club is cited by 52% of RYA Affiliated clubs as the number number one constraint to increasing membership. A small number of volunteers doing all the work is also… […]
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The amazing museum of sailors’ knots
Having hosted his own Museum of Knots and Sailors’ Ropework in his Ipswich back garden since 1996 the red-capped sage-of-sennit Des Pawson had another knotty problem to solve… Namely what to do with the hundreds… […]
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Maurice Bailey talks about his 117days adrift
This is a lovely short film, by Alvaro Cerezo, featuring the late Maurice Bailey who, with his wife Maralyn spent 117 days adrift in a liferaft in the Pacific Ocean in 1972. The couple sold… […]
