Author: Dan Houston
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Imray to cease chart production
We have had this press release from Imray: For more than two centuries, Imray has been a trusted name among mariners and sailing enthusiasts. Today, we announce the gradual conclusion of our chart publishing operations,… […]
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Don Street Remembered
The American sailing author, pilot of the Caribbean Don Street died aged 93 in May 2024 at his home in Glandore, Ireland. Dan Houston looks back on his life and describes how it was sailing… […]
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Nights at Brest
Late at night at the Brest festival… a short photo essay by Nigel Pert to the music of Alan Špiljak (Stars above – from the Silverlight album) The photos are from the bilingual book… […]
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Rendezvous Brest
A photo essay of the book on Brest. It covers 30 years of the Brest Festival which held every four years (but not 2020) since 1992 in Brittany. Some 2,000 vessels – from canoes to… […]
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Seven Sisters and Beachy Head
Often, ‘Classic Coast’ consists of the built environment – man-made harbours, houses and hostelries. But occasionally the landscape itself commands attention and nowhere is this more true than the length of Sussex coast known as… […]
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Red Sails film Directed by Michael Maloney
The rebuilt Thames Sailing Barge Cambria features heavily in this film, which is all about the so-called TSBs – their role in trade which has now developed into charter mainly around the waters of the… […]
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No 6 The IW 31 Varvet
Built for ocean races – which gives extra confidence when you sail with the family Nardi’s Nods – By Federico Nardi of Cantiere Navale Dell Argentario. Translated by James Robinson Taylor With the IW 31… […]
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Small boats trading by sail
By Mike Smylie IMAGINE A FLEET OF SMALL EX-FISHING BOATS TRADING BY SAIL AROUND THE PORTS OF WALES, BRINGING IN GOODS FROM NORTHERN FRANCE & THE IBERIAN PENINSULA… That sounds like a dream but dreams… […]
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More than 60 boats expected at Uffa Fox 50 Regatta
More than 60 boats have now entered the Uffa Fox 50 Celebration Regatta which is taking place between the 18th – 21st August. With boats ranging from his famous series of Atalanta cruising designs down… […]
