Author: Dan Houston

  • Olaf Harken dies aged 80

    Olaf Harken dies aged 80

    • Co-founder of the blocks and rigging multinational dies in Pewaukee Wisconsin. • He is survived by Ruth, his wife of 47 years, three daughters, four granddaughters and a grandson. • Preliminary plans include a… […]

  • LIGNIA Wood Company joins Water Revolution Foundation

    LIGNIA Wood Company joins Water Revolution Foundation

    Global foundation aims to drive sustainability in the yachting industry. LIGNIA Wood Company, the manufacturer of the sustainable real-wood alternative to Burmese teak, LIGNIA Yacht, has joined Water Revolution Foundation as a Corporate Partner. Both organisations have similar aims and… […]

  • How Nelson was carried home

    How Nelson was carried home

    Trafalgar Day, 21 October, not only marks one of Admiral Nelson’s great sea victories, in 1805, but also his demise and the beginning of a tradition known as the Immortal Memory – where basically you… […]

  • World’s first 3-D printed boat

    A 25ft power patrol boat has been ‘printed’ by the University of Maine at its Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono, Maine. The event also unveiled the world’s largest polymer 3-D printer which is… […]

  • Dominic Pérotin – Marine Artist

    Dominic Pérotin – Marine Artist

    Painting onto wood [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] If you want something very unique and boaty… […]

  • Coll regs tea towel

    Coll regs tea towel

    Spotted this Coll Regs tea towel for lights and day shapes at the Southampton Boat Show and it’s a good one for brushing up on your old night school knowledge or testing yourself over the… […]

  • Great deals on sailing Eye of the Wind

    Great deals on sailing Eye of the Wind

    +44(0)1872 580022 – Email: Skippers@classic-sailing.co.uk Windy & Wild Options – for all Budgets   What true sailor wouldn’t want to sail in the windy West Indies on our new vessel ‘Eye of the Wind?’ 13… […]

  • British wooden dinghy shortlisted for award

    British wooden dinghy shortlisted for award

    Peter Newbery-Thornton of Devon Wooden Boats is a finalist for the Dinghy of the Year Award for his new Dash dinghy, built in wood as a high performance single handed sailer at his yard in… […]

  • Brexit and going foreign

    Brexit and going foreign

    The RYA and British Marine, the two largest leisure marine sector member organisations in the UK, have been working closely together to seek and obtain greater clarification as regards the free movement of pleasure craft… […]