Author: Dan Houston
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Build your own sea chest
Who wouldn’t want to own a classic sailor’s sea chest – especially if you’d built it yourself. A course is being run which allows participants to do just that – at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime… […]
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Some news in brief
• UK America’s Cup challenge Britannia launches • British Olympic sailing team for Tokyo 2020 announced • More wind farms • Moving a 1700s house… by barge October 4, Portsmouth UK: Sir Ben Ainslie’s… […]
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Urgent Brexit update to all boatbuilders who export to the EU
From British Marine. In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, UK manufacturers will be required to obtain a new Manufacturers Identity Code (MIC) from one of the remaining 27 European… […]
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Foundation celebrates 20 Years and £51m of grants
Peter Harrison Foundation aids 20 Sailing Charities and Projects. The Peter Harrison Foundation will celebrate 20 years of helping sailing charities with grants of money in November 2019. Founded by successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, Peter… […]
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Small ships race despite light winds
By Max Mudie for ASTO. Given that the remains of Storm Lorenzo were evident both before and after this race, it was always going to be a choice of too much wind or none at… […]
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International Dragon 90th Anniversary Regatta
Sanremo, Italy, October 2019 – 162 Dragon boats have gathered for the 90th anniversary of the class. Full results can be found at www.dragon90.com and you can follow the regatta on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter… […]
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1939 yacht’s escape from the Baltic
The summer of 1939 would be the last chance for several years that yachtsmen could take extended cruises to places like the Baltic. Author Julia Jones relates how her father sailed to Poland in… […]
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Ed Burnett Yacht Designs
A selection of plans, drawings and notes. Compiled by Jeremy Burnett with a foreword by Nigel Irens Ed Burnett worked with Nigel Irens on some significant designs in the late 1990s, including the Westernman modern… […]
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36 activists sailing to Chile Climate Conference
[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”] Greta Thunberg is not the only queen of the seas –… […]
