Author: Dan Houston
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Tally Ho gets a lifeline
From Classic Sailor issue 17, September 2017 We talk to Leo Goolden who has saved the Albert Strange designed 1927 Fastnet winner from the chainsaw – plus a vivid account of the race itself by… […]
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Restoring Tally Ho talk with Leo Goolden
The Royal Ocean Racing Club is hosting a talk by Leo Gooden who is a couple of years into restoring his Albert Strange 1927 Fastnet winning cutter Tally Ho Leo’s talk will be on Tue,… […]
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700,000 plastic microfibres released in one wash
The surge of toxic plastics in our ocean environment means it’s time to ban them from our wardrobe. It’s time to stop wearing fleece and polyester garments which shed huge amounts of microplastics into our… […]
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Sailing to a Viking festival across the North Sea in January
Inspirational winter passage by Erik Aanderaa, a true latter-day Viking, sailing his Contessa 35 Tessie from Haugasund in Norway to the three-day Up Helly Aa winter Viking festival at Lerwick in Shetland (in 30 hrs!)… […]
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Maiden – How Tracy Edwards broke the women-at-sea myth
Documentary 2018 Dir: Alex Holmes 93 mins Maiden opens in UK cinemas on Friday 8th March This is a truly inspirational film. It takes us back a bit, though not too far, to 1989 and… […]
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Using a Breton Plotter
Navigation Refresher The Breton Plotter – sometimes called a Portland Course Plotter – consolidates parallel rules, a protractor and the compass rose into a handy chartwork instrument that is the simplest tool for the… […]
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The Yacht Harbour Association’s Marina of the Year Awards
TYHA awards world’s best marinas for 2018/19 Today (28 February 2019) The Yacht Harbour Association (THYA) announced the winners of its prestigious Marina of the Year Awards. Now in its 6th year, the Awards… […]
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I’ll never forget whatsisname – Quirky
In which Quirky’s sailing companion name-drops about how he forgot a name… In a previous lifetime, when we lived in NY, we enjoyed the delights of keeping a 25 foot sloop on Long… […]
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Whiskey fan offers to save Golden Globe Yacht in return for the barrel aboard
American philanthropist steps in to support salvage of Gregor McGuckin’s yacht. An American philanthropist with a taste for Irish whiskey has stepped in to support the salvage operation to recover Gregor McGuckin’s yacht Hanley Energy… […]
