Author: Dan Houston
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Shipwright Instructor Vacancy at Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust
PNBPT is seeking to recruit an experienced shipwright to teach boatbuilding and to contribute to the development and delivery of an exciting programme of courses. Applicants must have experience of managing diverse groups of people… […]
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Arctic sailors wanted
Integrity sails from Iceland to East Greenland in the summer of 2019, there are two berths available for a period of around two weeks each […]
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Silent transition to electric vessels
Press Release from IDTechEx, Cambridge, UK The silent transition to electric and hybrid vessels The brand new IDTechEx report ‘Electric and Hybrid Boats and Ships 2019 – 2029’ expects investment to accelerate after 2020 Since… […]
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WinGPS 5 Voyager optimises your sailing
WinGPS 5 Voyager is the sailing version of our WinGPS Navigator and Pro. Laptop navigation with the WinGPS 5 Voyager: Something we hear a lot from our sailing customers is that while one sailboat on… […]
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The Age of Sail
This is a fabulous short animated film with Ian McShane playing an old Bristol Channel Pilot skipper (and Pilot) Wm Avery who feels washed up and unwanted in the age of steam. He’s on a… […]
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The Sea Takes No Prisoners by Peter Clutterbuck
It’s often the sailing of our youth that seems later to be the most vital and exciting. We look back at the times of danger and treat them like trophy sails, safe now in the… […]
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Sailing barge mate needed
£1500 to £2000 per month depending on experience The new Thames Sailing Barge being built at Maldon, the Blue Mermaid needs a mate. Since 2007 the Sea-Change Sailing Trust has worked afloat with young… […]
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Mimi Jane’s new windlass
British engineering for a Canadian cutter Mark and Murielle Ovenden are building a steel cutter of their own design in Ottawa, Canada. The 51ft 28 ton Mimi Jane is inspired by the sailing work boats of… […]
