Author: Dan Houston
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Tall Ship inspired by ice legend
ACTIV OF LONDON Polar legend has it that the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen dreamt up the ideal Arctic ship by gazing at an olive stone writes Ben Lowings. Pressed laterally, its curves would slide its… […]
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Italy imports illegal teak
ITALIAN TRADERS DEFY THE LAW AND SANCTIONS TO KEEP IMPORTING TEAK FROM MYANMAR LONDON: Italy has been exposed at the heart of an ongoing trade in illicit timber from Myanmar, in defiance of both EU… […]
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Voluntary No Anchoring Zone proposed for Studland Bay
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) responds to plans from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) Habitat Protection Strategy. The RYA has responded to habitat protection plans from the MMO… […]
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Copying The Champions – Is That Cheating?
To someone unfamiliar with our sport, two identical boats should sail at the same speed given equal crews, the same wind, and the same wave conditions. What an outsider may not realise is that small… […]
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RYA Dinghy Show 2022
The RYA Dinghy Show is becoming the RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show presented by Suzuki, for 2022 as it heads to Farnborough International for the first time on the weekend of 26-27 February. Along with… […]
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Night Hunters opens at Royal Navy Museum
Little-known story of the Royal Navy’s heroic coastal forces in both World Wars told for the first time in major new gallery at Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower Major new permanent gallery The Night Hunters: The Royal Navy’s Coastal Forces at… […]
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Success at youth charity’s annual sailing race.
The weekend of Saturday 2nd October, saw over 90 young people take to the water for the Cowes Small Ships Race. The youth charity race is organised by ASTO (Association of Sail Training Organisations), a… […]
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Beatrice returns to the sea
The classic yacht Beatrice, donated by Diana Bracco to the city of Imperia, becomes an ambassador of the Italian capital of vintage yachting Beatrice, a 15 metre long yawl built of wood by the Sangermani… […]
