Author: Dan Houston
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Green Blue nominated for Racing Sustainability Award
From British Marine The joint environmental initiative of British Marine and The RYA The Green Blue, has been shortlisted by World Sailing for the World Sailing 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award. The World Sailing 11th… […]
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Restoration of Ester 1901
We called her the mini Vasa – after Stockholm’s famous museum ship. She is Ester, the 1901 champion racing yacht designed by Gunnar Melgren, with a dagger keel for extreme performance… and she was a… […]
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Dolphins by Fred Neil
This is surely the best version of Dolphins – which Folk legend Fred Neil wrote and recorded in 1966 The song was released as a single and also on Neil’s second eponymous album in… […]
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World’s oldest shipwreck found intact!
• 2,400 year old Greek trading vessel matches the British Museum’s Siren Vase • Found in 2,000m of water• Her double rudders, tillers, mast and rowing benches intact A Greek trading vessel… […]
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Two more quick and dirty boatbuilders wanted
Registrations for the 2019 MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival’s Quick ‘n’ Dirty Boat Building Challenge are flooding in and there are only a couple of spaces remaining. Popular with both contestants and spectators, the… […]
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Eight bells for a Broads legend
Robert Richardson, a pioneer innovator in the marine industry, sadly passed away on 20th October 2018, aged 95. In a quote to the team members at Richardsons Leisure Limited the Richardson family announced: It is… […]
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Cowes ferry runs aground after smashing into yachts
Two RNLI lifeboats and three Coastguard Rescue Teams were called out to help search for possible survivors after a Red Funnel ferry collided with yachts in Cowes Harbour, Isle of Wight, on Sunday morning, October… […]
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Superwarm Gloves from Zhik
These 4-layer super stretch, soft neoprene gloves have a water repellent outer layer, with glued and blind stitched seams to keep cold water out. Ergonomically shaped, the seams are positioned to work with your hand’s… […]
