Author: Dan Houston
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Your first Tall Ship
I remember my first time on a Tall Ship. I remember friends being cool about it when I could tell they really wanted to say: Wha!? How high? And I can remember teachers at school… […]
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The £1 Folkboat
Jasper Troje Tuck, crew on the commercial sailing lugger Grayhound, writes for CS about taking ownership of a 1960s wooden Folkboat, and getting her ready for a first sail… plus giving her some “legs” Vie… […]
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World Cruising Routes 8th Edition by Jimmy Cornell
The latest in a line of editions that began in 1987 sees Jimmy rusing in his introduction on how he made a successful transit of the North West passage in 2015 which he attributes to… […]
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Hamble Classics’ new sponsor
The Hamble Classics Regatta and Royal Southern Yacht Club are delighted to announce that A-Plan Marine Insurance will sponsor the 2018 Hamble Classics Concours d’Elegance Awards. A-Plan Marine Insurance is a one-stop marine insurance brokerage with wide experience in the marine market ranging… […]
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Scotland to ban unclear fishing markers
The Cruising Association (CA) is delighted that the Scottish Government has now decided to take steps towards the better marking of creel/lobster pots and also towards making unlicensed fishermen more identifiable for the purposes of… […]
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MS AMLIN – new client loyalty benefits
MS Amlin Yacht, one of the UK’s specialist boat insurers covering the full spectrum of marine craft, has introduced a new client loyalty scheme. The scheme rewards existing MS Amlin customers, who have been claims… […]
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Sailors smuggled silver in their voyages to the east, wreck reveals
New evidence from the wreck of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Rooswijk, off the Kent coast, tells a tale of smuggling and reveals who was on board, during major shipwreck excavation Dives… […]
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Mobile Showrooms bring Raymarine technology to sailors
Fareham, United Kingdom – 15 August 2018 – Raymarine, a FLIR Systems brand, is bringing a truly ‘Raymarine Retail Experience’ directly to European boaters this summer via its fleet of state-of-the-art mobile showrooms. The prominently… […]
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Good Little Ship by Peter Willis
This is a book about Arthur Ransome’s favourite cruising yacht – the 1931 seven ton 28ft Hillyard-built Nancy Blackett, named after Ransome’s most famous character, the leading Amazon, Nancy from the Swallows and Amazons book… […]
