Author: Dan Houston
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Book a free Rope Show for your club
Sailing clubs across the UK are being given the chance to host a Marlow Ropes Rope Show which includes talks on performance, maintenance and safety of ropes on a boat as well as a session… […]
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Helly Hansen wins red dot design award
Helly Hansen’s Lifaloft Hybrid Insulator Jacket has won the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2018. This year’s competition was fierce with more than 6,300 submissions from 59 countries. Only 1.1% of them received the highest… […]
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Cruising Association talks at Scotland’s Boat Show
The Cruising Association will host the line-up of talks on the Sika Marine Stage in the RYA Pavilion at Scotland’s Boat Show taking place at Kip Marina in Greenock from Oct 12-14. The specific schedule,… […]
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Maldon Town regatta 2018
Maldon Town Regatta 2018 takes place this year on Saturday 22nd September. Maldon Town Regatta has been held for generations. Smacks and old gaffers, traditional and modern yachts race up river from West Mersea to… […]
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HMS Victory’s fore topsail goes on display
Nelson’s fore topsail goes on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth for a limited time this summer. Even as the admiral lay dying, deep below decks aboard HMS Victory, during… […]
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HMS Ocean – The Mighty O
HMS Ocean (VI) 1998 – 2018 The Mighty ‘O’ by Richard Johnstone-Bryden Drawing on official records and interviews with a cross section of those who have served in Ocean, including the majority of the former… […]
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Cowes Classics Week opens
Henry Bagnall and his crew were celebrating their hard fought win in the 45 strong XOD class today on the opening day of Cowes Classics Week in spectacular sunshine and perfect south westerly 15 knot… […]
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The £1500 SCOD
How Phil and Sue Russell found a bargain in a tired looking but otherwise sound South Coast One Design, and worked on her to bring her back as a tidy and well found yachty. This… […]
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New blocks on the block…
Barton Marine launches new Barton Block Range Crafted by sailors for sailors, the new Barton Block Range is manufactured in the UK, and developed with the same design endurance and bullet-proof reliability that Barton… […]
