Author: Dan Houston
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Sea salts festival was the best yet
4,000 visitors, 200 sailors, 50 traditional boats and great weather Around 4,000 people attended the Sea Salts and Sail festival, Mousehole, Cornwall, over the weekend 13th to 15th July. And more than 200 of… […]
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Two tonnes of cocaine seized from yacht
Two Dutch sailors are behind bars after trying to smuggle two tonnes of cocaine into Europe aboard a sailing ketch. The yacht was intercepted by Border Force cutter HMS Vigilant 120 nM south west of… […]
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Sailor Logbook App
New sailor app for yachtsmen. This is a recently released iPhone/iPad app for GPS tracking and logbook keeping. Developed by Klaus Kyrsting, from Elsinore in Denmark, it’s based on an old printed logbook and… […]
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Passage Making Made Perfect Alastair Buchan
You know the seven Ps don’t you? (Proper planning and preparation prevents p*ss-poor performance.) It’s a useful old army adage that sailors can apply every time they go to sea. And the effect of passage… […]
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British Classic Yacht Club at Cowes 2018
Despite a frustrated start, due to lack of wind, which postponed the inshore race until after 2pm there were 51 yachts on the start line of the fourth day of the British Classic Yacht Club’s… […]
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Vote for Marine Conservation Zones
The government is asking the public if 41 sites in English seas should be protected as Marine Conservation Zones. Zones are deemed as places of great importance to ocean health and marine species which have little… […]
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Olin Stephens Interview
Olin Stephens’ interview is below but this shot shows him aged 90 as he helms Dorade: The photo by James Taylor was taken soon after Dorade was restored (for the first time!) in Italy in… […]
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Golden Globe – the 36ft Rustlers are ahead
Day 16 – Dateline: 16 July 2018 Lanzarote Canaries Philippe Péché (above) and his Rustler 36 PRB is being pushed hard by Mark Slats (Ophen Maverick) as the Golden Globe Race fleet enjoy glorious trade wind… […]
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MAIB alert after throw bag line fails
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued an industrywide safety warning after faults were discovered in RIBER throw bag rescue lines during a safety drill. The 15-m polypropylene line parted when it… […]
