Author: Dan Houston
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Beer Luggers
By Mike Smylie I met a person once who really did think Beer Luggers were able-bodied men who raced around with barrels of ale across their shoulders. Seemingly they’d watched too many worldly TV programmes… […]
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The Greek Trireme Olympias – Living History
With no wrecks found some debated whether the trireme of ancient Greece was more marine myth than fact, but in 1987 one was built using plans developed by the retired Chief Naval Architect of the… […]
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Turn to Starboard comes to the Solent
A Cornish sailing charity has announced the official launch of its new Solent-based racing division, and is calling out for injured veterans to get on board – the cahrity has also announced a campaign to… […]
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Seeing the underwater world easily
This new style of snorkelling mask allows you to breathe through your nose or mouth and actually remains higher out of the water than normal snorkels. A float in the top of the snorkel rises… […]
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RNLI Poole’s new boathouse, and boat
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution) (RNLI) commissioned its new floating Boathouse at Poole on June 23 and named its latest inshore inflatable D class, the D-804 Gladys Maud Burton. The boat is named after Gladys… […]
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Buckler’s Hard Museum affiliates with Royal Navy museum
Buckler’s Hard Maritime Museum has been formally welcomed to The National Museum of the Royal Navy’s affiliate partnership scheme. With a shared history dating back to the 18th century, where warships were built on the… […]
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20 new jobs at Oyster as Lloyd’s agrees to supervise all new builds
Oyster Yachts will be creating 20 new jobs by bringing its moulding production in house for the first time with a new facility in Norfolk. The move coincides with Lloyd’s Register EMEA (LR) agreeing a… […]
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Standard Horizon’s pack of cards-size hand held VHF
The new Ultra-Compact Standard Horizon marine VHFX40E with built in FM radio Measuring little more than the size of a pack of playing cards, the new waterproof HX40E VHF transceiver from Standard Horizon offers… […]
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Knox-Johnston on Seamanship & Seafaring by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
Hints, tips, advice and yarns from Britain’s most famous sailor; this is a great book to dip into when you’ve just come off watch or are waiting for someone to get back from the showers.… […]
