Author: Dan Houston
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Single-Handed Sailing by Frank Mulville
Frank Mulville (1924 – 1997) was a yachtsman of repute for his various books relating family adventures afloat. This is more of a discussion title and, as it was published in 1981 would at first… […]
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Exposed – The dark side of the America’s cup by Alan Sefton and Larry Keating
This book reviews the 166 years history of the America’s Cup to date, wrangling over the years all the way from the early 1870 British challenges by the cantankerous James Ashbury to the recent ostracising… […]
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RKJ and the historic steak…
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston receives his steak at the Golden Globe press conference in the Chain Locker pub in Falmouth, at lunchtime today. “I was desperate for a steak because I wanted something to chew,” said… […]
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Bill Rowntree is back in Falmouth with Sir RKJ
Legendary Sunday Mirror photographer Bill Rowntree poses by his famous photo of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston taken on Suhaili’s return to Falmouth in 1969. Bill is onboard the Wm Atkins ketch as part of Sir Robin’s… […]
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All 18 Golden Globe Race Yachts are in Falmouth
All 18 of the competing yachts in the Golden Globe Race have now gathered at Falmouth Marina ready to sail to Brittany for the start from Les Sables d’Olonne on July 1. Most of the… […]
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Antibes regatta – Med classics season begins
Thrills and spills from last week at Antibes where 82 yachts ranging from 9m Tonfinous to the Big Class beauties like Cambria (1928) or Moonbeam (1920) gathered for the first large classic event of the… […]
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Life Afloat: A History of the Floating Villages on London’s Tidal Thames
The romantic, fascinating, gypsy-afloat-life story of houseboat living is largely unknown and one with no detailed written account. Based on photography, archive research and oral history interviews Life Afloat draws together the past and the… […]
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Project to accurately map UK’s seabed would create cash
An East Anglian scientific organisation plans to conduct a seabed mapping programme, led by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) in Lowestoft, to provide charts which could be accessed by anyone working… […]
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Human submarine gets a slick trick
A single-person pedal-powered submarine designed by students has been given a professional makeover by the experts at 3M The 2.8m submarine, built by students at the University of Warwick (which is about as far away… […]
