Author: Dan Houston
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Andrew Bray: The New Foiling Catamarans
‘The 500% increase in speed was not linear over the 164 years’ I am only too keenly aware that there are many of you reading this who know very much more than I know, or… […]
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Colley Whisson – Marine Artist
Living in Australia it was inevitable that Colley Whisson would turn his brushes towards the sea. (His great grandparents sailed to Australia in 1910 on board the Corinthic bound for Hobart, coming from Whissonsett in… […]
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CNN on the Golden Globe Race
CNN on the Golden Globe Race – Shirely Robertson interviews RKJ and others about the original race in Suhaili and the upcoming recreation of the race from the Sables D’Olonne in France… on July 1st… […]
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Making and throwing a heaving line
Dan Houston shows how to use a heaving line – and relays how to make a Monkey’s Fist or a quick knot to go on the end of it A typical heaving line is a… […]
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London Boat Show 2019 is cancelled
• NEXT YEAR’S SHOW WILL GO • 2018’s FIVE DAY FORMAT WASN’T SUPPORTED • SOUTHAMPTON SHOW WILL BE BOOSTED British Marine, organisers of the London Boat Show have announced that the 2019 show will not… […]
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Secret Anchorages of Brittany by Peter Cumberlidge
To delve into this book is to yearn to be making passage across the Channel and close with the magical parts of coast described in this valuable book. Peter Cumberlidge has done more than a… […]
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Looe men celebrate a win in the pilot gig championships
2,000 rowers competed in the World Pilot Gig Championships on the Isles of Scilly from May 4 – 6 The men’s Pilot Gig rowing crew from Looe, in Currah’s Pride, have won the the 29th… […]
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Lively Lady to sail at Hamble Classics 2018
Sir Alec Rose’s famous round-the-world yacht Lively Lady will be sailing in this year’s Hamble Classics Regatta on 15-16th September at the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Now under the stewardship of Alan Priddy, Lively Lady… […]
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Felicity Ann sails again
Ann Davison’s famous pocket cruiser is restored in America [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] By Ellinor… […]
