Author: Dan Houston
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Polishing up the gelcoat
Topsides looking a bit dull? David Parker describes how to buff up your boat by choosing the right polishing compounds and a power polisher When you have owned wooden boats, as attractive and charismatic as… […]
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Tally Ho – the new keel
By Leo Goolden This episode, I work on turning an enormous lump of Purpleheart Timber into a new Keel for the historic sailing vessel, Tally Ho. I make a plywood pattern from the old keel,… […]
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Cruising for Enterprising types
Colin Gilbert converted his Enterprise to go dinghy cruising… to Beaulieu, Truro and Chichester Harbour Some sailing friends may have noticed various temporary additions to my Enterprise which do nothing to help it win races.… […]
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Have you got a good idea? Grants available
Released by British Marine: Businesses can apply for a share of a £20 million grant fund to develop ideas for innovative new products and services in any sector of the British economy. Innovate UK, the… […]
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Instructors’ tales: The pierhead jump
In which Trevor Clifton describes some of the skills needed to sail out of harbour We sailed everywhere. No engines was the rule. That was when you could tie up on harbour walls. It’d be… […]
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Writing the Thames By Christina Hardyment
There’s a bit of the Thames in many of us. I’ve lived alongside it, five doors upriver from the Tate Gallery, worked alongside it, sailed up the tidal bit, motored on the upriver bit, written… […]
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Raymarine Flir TK Scout
When we first tried one of these many moons ago it was extremely impressive but large and very expensive. However, as is the way of tech, you just have to wait a bit and it’ll… […]
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Instructors’ tales: Sticky situation
In which John Clarke recalls a battery top-up tip from an old soldier he’d prefer his charterers not to follow Having run a sailing school for 18 years I can honestly say that the instructors… […]
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Garmin GPS 73
With a clear monochrome display and highly sensitive GPS, it’s perfect for either the cost-conscious sailor or someone wanting a back up. It stores 1000 waypoints and 100 tracks. The features include virtual starting line,… […]
