Author: Dan Houston
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Queen of British sailing photography dies at 101
From PPL agency: Eileen Ramsay, the Queen of British yachting photography during the post war years, recorded the explosion in small boat sailing during the 1950s and 60s, capturing not only the boats but sailing… […]
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Restoration of The Lynher Barge
The Lynher River Barge CIC, is a new charitable company formed to restore and operate the Lynher Barge on the Plymouth Waterways. Please visit and share their new website www.tamarbarge.org.uk which tells the history of… […]
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Amundsen’s Maud returns
Roald Amundsen’s ship Maud, built for his second Arctic expedition and launched 100 years ago, in June 1917, has spent the last 90 years preserved in ice, in Cambridge Bay, Canada, where she sunk after… […]
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Rhode Island Brit’s 1918 Lawley yacht
Joe Loughborough runs the LMI yard (Loughborough Marine Interests) in Newport, Rhode Island, where he keeps his 1918 59 (18m) Lawley cruiser Carina which serves as the family boat for a week’s holiday. She’s a… […]
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Australian Wooden Boat Fest 2017 is On the Way
Tasmania – from the organisers: Well, the venues are booked, the program is out, the boats are lined up and more than 268 volunteers have already signed up to be part of the largest wooden… […]
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A new Tall Ship – from an old freighter
Rescuing a former sailing freighter, built in 1911, to make it suitable for ecological freight transport, with zero emissions by taking full advantage of the wind and self-produced electricity as the only means of propulsion… […]
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Volunteers needed…
The battle to complete the restoration of the historic paddle steamer Medway Queen goes on. With the aid, once again, of the Heritage Lottery Fund the Medway Queen Preservation Society is coming to grips with… […]
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App for the Thames
from British Marine. The essential app for the River Thames British Marine Thames Valley’s app, Explore Thames, has been enhanced and rebranded as the River Thames Guide. Instead of being a single app on IOS… […]
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RORC Caribbean 600
Organised by The Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with Antigua Yacht Club Start: Antigua, West Indies – Monday 20 February 2017 Course: Approx. 600nm non-stop around 11 Caribbean Islands Next month, more than 70… […]
