Category: Features
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Don Street Remembered
The American sailing author, pilot of the Caribbean Don Street died aged 93 in May 2024 at his home in Glandore, Ireland. Dan Houston looks back on his life and describes how it was sailing… […]
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Nights at Brest
Late at night at the Brest festival… a short photo essay by Nigel Pert to the music of Alan Špiljak (Stars above – from the Silverlight album) The photos are from the bilingual book… […]
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Copying The Champions – Is That Cheating?
To someone unfamiliar with our sport, two identical boats should sail at the same speed given equal crews, the same wind, and the same wave conditions. What an outsider may not realise is that small… […]
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Beatrice returns to the sea
The classic yacht Beatrice, donated by Diana Bracco to the city of Imperia, becomes an ambassador of the Italian capital of vintage yachting Beatrice, a 15 metre long yawl built of wood by the Sangermani… […]
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Chatham’s Hidden Heroines
Hidden Heroines: the untold stories of the women of the Dockyard celebrates extraordinary women in Chatham Dockyard’s history who campaigned for change, fought against the odds and whose impact left a lasting legacy. Featuring stories… […]
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Pumping our way across the Atlantic
The boat was a beauty, but she let in a lot of water… By Ian Galletti Having crewed on a Contessa 32 when she was harmlessly ‘pooped’ many times during the 1979 Fastnet storm, I… […]
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Historic colours of the RNLI
Why are lifeboats the colour they are today… and how did they become like that? Cracking footage in this short video explains some of the history [fusion_youtube id=”3UOOmUjYGlE” alignment=”center” width=”960″ height=”540″ autoplay=”false” api_params=”&rel=0″… […]
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A star to steer her by
Chasing stars Night Sailing offshore is easier if you pick a star to follow rather than constantly squinting at the compass. But be aware that the star is always moving across the sky. Seeing as… […]
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RNLI launch videos
‘Anything can happen in the next half-hour’, is how the RNLI puts it. And, with around 26 people being rescued by the institute’s volunteers every day, the charity’s work is never far away. This video… […]