Category: Heritage
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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 […]
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Armada chart drawings saved for UK
Ten incredibly rare chart drawings that show in stages the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, a defining moment in the creation of England’s maritime identity, have been saved from export Last-ditch campaign raised… […]
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The Loder – history of the star to steer by
Early medieval texts show how the steering star has been a friend to sailors through the ages. “…till atte last gan fall Such a myst among hem that no man myght se other, That wele… […]
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Pilot Cutter enriches Charlestown
A charitable sailing trust called Rich’s Boat launches with a new arrival into Charlestown Harbour The arrival of Mascotte, the largest surviving Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, into her new home in south Cornwall’s Charlestown Harbour… […]
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Bored schoolboy finds 4,000 year old boat
Schoolboy Cathal gets a hands-on history lesson A bored schoolboy who abandoned his homework to go paddling in a lake uncovered an ancient boat that could be more than 4,000 years old. The 17ft longboat… […]
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Bill King on Galway Blazer, 1968 Golden Globe Race
An elegiac short (5min) film on Cdr Bill King RN who entered the 1968 Golden Globe race in his cold-moulded two masted junk rig schooner Galway Blazer II. With no shrouds or guard rails it… […]
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Arthur, Nancy… and me
Peter Willis talks to Dan Houston (Classic Sailor) about his lifelong passion for the children’s author Arthur Ransome and his 1931 Hillyard cutterNancy Blackett. Peter was recognised in the 2019 Royal Yachting Association Volunteer Awards… […]
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Scuttling the Trafalgar survivor HMS Implacable
Short film showing the scuttling of the 18th century wooden-wall 74-gun ship HMS Implacable by the Royal Navy in 1949, after she was towed from Portsmouth out to Saint Catherine’s Deep, a spot east of… […]
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The amazing museum of sailors’ knots
Having hosted his own Museum of Knots and Sailors’ Ropework in his Ipswich back garden since 1996 the red-capped sage-of-sennit Des Pawson had another knotty problem to solve… Namely what to do with the hundreds… […]
