Category: Heritage
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Itchen Ferries
By Mike Smylie I owned an Itchen Ferry once and have fond memories of her beached alongside the old Supermarine shed at Woolston, across the river from Southampton. Pal of Itchen she was called though… […]
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Jack London – The Call of the Sea
Jack London was a celebrated writer when in 1907 he decided to drop everything and sail around the world in his yacht, Snark. By Sam Jefferson The concept of fitting out a yacht for bluewater… […]
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Ester – the mini Vasa rescued from the deep to sail again
Take a few minutes to check out a new website just launched last week – featuring Ester, the 1901 champion racing yacht designed by Gunnar Melgren. Ester’s radical lines with her dagger keel gave her… […]
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Rare Astrolabe find from Vasco da Gama’s 1502 voyage to India
A rare bronze astrolabe navigational instrument belonging to a shipreck from Vasco da Gama’s 1502-1503 voyage of exploration to India has been identified by scientists from the University of Warwick. Astrolabes, the bronze graded discs… […]
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Tally Ho in the 1927 Fastnet
From our story in the current issue of Tally Ho – her log from winning the 1927 Fastnet and details of the beginning of her restoration with Leo Goolden: “Wet manilla halyards and sheets swell… […]
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Plans for the 2018 Golden Globe Race – to start from Plymouth UK
The 2018 Golden Globe Race will start from Plymouth on Saturday June 30, 2018. The Race marks the 50th anniversary of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s victory in the Sunday Times Golden Globe solo non-stop round the… […]
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RIP Paul Elvstrom 1928 – 2016
Four times Olympic gold medal winner and all round sailing legend Paul Elvstrom has died, at his home in Denmark aged 88. Elvstrom was a lifelong sailor – and raced competitively for 60 years. He was… […]
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A great sailor, by a great sailor
Knox-Johnston on Tilman. As Tilman’s books are re-released under the Lodestar imprint Britain’s best-known sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston profiles the life of the extraordinary mountaineer sailor Bill Tilman, a high latitudes navigator whose adventurous… […]
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