Key supplier was ‘teak kingpin’ who colluded with officials to defraud Myanmar Evidence of serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a trader of Myanmar teak has been submitted to German and European enforcement authorities by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The evidence shows that multiple shipments of Myanmar teak [...]
Catching up with the beautiful Morgan Giles 43s - now sailing again as a fleet (after they were sold out of the Royal Navy in the 1980s) and being run by Classic Sail, of Chichester, West Sussex. [/fusion_youtube] See more of Classic Sail: HERE
Alec Rose, the yachtsman Grocer from Southsea who sailed around the world in Lively Lady in 1967/68 has been honoured in his home town with a blue plaque over the shop which he used to run as a greengrocer. This is said to be the place where Rose did some of the planning for his [...]
When she was 17 Lorraine Galvin spent two and a half hours in freezing seas after her rowing boat capsized. Today, she is an RNLI lifeboat helm, college lecturer and mum to 8-year-old Lauren who is growing up within the lifeboat family. "I bring my daughter with me to the station every evening. When my pager [...]
Golden Globe Race - Les Sables D'Olonne: Uku Randmaa crossed the finish line at 0900 GMT on Sunday March 10, securing his place as the third to finish in the gruelling round the world solo sailing marathon where only 13 out of the 18 yachts which started were forced to retire through gear failure or [...]
As the film of Maiden opened in selected cinemas across the UK Tracy Edwards was being honoured as the joint winner of the Yachtsman of the Year trophy, together with Nikki Henderson. And in a hat-trick for women and sailing the Young Sailor of the Year Award also went to a girl - 15-year-old Emily [...]
The Royal Ocean Racing Club is hosting a talk by Leo Gooden who is a couple of years into restoring his Albert Strange 1927 Fastnet winning cutter Tally Ho Leo's talk will be on Tue, 23 April 2019 from 19:00 – 22:00 BST Built in 1910 Tally Ho is Albert Strange’s largest surviving yacht, and [...]
Documentary 2018 Dir: Alex Holmes 93 mins Maiden opens in UK cinemas on Friday 8th March This is a truly inspirational film. It takes us back a bit, though not too far, to 1989 and the Round the World Whitbread – a gruelling nine-month yacht race presided over by lantern-jawed skippers and winch-grinding gorillamen, testosterone [...]
American philanthropist steps in to support salvage of Gregor McGuckin’s yacht. An American philanthropist with a taste for Irish whiskey has stepped in to support the salvage operation to recover Gregor McGuckin’s yacht Hanley Energy Endurance drifting some 1,200 miles west of Perth, Australia. Speaking from Fremantle overnight, American tug boat skipper Cody Cordwainer, who [...]
