Category: News
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Girl who was rescued now rescues others
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… […]
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Uku wins 3rd and Don pulls out of 2022
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… […]
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Maidens win
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… […]
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Restoring Tally Ho talk with Leo Goolden
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,… […]
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Maiden – How Tracy Edwards broke the women-at-sea myth
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… […]
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Whiskey fan offers to save Golden Globe Yacht in return for the barrel aboard
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… […]
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First frame goes up on eco cargo ship
The team at Sail Cargo, building a carbon negative marine freight 155ft (47m) timber three mast ship in the jungle in Costa Rica, has reached a major milestone with the raising of the first frame.… […]
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City Of Adelaide – forced to move
Government paid A$850,000 to move her (from Scotland to Oz) and now seems to have lost interest… South Australian Transport Minister Stephan Knoll has given the owners of the 1864 wooden clipper ship City… […]
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Eight Bells – Paul Gelder
Paul Gelder, who was editor of Yachting Monthly between 2002 and 2012, died on 13 February 2019, just a week before his 72nd birthday. He had been suffering from cancer. Paul first joined Yachting Monthly as… […]
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