Category: News
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Jean-Luc Van Den Heede “will carry on”
Race leader will continue after knock-down and mast damage but gets 18 hour time penalty for calling wife on satphone Poor old Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, who suffered a knockdown and mast damage (see… […]
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New Chief Executive at the Met Office
The UK’s Met Office has announced its first female Chief Executive, Professor Penelope Endersby. Professor Endersby will be starting her new post at the Met Office in December 2018. In her previous roles, she led… […]
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Susie Goodall reaches Hobart
Susie Goodall made good use of her time in Hobart to repair her wind vane self-steering and dive below her boat to to clear barnacles clinging to the bottom of her Rustler 36 yacht DHL… […]
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Pumpkin Pilot Paddles for a prize
It’s as outlandish as a tale from a Roald Dahl book – but this Tom and the Giant Pumpkin story featured Yorkshire farmer Tom Pearcy paddling some 500m down the River Ouse through the historic… […]
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World’s oldest shipwreck found intact!
• 2,400 year old Greek trading vessel matches the British Museum’s Siren Vase • Found in 2,000m of water• Her double rudders, tillers, mast and rowing benches intact A Greek trading vessel… […]
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Eight bells for a Broads legend
Robert Richardson, a pioneer innovator in the marine industry, sadly passed away on 20th October 2018, aged 95. In a quote to the team members at Richardsons Leisure Limited the Richardson family announced: It is… […]
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Cowes ferry runs aground after smashing into yachts
Two RNLI lifeboats and three Coastguard Rescue Teams were called out to help search for possible survivors after a Red Funnel ferry collided with yachts in Cowes Harbour, Isle of Wight, on Sunday morning, October… […]
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Lepage dismasted and rescued – Golden Globe
Update Tuesday Oct 23: French solo yachtsman Loïc Lepage was successfully transferred from his dismasted yacht Laaland by the Japanese bulk carrier Shiosai at 00:53 UTC Monday. The rescue, which took place in the… […]
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End of red diesel for yachts?
From the Cruising Association: A decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union could end the use of red diesel for private pleasure craft in the UK At the moment almost all… […]
