Category: News
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New Stargazing sites at Chichester
Three new Dark Sky Discovery Sites have been designated in Chichester Harbour. The sites were all identified as excellent places for stargazing due to their impressive levels of darkness, excellent lines of sight and good… […]
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Film to raise money for Maid of the Loch
TV and film star Bill Paterson has joined forces with Celtic Music legends Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain in a new short film about the UK’s last paddle Steamship – Maid of the Loch –… […]
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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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Griff Rhys Jones and others in marathon reading of We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea
Griff Rhys Jones joins other celebrities and fans in a Marathon reading of We Didn’t Mean To Go To Sea, tomorrow, Saturday October 21 at the Pin Mill Sailing Club. The reading, which starts at… […]
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Rosslare lifeboat rescues 3 yachtsmen during Storm Ophelia after Mayday
FROM RNLI: Volunteer crew with Rosslare RNLI launched yesterday (Monday 16 October) responding to a Mayday request during Storm Ophelia to rescue three men onboard a 10m yacht. Link to video: HERE The yacht… […]
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Ophelia – hurricane force gusts
It could be time to check the mooring lines today if you haven’t already as hurricane Ophelia hits the southern Irish coast with gusts of 81mph – well into hurricane force in the Beaufort scale.… […]
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Cambria’s future
Can you run a charter barge without an engine? In his comprehensive feature on the restored historic barge Cambria in the current issue, Robert Simper, poses the question as to whether it is practical to… […]
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Latest issue of Classic Sailor is out
Our new issue is out, with all the latest from the sailing world and a slightly crazy story of young lovers who decided to sail across the North Atlantic to see if they would be… […]
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Don’t forget Britain Afloat tonight
From BBC: Britain Afloat – A history of the British people told through six of its best loved boats A six-part documentary series for BBC Two – Saturday 30 September BBC2 [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column… […]
