Category: News
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Tally Ho – to a restoration?
The Albert Strange Association is desperate to find a champion for the 47ft Strange yacht Tally Ho, built in Shoreham by Stow and Sons in 1910. Ninety years ago this great ocean racing boat was… […]
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Beale Park – it’s in the calendar
The Beale Park Boat Show over the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of June is Britain’s most relaxed boat show. Set around the charming lake at Beale Park near Pangbourne on the River Thames it features… […]
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The Lynher Barge Conservation Project wins National Lottery support
Thanks to money raised by National Lottery players, the Lynher River Barge Community Interest Company has received £48,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, The Lynher Barge Conservation Project based at… […]
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Wm Wyllie – marine artist and sailor
Wm Wyllie was the most distinguished marine artist of his day. His prolific output also means that many can still enjoy his art and his sketches – like this one of Loch Fyne skiffs are… […]
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Dubois Naval Architects goes up for auction
Viewing starts tomorrow Friday 24 February of the assets of Dubois Naval Architects Limited (In Liquidation), including an Avon 18ft RIB with Yamaha 4-stroke outboard (valued at £4,600). The famous Dubois name and all its… […]
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Overseas subscriptions price slash
Joy to the world! We’ve been able to reduce our subscription charges to overseas readers! Postage costs were quite high when we started but we are getting a better deal ourselves – so we can… […]
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Amokura revisiting the scene of Millar’s Oyster River
The 1000th boat has just registered to attend the 2017 Semaine du Golfe festival in Brittany, from 22 – 28 May this summer. The superb 24-ton, 50.3 ft, yawl Amokura is coming for the first… […]
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Medway and Swale – Heritage
A conference on the maritime heritage of the Medway and Swale will be held in Chatham on Saturday March 4th. Speakers include Tony Lavelle, Richard Holdsworth, Wilf Lower, Cllr Alan Jarrett, David Newbury, Henry Cleary… […]
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Amundsen’s Maud returns
Roald Amundsen’s ship Maud, built for his second Arctic expedition and launched 100 years ago, in June 1917, has spent the last 90 years preserved in ice, in Cambridge Bay, Canada, where she sunk after… […]
