Category: News
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Australian Wooden Boat Fest 2017 is On the Way
Tasmania – from the organisers: Well, the venues are booked, the program is out, the boats are lined up and more than 268 volunteers have already signed up to be part of the largest wooden… […]
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Volunteers needed…
The battle to complete the restoration of the historic paddle steamer Medway Queen goes on. With the aid, once again, of the Heritage Lottery Fund the Medway Queen Preservation Society is coming to grips with… […]
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Round the Island – entries open at Midnight Thursday 26 January
From the organisers – Cowes, Isle of Wight: The iconic one-day yacht racing extravangaza, the Round the Island Race™, organised by the Island Sailing Club (ISC) in Cowes, has announced that Early Bird entries for… […]
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Ken Read’s insights from the recent yacht racing forum – Malta
Ken Read makes some interesting points about getting into sailing at last year’s yacht racing forum in Malta… Ken is well known for helming on J-Class Yachts and offers some advice on how to attract… […]
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Luke Powell Builds again
Boatbuilder Luke Powell, widely credited as the father of the modern pilot cutters, is about to start building again. Luke has found a 68ft pilot vessel to recreate for sea-training purposes, and will build her… […]
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Beached yacht
A lone sailor had to endure the loss of his floating home when his yacht got into difficulty and ended up on a Norfolk beach, writes Maurice Gray. John Favell had acquired the 43ft Mithril… […]
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2018 Golden Globe Race Press in Paris
Dec 6 2016: 2018 Golden Globe Race Press conference at the Paris Nautique Exhibition. Golden Globe Race skippers attending the Presentation on stage: Left to right: Loïc Lepage (60) France, Gregor McGuckin (30) Ireland, Jean-Luc… […]
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Chainlocker closes for five month refit
Falmouth’s famous Chain Locker pub closes today for a five month refit. The St Austell Brewery-owned establishment needs major renovation and redevelopment and will not re-open until Easter 2017. Locals, many of them sailors, are… […]
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Yacht is dismasted in collision with container ship
From a release by the Maritime Executive The UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) reported Sunday that a yacht was dismasted in a collision with a container ship off Ramsgate. The Ramsgate Lifeboat center launched… […]
