28 October 2020 - Portsmouth UK. As 33 potential Cape Horners prepare for the start of the 9th Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race from Les Sables d’Olonne on November 8, The International Association of Cape Horners (IACH) has taken on the mantle of maintaining an official register of those who have completed [...]
Two forthcoming solo shows of the east coast artist, James Dodds, have been announced. James Dodds – ‘The Work of Human Hands’ opens at M E S S U M S W I L T S H I R E and runs from 23 October – 29 November. From there it moves to M [...]
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have joined forces to produce a new series of ‘How to’ videos with advice and tips on how to safely enjoy being on the water. The RNLI were called out more than 13,000 times to boaters between 2017 and 2019. The first video, released [...]
Because of Covid restrictions sadly I cannot be in Rochefort this coming weekend, writes Dan Houston, to join the photographer Nigel Pert in signing copies of our collaborative book - Celebrating Trad Boats (or Les Fêtes Maritimes de Brest ) to give it its French title. On Saturday 26th it's the annual general meeting of [...]
Les Voiles d'Antibes regatta 2020 (September 16 - 20) Besides having had to postpone the 25th edition from June until September due to COVID, Les Voiles d'Antibes last week also had to play with the whims of the weather. Unusual heat for this time of year meant a weak thermal breeze for the first two [...]
Giving organisers less than 12 hours notice Southampton Council stopped the BOATS 2020 alternative Boat Show going ahead on the eve of its opening day. Organisers British Marine announced the closure at 2126 last night, just a few hours after a press release announcing that 130 companies and 150 boats had arrived for the ten [...]
From Portsmouth we have the good news that the heritage maritime sites are reopening on Monday August 24. "We are delighted to announce that we will be reopening our sites in Portsmouth and Gosport next week. This follows on from the hugely successful reopening of Yeovilton last week, with Hartlepool all set to re-open in [...]
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival planned for February 2021 will not be proceeding, the festival’s General Manager Mr Paul Stephanus announced today. Mr Stephanus said that considerable planning had already gone into next year’s festival and it is disappointing that it cannot proceed as planned. “Being such a large festival with an enviable international reputation [...]
Charlestown Harbour welcomes a new boat, Mascotte - the largest surviving Bristol Chanel Pilot Cutter - which also marks the launch of a new charitable sailing charity using Mascotte, called Rich’s Boat. The charity, named after Mascotte's longterm skipper Richard Clapham who tragically took his own life last year, seeks to make sailing more accessible and champion positive [...]
