Category: Life Afloat
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Classic Blunder
These initial blog posts are really to play catch up. As we transition from the normal run of the mill lifestyle to one with a lot less stuff and very different modes of transport. Moving… […]
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Sailing to Paradise – selling up and choosing the boat
From Van to Vannes….. (and beyond) We’re Al & SJ. Just an everyday UK couple. No different to anyone else. There’s the house. Albeit on a private marina next to a river near Cambridge. Complete… […]
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Azores Shipwreck
“Sitting in Ramsgate harbour waiting for a brisk NW wind to drop before crossing the Thames Estuary, I noticed a small gaffer turn into the next berth. I offered to help with the lines and… […]
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Trading under sail – CS14
Marcus and Freya Pomeroy-Rowden explain how they built their 18th century replica three masted lugger Grayhound and for the last two seasons have been trading under sail, taking goods across the Channel and beyond… The… […]
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Svea brings J-Class fleet up to nine boats
The new J Class Svea was launched at the end of January and has begun sea trials in Holland. The 43.6-metre yacht is a Tore Holm design dating from 1937. The designs were discovered by… […]
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Halcyon days – winter sailing
Winter sailing is often great, in these halcyon days before Christmas; we were out in just our jerseys yesterday, December 17, in the Heard 28 Isabel. Halcyon days are often associated with high pressure during… […]
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Launching the Lifeboat.
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Dave Selby for Yachtsman of the Year!
Dave Selby – who is on the cover of the October-November issue of Classic Sailor (Out Oct 20), wants us to vote for him as the Yachtsman of the Year. NOMINATE SAILING-FOR-ALL CAMPAIGNER. (From a… […]
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A letter of protest…
“What happened to “Enterprise” in Imperia” Coming ashore after Sunday´s cancelled race we were informed that we had been DSQ for the whole regatta due to the fact that our skipper by mistake handed in… […]