Category: Life Afloat
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Cowes issues safety codes
As Cowes Week is set to begin, the harbour master at Britain’s home of yachting, Capt. Stuart McIntosh, has issued a guide to essential harbour safety for all boat users. Cowes Harbour Commission’s number one… […]
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A cracking Cowes Classics
Daring Dauntless takes the title at Cowes Classics Week 29 July – 02 August 2019 – by Marina Johnson Cowes, UK. August 2019 – Dauntless, sailed by Richard Acland and his crew, was almost untouchable… […]
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A new Thames Sailing Barge
Classic Sailor went aboard the new Thames Sailing Barge Blue Mermaid. We joined her in the Blackwater in Essex for a sail out into the Thames estuary and round to Brightlingsea A new… […]
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Oysters Ahoy!
An island in the stream The West Mersea Oyster Dredging Match – Story and photos by John Worrall Packing Shed Island, just off Mersea, has been key to the Essex oyster fishery for over a… […]
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50 years of the Centaur
It’s Britain’s most popular yacht, by the classic yacht designer Jack Giles and it was launched in 1969. What’s not to like about the 26ft bilge keeled Westerly Centaur? Classic Sailor talked to David Selby… […]
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Harker’s Yard Gigs
Racing to keep up with demand – by Julia Jones How the restoration of Pioneer produced a training scheme for apprentices which has led to a whole new interest in competitive rowing. Sandwiched between two… […]
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A special regatta
Chris Potter reports from the Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta 2019 “This is a very special regatta!” I heard this many times over the weekend of this year’s Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta, not… […]
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190 boats at Falmouth Classics 2019
The English Braids Falmouth Classics 2019 on Friday 14th – Sunday 16th June was hugely popular, with 190 classic boats taking part. Entries came from far and wide, including France, the Bristol Channel, West Wales,… […]
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Shipwreck in the Azores
Bob Cooke built his own ferro cement boat and then lost her in the Azores. Now he sails the Atlantic in a 22-footer, as he told Mervyn Maggs Sitting in Ramsgate harbour waiting for a… […]
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