Category: Life Afloat
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Sea salts festival was the best yet
4,000 visitors, 200 sailors, 50 traditional boats and great weather Around 4,000 people attended the Sea Salts and Sail festival, Mousehole, Cornwall, over the weekend 13th to 15th July. And more than 200 of… […]
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Surviving the OSTAR storm
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] John Clarke, the Principal of Team Sailing, interviews Neil Payter… […]
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The Dove 1974
Great film, if a little blurry for the net, this is the biographic story of Robin Lee Graham who took off from Los Angeles aged 16 in 1965 to sail around the world in a… […]
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Cold water shock – how to survive it
Useful video from the RNLI on the immediate actions to take if you fall in cold water (especially in the seas around Britain) without a lifejacket, by forcing yourself to be calm and to float… […]
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Bill Rowntree is back in Falmouth with Sir RKJ
Legendary Sunday Mirror photographer Bill Rowntree poses by his famous photo of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston taken on Suhaili’s return to Falmouth in 1969. Bill is onboard the Wm Atkins ketch as part of Sir Robin’s… […]
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Life Afloat: A History of the Floating Villages on London’s Tidal Thames
The romantic, fascinating, gypsy-afloat-life story of houseboat living is largely unknown and one with no detailed written account. Based on photography, archive research and oral history interviews Life Afloat draws together the past and the… […]
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Sunbeams celebrate 95 years of racing
Over the bank holiday weekend, 19 Sunbeams enjoyed excellent sailing conditions in Chichester Harbour at a special 95th anniversary regatta. Originally designed by Alfred Westmacott in 1922, the Sunbeam class has enjoyed such longevity that… […]
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Sailing the Schooner Mariette
The schooner Mariette was built 101 years ago and is still being raced competitively enough to win at regattas against younger boats. So what is she like to crew? David Abramczyk finds out; photos by… […]
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Inflatable paddle board
Inflatable Paddle board review: trying one of these was something of a revelation [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no”… […]