Messing about in boats
Colin Gilbert converted his Enterprise to go dinghy cruising... to Beaulieu, Truro and Chichester Harbour Some sailing friends may have noticed various temporary additions to my Enterprise which do nothing to help it win races. The largest are an over boom tent and bottom boards which can be raised onto the thwarts for a bed. [...]
From Beaulieu River Harbour: New navigational lights have been installed to help night sailors on the Beaulieu River as part of ongoing investment in the services and facilities for mooring holders and visitors at Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour. Five sets of buoys have each been fitted with flashing beacons, making it easier for visitors to [...]
The Antigua Classics started today, and the 31-year-old event is going as strong as ever. It holds an almost mythical place in many a sailor's heart, with the fantastic tradewind sailing in crystal cobalt seas mixed with some rum punch and a great party atmosphere down-island style. Kirsty Morrison The event attracts its [...]
The replica of an 18th-century lugger now sustainably carries cargo Grayhound, the replica of a three-masted revenue cutter from the 18th century was built by Marcus and Freya Pomeroy- Rowden in Cornwall in 2010-2012 initially to offer charter sailing. But over the last three years they have evolved a more ambitious hybrid programme involving cargo [...]
Bill Hocking At 87, Bill is Britain’s oldest working fisherman, still laying lobster pots with his 15ft boat off the Cornish coast. He talked to Phil Russell about the ‘Great Mackerel Klondyke’, the sinking of his boat and more Working on your own leaves no room for error – one clumsy move and you’re over [...]
Location: Fal Estuary, Cornwall The Cornish Wharram ‘Hui’, was a fantastic get together of boats and people on 4-6th August. Every small Wharram design was represented from Hitia 14 to Tiki 31. Seven boats arrived, five by sea and two by road. Added to this were the four boats at Wharram head quarters, so a [...]
It's now been a couple of weeks since part one of our Competent Crew own boat tuition. Which, consisted of 3 very full days going through the RYA syllabus as well as a great deal of boat handling. You can read about it HERE . Doing it this way allowed us to tailor make a [...]
Own Boat Training - Starting Somewhere. Tied up alongside. Putting the days learning into practice. What better way to improve your confidence than to undertake some own boat training. We started with Competent Crew, inviting another couple to experience it with us. The thing about owning a boat is that for the uninitiated [...]
Seeing whales at sea in their natural environment is awesome... and respectful Editorial It was on a crossing of the Bay of Biscay on one of those days where a total lack of wind brings the sea down to a state of gently heaving glassy calm. The sky was similarly completely covered by a nondescript [...]
