Category: Our Stories
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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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Excelsior’s new boat
New Lowestoft-built ship’s boat is launched for Excelsior Excelsior Trust – the Lowestoft based sailing charity – has taken delivery of a traditional ships’ boat, built by Lowestoft’s International Boatbuilding Training College. This boat is an… […]
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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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ACR’s new personal locators
Press release: ACR Electronics is launching its ResQLink™ PLB 400 series – the ResQLink 400 and ResQLink View Personal Locator Beacons Safety equipment specialist uses survivor feedback to further enhance the world’s best-selling Personal Locator Beacons… […]
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Hand, Reef and Steer: 2nd Edition by Tom Cunliffe
An update of the standard text for gaff rig sailors of cat boats, cutters, sloops, yawls, ketches and schooners – now with updated sections on modern gaffers, replicas and the big class. This is principally… […]
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Will mead supersede?
By Guy Venables If gin was last year’s drink, a new trend seems to be mead. I know. Mead?! My mother was a beekeeper and used to make her own mead out of just honey… […]
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D-Day relics granted government protection
REMEMBERING D-DAY – SECOND WORLD WAR SITES GIVEN PROTECTION Second World War concrete training landing craft, sunken tanks and armoured bulldozers, and components of Mulberry floating harbours all given heritage protection D-Day on 6 June… […]
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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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