Category: Our Stories

  • Historic Swansea boat is back at sea

    Historic Swansea boat is back at sea

     An historic Swansea Council-owned boat has got a thrilling new lease of life The 110-year-old Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Olga will provide potentially life-changing sailing voyages to people from all backgrounds. She will also spread… […]

  • Smallest boat wins Round the Island race

    Smallest boat wins Round the Island race

    An 18 foot Cowes-based twin keeler Eeyore, won the prestigious Gold Roman Bowl, the most sought-after prize, in this year’s Round the Island Race, after a long tactical day on the water. With a crew… […]

  • Falmouth school to build new gig

    Falmouth school to build new gig

    Boatbuilding history is being ‘reenergised’ with a new Cornish gig To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the building of the Pilot Gig Energy, the Cornish Pilot Gig Association (CPGA) has commissioned Falmouth Marine School to… […]

  • Design terms

    Design terms

    Terminology for the different parts of a boat can be confusing. For instance when someone says ceiling… that’s not the inside of the cabin top – that would be the deckhead.  A ceiling is the… […]

  • Shipwreck in the Azores

    Shipwreck in the Azores

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    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… […]

  • Anchoring Under Sail

    Anchoring Under Sail

    It’s something we should all practice – just in case the engine does not start. So how do we prepare to anchor under sail?   By Trevor David Clifton Rolling white horses were thumping into the… […]

  • West Anglesey

    West Anglesey

    Following on from Classic Coast at Porthdinllaen in the April/May 2017  issue (it really is an idyllic place though I wouldn’t have described the Ty Coch as a gastro pub; didn’t do food in the… […]

  • Oceans’ advocate expands message

    Oceans’ advocate expands message

    The World Ocean Observatory (W2O) has launched six new partnership programmes to expand its message of conservation for global maritime resources. Founded 16 years ago with a diverse online platform to communicate the various messages… […]

  • Imperia goes yearly

    Imperia goes yearly

    Vele d’Epoca di Imperia is back annually. Entries for the 2019 edition are officially open [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″… […]