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  • Five Broads Hire firms join forces

    Five Broads Hire firms join forces

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  • Avel 1896 – Star boats

    Avel 1896 – Star boats

    The clipper-bowed late Victorian period yacht Avel slips along in a St Tropez breeze with her crew in the lee scuppers and her helmsman looking like a dinghy sailor, perched on her weather rail and… […]

  • Waverley launches £2m appeal

    Waverley launches £2m appeal

    The famous paddlesteamer Waverley has just been withdrawn from service for the 2019 season after engineers report that she needs new boilers. With fears for the future of this last seagoing passenger-paddle steamer in the… […]

  • Use Coastwatch to check your AIS

    Use Coastwatch to check your AIS

    The Cruising Association (CA) Regulations and Technical Services Group (RATS) has come across the use of National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) stations to check AIS ( Automatic Identification System) transmissions. This seems to us to be… […]

  • Family reunites with famous fleet

    Family reunites with famous fleet

    A West Country family were reunited with some special boats that were designed and built in Teignmouth for the Royal Navy. Three generations of the Morgan Giles family went sailing at Chichester on the boats… […]

  • Latest launch brings Sunbeam fleet to 27

    Latest launch brings Sunbeam fleet to 27

    The 96-year-old Solent Sunbeam class welcomed a brand new yacht to its fleet last week with the launching of V70 Minty which took place at Itchenor, the base for this historic and much-admired classic keel-boat… […]

  • Online forums – their kind of advice…

    Online forums – their kind of advice…

    Thread: Sea Knives [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”] Asking an online forum for some simple advice?… […]

  • Eight Bells – Luigi Lang

    Eight Bells – Luigi Lang

    It’s with sadness that we learned the well-known classic yacht judge and yachting author Dr. Luigi Lang died on April 13th. He was born in Milan in 1939 and lived in Chiavari, Liguria. John Lammerts… […]

  • New midlayer from Helly Hansen

    New midlayer from Helly Hansen

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     Helly Hansen’s HP Racing Midlayer Jacket with LIFALOFT™ Delivers Sailors Warmth without the Weight Staying warm and dry during sailing regattas can mean the difference between winning and losing. Clothing that provides comfort and protection… […]