Category: Our Stories
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Artwork predicts sea level rise
An installation artwork using lines of light predicts the effect of sea level rises at an arts centre on North Uist in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands. The installation uses LED sensors running lines across buildings… […]
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Gaff Rig – Saddle issues
Moray McPhail brings years of experience and understanding to some common problems associated with the gaff rig – and, specifically, the saddle Every so often I get an email describing how a gaff saddle I’ve… […]
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German trader reported for illegal teak
Key supplier was ‘teak kingpin’ who colluded with officials to defraud Myanmar Evidence of serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a trader of Myanmar teak has been submitted to German… […]
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The beautiful Morgan Giles 43s
Catching up with the beautiful Morgan Giles 43s – sailing again as a fleet (after they were sold out of the Royal Navy in the 1980s) and being run by Classic Sail, of Chichester, West… […]
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The ship’s bell
The ringing of the ship’s bell was an integral part of life at sea for sailors both as a time keeper and warning signal. Still is, for some. Bells have been used on ships since… […]
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Blue Plaque at Sir Alec Rose’s Grocery
Alec Rose, the yachtsman Grocer from Southsea who sailed around the world in Lively Lady in 1967/68 has been honoured in his home town with a blue plaque over the shop which he used to… […]
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Oysters are being reintroduced to the River Humber in a project being supervised by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and the University of Hull. The Humber Aquaculture Partnership is an exciting new collaboration between Yorkshire Wildlife Trust… […]
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Printing 3D corals to recreate reef-life
In the film below Alex Goad of Reef Design Lab, from Melbourne Australia introduces in more detail the MARS – Modular Artificial Reef Structure, and explains how they have set up reefs which are artifical… […]
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The Navigator – Buster Keaton
October 13th 1924 Dir Donald Crisp / Buster Keaton 59mins Buster Keaton’s all at sea again, as the unwitting, hapless hero of this brilliant silent comedy where his genius for visual gags and… […]
