Category: Our Stories
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Maiden – How Tracy Edwards broke the women-at-sea myth
Documentary 2018 Dir: Alex Holmes 93 mins Maiden opens in UK cinemas on Friday 8th March This is a truly inspirational film. It takes us back a bit, though not too far, to 1989 and… […]
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Using a Breton Plotter
Navigation Refresher The Breton Plotter – sometimes called a Portland Course Plotter – consolidates parallel rules, a protractor and the compass rose into a handy chartwork instrument that is the simplest tool for the… […]
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I’ll never forget whatsisname – Quirky
In which Quirky’s sailing companion name-drops about how he forgot a name… In a previous lifetime, when we lived in NY, we enjoyed the delights of keeping a 25 foot sloop on Long… […]
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First frame goes up on eco cargo ship
The team at Sail Cargo, building a carbon negative marine freight 155ft (47m) timber three mast ship in the jungle in Costa Rica, has reached a major milestone with the raising of the first frame.… […]
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Australian Wooden Boat Festival – Hobart
The MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival takes place in biannually in Hobart in early February. Chris Kelly (R)flew to Hobart from Sydney for the 2019 festival and sent us this report. The 2019… […]
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The Sailorman
1975, Dir: David Gowing, 51 mins The old timers speak out across the decades, of their times working in the Thames Sailing Barges, a shoal draught coastal freight carrier that had not changed much since… […]
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Mild steel welding fumes and cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has released new scientific data, that links exposure to mild steel welding fumes with possible causes of lung and kidney cancer. The Workplace Health Expert Committee, part of… […]
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Gill’s been tangoed
From Press release: Gill Marine have launched their latest collection with a burst of tango inspiration Engineered for Protection: Gill’s RACE, PERFORMANCE and ACTIVE lines celebrate the brand’s heritage and expertise in crafting innovative… […]
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Sibyl’s round-Britain cruise
Sailing clockwise around the UK in a 1902 yacht Returning to where Sybil was built Visiting Barra, St Kilda and Scapa Flow We took the Old Girl for a spin… By Cornelius van Rijckevorsel… […]
