Category: Our Stories
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Look around a Shannon Class Lifeboat
The Shannon is the newest class of lifeboat developed by the RNLI. Since 2013 14 (out of a planned 50) have been built with ten serving at stations and four in reserve. With a crew… […]
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The Piper Calls the Tune by Euan Ross
This is the Second Edition of a book which set out to tell the story of the famous Pipers – a One Design Class which originated in the 1960s on the Clyde, and its impressive… […]
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In praise of the Iris 50
Long term test. The Iris 50 is a design classic. The so-called hocky-puck handbearing compass is about as perfect for its purpose as it can be; we’ve used one for more than 20 years.… […]
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Panerai ends sponsorship, except Cowes
Nine regattas lose sponsorship Flagship Eilean will continue Organisers working hard to find a new sponsor Organisers of classic sailing regattas are busy trying to find new sponsors after the Italian watch specialist Panerai announced… […]
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News crews on a booze cruise
Channel 5’s Britain by Boat has so far not really lived up to expectations. It features the veteran BBC newsreader Michael Buerk and John Sergeant, the Beeb’s long term (1992 to 2000) chief political correspondent… […]
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Flying fish – between the devil and the deep blue sea
Incredible footage from BBC Earth’s The Hunt with Sir David Attenborough describing the life of flying fish as they take to the air and glide hundreds of metres, using their extended pectoral fins as wings… […]
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Racing traditional outrigged Malay jong models
The joy of tiny traditional model sailing boats With a traditional outrigger design and colurful sails the model jongs have been raced For centuries by the Malays in South East Asia. Miniatures of the local… […]
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UK to have its own GPS system
Mrs May has said that Britain would develop and build its own Global Navigation Satellite System, at a projected cost of £3-5bn. The announcement came on Friday November 30, as a reaction to the European… […]
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Great Sailing Films
This list of our favourite films about the sea is of course subjective, but we did set ourselves some criteria – that we wanted from all the films here. Firstly the list is… […]
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