Category: Our Stories
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Restoration of Ester 1901
We called her the mini Vasa – after Stockholm’s famous museum ship. She is Ester, the 1901 champion racing yacht designed by Gunnar Melgren, with a dagger keel for extreme performance… and she was a… […]
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Dolphins by Fred Neil
This is surely the best version of Dolphins – which Folk legend Fred Neil wrote and recorded in 1966 The song was released as a single and also on Neil’s second eponymous album in… […]
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World’s oldest shipwreck found intact!
• 2,400 year old Greek trading vessel matches the British Museum’s Siren Vase • Found in 2,000m of water • Her double rudders, tillers, mast and rowing benches intact A Greek trading… […]
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Messing About in Boats by John R Muir
A charming and evocative account of leisure sailing – plus a bit of work on boats – in UK waters in the 1930s and 40s recounted with humour by naval surgeon John Muir. This is… […]
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Dunkirk Little Ship lugger relaunches
Following a two- and half-year restoration and refit the beautiful historic fishing vessel Our Lizzie is due to be relaunched at The International Boatbuilding Training College, Lowestoft on Tuesday 16 October 2018. Built of pitch… […]
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That Hamilton Woman by Barry Gough
This pocket hardback takes its title from a classic black-and-white Hollywood movie from 1941 starring Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. But this is the almost incredible story of Emma Hamilton, Admiral Nelson’s famous mistress, and… […]
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Compact winter heater
With space being a premium onboard most boats Webasto considers it important to offer solutions that are as functional and efficient as they are space-saving. The company’s taken its Thermo Top Evo heater, originally designed for… […]
