Category: Our Stories
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The Perfect Storm
2000 Dir: Wolfgang Petersen 130 mins This is a film, based on a true story that sits in a certain time spot. People with no interest in the sea went to see this film in… […]
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2003, Dir Peter Weir, Universal Studios and Miramax, PG-13, 138 mins Sailors and fans of Patrick O Brian’s series of novels of the Georgian Navy love this film and it’s one to buy and re-watch… […]
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The Old Man and the Sea
1958 Dir: John Sturges, 86 mins Hemingway’s last great novel of 1952 is required reading for anyone who goes boating; even lake sailors love this great tale of the sea and its unreliable bounty. The… […]
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The African Queen
1952, Dir: John Huston, Horizon/Romulus Cert U, 105 mins This legendary Technicolour Boy’s Own adventure, set in 1914 German East Africa, is a love story cleverly wrapped in an intrepid river journey. Bogart plays a… […]
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Lucy L Ford: Blind Navigation
In which Lucy describes sailing with a very short-sighted skipper I had noticed that there had been much squinting at the chart plotter, and now he tells me… I sometimes wonder whether the blonde slim… […]
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Icom plans Iridium handheld radio
Icom has got together with Iridium to develop and manufacture a new satellite radio called Satellite PTT. The radio will combine Icom’s 54 years of expertise and knowledge with Iridium’s satellite experience to provide a… […]
