Category: Our Stories
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IS SHE A LITTLE STRANGE?
Demeter at Auction. “She sails beautifully, fast, responsive, with a delightfully light touch and fine manners,” says Beccs Polden, as she shares reminiscences of this sweet 21ft canoe-sterned sloop that she last sailed in the… […]
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Historic St Michael’s Mount Post boat resurrected by students
Boatbuilding students from Falmouth Marine School have saved a little bit of Cornish History, with the restoration of a vintage Cornish post boat. The St Michaels Mount Post Boat, managed by the National Trust and… […]
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Thermal cooker saves time and energy
We’re big fans of these devices. They work like a thermos flask with a double skin of stainless steel that creates a thermal barrier around the inner pot. The idea is that you begin cooking… […]
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World’s first 300hp diesel outboard from UK
With just a month to go until the launch of the world’s first 300hp diesel outboard engine, British diesel engine innovator, Cox Powertrain is preparing for its much anticipated European on-water demonstrations of the CXO300… […]
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Tomy’s rescue latest – yacht salvage
Latest on Tomy (from 3pm 26 September)The Australian frigate HMAS Ballarat will be within helicopter range of Ile de Amsterdam at first light tomorrow (Thursday) and will commence operations to pick up Gregor McGuckin,… […]
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Four New Galleries at National Maritime Museum
On 20 September 2018, Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) opened four new permanent galleries following a major £12.6M redevelopment project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) through The National Lottery (4.6M). With over 1,100 objects… […]
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Abhilash Tomy talks to CS in June 2018
It’s been bad news for the Golden Globe sailors as two of the leading boats were rolled and dismasted 40 nM apart in a storm on Friday. Gregor McGuckin and Abhilash Tomy have lost their… […]
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Suffolk beach boats
By Mike Smylie One of my very favourite boats is the 18ft Suffolk beach boat Three Sisters, IH81, built in Thorpeness for a Mr Ralph. Several times I’ve been out off the coast between Aldeburgh… […]
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