Category: Our Stories
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Classic Boat Museum Opens new “shed”
“After two years of hard work from all involved our goal of being able to show off the museum’s collection of yachts and boats in such a historic and eclectic setting has been reached, there… […]
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Skipper’s Medical Emergency Handbook by D Campbell Mackenzie and Dr Spike Briggs
Ten years after the first edition this is a welcome update from two sailors who have a huge amount of medical experience. Dr Mackenzie as a retired Surgeon Commander RN, was a consultant in renal… […]
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Lofting, reframing, removing planks – Tally Ho
By Leo Goolden In which Leo gets some more help to remove a lot of Tally Ho’s hull planking. The volunteers grind and hammer copper rivets, while he finishes lofting the intermediate frames inside the… […]
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Helly Hansen wins red dot design award
Helly Hansen’s Lifaloft Hybrid Insulator Jacket has won the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2018. This year’s competition was fierce with more than 6,300 submissions from 59 countries. Only 1.1% of them received the highest… […]
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HMS Victory’s fore topsail goes on display
Nelson’s fore topsail goes on display at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth for a limited time this summer. Even as the admiral lay dying, deep below decks aboard HMS Victory, during… […]
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HMS Ocean – The Mighty O
HMS Ocean (VI) 1998 – 2018 The Mighty ‘O’ by Richard Johnstone-Bryden Drawing on official records and interviews with a cross section of those who have served in Ocean, including the majority of the former… […]
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The £1500 SCOD
How Phil and Sue Russell found a bargain in a tired looking but otherwise sound South Coast One Design, and worked on her to bring her back as a tidy and well found yachty. This… […]
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New blocks on the block…
Barton Marine launches new Barton Block Range Crafted by sailors for sailors, the new Barton Block Range is manufactured in the UK, and developed with the same design endurance and bullet-proof reliability that Barton… […]
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Sea salts festival was the best yet
4,000 visitors, 200 sailors, 50 traditional boats and great weather Around 4,000 people attended the Sea Salts and Sail festival, Mousehole, Cornwall, over the weekend 13th to 15th July. And more than 200 of… […]
