Category: Our Stories
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Good Little Ship by Peter Willis
This is a book about Arthur Ransome’s favourite cruising yacht – the 1931 seven ton 28ft Hillyard-built Nancy Blackett, named after Ransome’s most famous character, the leading Amazon, Nancy from the Swallows and Amazons book… […]
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‘Bluebird’ K3 Returns to Lake Maggiore
(for the 80th Anniversary of her World Water Speed Record) From: David Knight, Secretary, Classic Motor Boat Association; Photos Lisa Beaney After the partial rebuild of the Rolls Royce engine in 2016/17, the… […]
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The great British Swim – 65 days in
Strongman swimmer Ross Edgley and sailor Matt Knight are on their way to making Ross the first man to swim around the British Isles. The pair set off from Margate on May 30 with the… […]
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Thermal Cooking
It is always a testament to design to see things meant for your boat ending up in your house. This is an astonishingly efficient, fuel-saving ‘eco-friendly thermal cooker’ with an internal pot that, once brought… […]
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Andrew Bray: Anchors
I was taught early on that an anchor and cable are the best insurance policy money can buy. But which is the best type? So what is the best anchor? The Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans… […]
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Portsmouth Point
Portsmouth Point is the spit of land to starboard as you sail through the narrow bottleneck into Portsmouth Harbour from the Solent. It’s chock full of history, much of it disreputable since it was largely… […]
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Patchwork spinnaker made of scraps
A Norfolk sailmaker has found a colourful solution to save material offcuts which would otherwise be wasted. Jeckells, based in Wroxham, used leftover small pieces of brightly-coloured spinnaker nylon to make a “patchwork quilt” effect… […]
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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… […]
