Category: Our Stories
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Tall Ship inspired by ice legend
ACTIV OF LONDON Polar legend has it that the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen dreamt up the ideal Arctic ship by gazing at an olive stone writes Ben Lowings. Pressed laterally, its curves would slide its… […]
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Bruce Kirby 8 Bells
The famous yacht and dinghy designer and Canadian olympic sailor Bruce Kirby has died, aged 92. Among his many designs he drew the Laser Dinghy in 1969 since 1970 more than 215,000 Lasers have been… […]
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On the water improves health and wellbeing
New research shows that being out on the water is beneficial for both health and wellbeing With concerns around the negative mental and physical health legacy of the coronavirus pandemic, new research published on… […]
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11th Glassfibre Solent Sunbeam
The 98 year-old Solent Sunbeam Class is delighted to announce the launch of the latest Sunbeam, V71 Tiffany on Wednesday the 16th June. Tiffany is the second new boat to be launched in 2021 and… […]
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A gallery of the Armada progressing in ten charts
Ten incredibly rare chart drawings that show in stages the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, a defining moment in the creation of England’s maritime identity, have been saved from export in January 2021 […]
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Millar’s Secret
In the course of researching his new biography of the yachtsman George Millar, the journalist Ben Lowings discovered the former war hero agreed to run guns into the Mediterranean. George Millar (1910-2005) was a… […]
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Buster Keaton’s The Boat
1921, Dir Buster Keaton, Edward Cline, B&W silent, 27 mins At 27 minutes this is a very short filmt but don’t see that as a setback. It’s a hilarious story about how not to launch… […]
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Off to the races? Here’re 15 tips to make it go better
Racing is a great way to improve your sailing skills Here Brett Bowden goes through 15 TACTICAL TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR RESULTS as part of his Sailing to Win series Key tactical tips on how… […]
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Tilly joining Milly
A new Sunbeam for Mylor, and she’s in glassfibre Twenty years after the master shipwrights of Mylor Yacht Harbour built a trio of classic wooden Falmouth Sunbeam yachts, they are now embarking on a new… […]
