Category: Our Stories
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RIP James Lawrence: a sailorman in stitches
When the last six working Thames sailing barges doused their canvas for the final time in 1963 it was the end of an era, but Jim Lawrence survived. Dan Houston first met him in 1999… […]
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Red Sails film Directed by Michael Maloney
The rebuilt Thames Sailing Barge Cambria features heavily in this film, which is all about the so-called TSBs – their role in trade which has now developed into charter mainly around the waters of the… […]
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No 6 The IW 31 Varvet
Built for ocean races – which gives extra confidence when you sail with the family Nardi’s Nods – By Federico Nardi of Cantiere Navale Dell Argentario. Translated by James Robinson Taylor With the IW 31… […]
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Navigation basics: Latitude and longitude
Dividing the earth; meridians and parallels and how they can be used to pinpoint any locations. Degrees, minutes and the Nautical Mile. And how the grid scale on a nautical chart uses these measurements to… […]
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Andrew Bray: Forecasting
What there is now is what I would call absolute forecasting… but keep watching the visual signs if you don’t want to get caught out By Andrew Bray In mid-November I decided to go out… […]
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Amazing boats at the world’s greatest sea festival
Tall Ships, Small Ships, craftsmanship, classic boat sailors – all brought alive in photos and captions that capture the revival of old and vintage boats during the decades since the first Brest Festival in 1992 […]
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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… […]
