Category: Our Stories
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Sailor Logbook App
New sailor app for yachtsmen. This is a recently released iPhone/iPad app for GPS tracking and logbook keeping. Developed by Klaus Kyrsting, from Elsinore in Denmark, it’s based on an old printed logbook and… […]
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It’s not what you say
– but the way you say it. More on the need for nautical language, with some new terms By Andrew Bray Illustration: Guy venables I touched on the subject of marine terminology in… […]
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Passage Making Made Perfect Alastair Buchan
You know the seven Ps don’t you? (Proper planning and preparation prevents p*ss-poor performance.) It’s a useful old army adage that sailors can apply every time they go to sea. And the effect of passage… […]
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Olin Stephens Interview
Olin Stephens’ interview is below but this shot shows him aged 90 as he helms Dorade: The photo by James Taylor was taken soon after Dorade was restored (for the first time!) in Italy in… […]
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Understanding a Nautical Chart by Paul Boissier 2nd Edition
Learning how to read a chart is an essential skill to the sailor and paper charts are still the best when it comes to seeing “the bigger picture”. Paper charts do need to be treated… […]
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Docking contest – Pocomoke
You know the way the RYA teaches you to come alongside? Well over in Maryland, amidst a cloud of black diesel smoke… this is the other way to do it! This year’s contest on on… […]
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Surviving the OSTAR storm
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] John Clarke, the Principal of Team Sailing, interviews Neil Payter… […]
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Cross sections of a wooden boat
A few of the names that describe the parts of a wooden boat, here in cross section. Note the timber is of less thickness than a frame – boats might have timbers between frames –… […]
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Buying a GRP classic: What to look for
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] By Aidan Tuckett of Brighton Marine Surveys In this article we’re… […]
