Category: Our Stories
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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… […]
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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… […]
