Category: Our Stories
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How Eric Tabarly drowned on his way to the Fife Regatta
A wild night and a kicking gaff caused the loss of France’s greatest sailor, on his way to the first Fife Regatta – in 1998 It’s 20 years ago since France’s greatest sailor Eric Tabarly… […]
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The Dove 1974
Great film, if a little blurry for the net, this is the biographic story of Robin Lee Graham who took off from Los Angeles aged 16 in 1965 to sail around the world in a… […]
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Cold water shock – how to survive it
Useful video from the RNLI on the immediate actions to take if you fall in cold water (especially in the seas around Britain) without a lifejacket, by forcing yourself to be calm and to float… […]
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Leading Lights
Navigation Basics Many harbours have entrances which are difficult to find at night and leading lights are used as a way of helping sailors to find a clear channel into port. Leading lights, like their… […]
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Night sailing – a few tips
As the skipper of a boat it’s up to you to decide on safety matters for yourself and your crew. Thus many skippers insist on everyone on deck wearing harnesses, but some eschew them, saying… […]
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Single-Handed Sailing by Frank Mulville
Frank Mulville (1924 – 1997) was a yachtsman of repute for his various books relating family adventures afloat. This is more of a discussion title and, as it was published in 1981 would at first… […]
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Exposed – The dark side of the America’s cup by Alan Sefton and Larry Keating
This book reviews the 166 years history of the America’s Cup to date, wrangling over the years all the way from the early 1870 British challenges by the cantankerous James Ashbury to the recent ostracising… […]
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Bill Rowntree is back in Falmouth with Sir RKJ
Legendary Sunday Mirror photographer Bill Rowntree poses by his famous photo of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston taken on Suhaili’s return to Falmouth in 1969. Bill is onboard the Wm Atkins ketch as part of Sir Robin’s… […]
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Eating seaweed… we’re serious
Food and Foraging by Guy Venables After spending 40 years of my life surfing I’ve discovered, through necessity, many ways to forage at the seashore. We were always broke but never hungry. The most abundant… […]
