Category: Our Stories
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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… […]
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Life Afloat: A History of the Floating Villages on London’s Tidal Thames
The romantic, fascinating, gypsy-afloat-life story of houseboat living is largely unknown and one with no detailed written account. Based on photography, archive research and oral history interviews Life Afloat draws together the past and the… […]
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Shooting a bridge – Boating Skills
Shooting – dropping the mast without stopping – is the smart way to go through a bridge. By William Loram The bridges at Acle and Potter Heigham are the big obstacle parts of the Three… […]
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Sunbeams celebrate 95 years of racing
Over the bank holiday weekend, 19 Sunbeams enjoyed excellent sailing conditions in Chichester Harbour at a special 95th anniversary regatta. Originally designed by Alfred Westmacott in 1922, the Sunbeam class has enjoyed such longevity that… […]
