Category: Our Stories
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THE LUGWORM CHRONICLES by Ken Duxbury
Open boat or dinghy cruising has held a perennial interest for a special type of sailor since yachting began. And in the 1970s the handy Drascombe Lugger was a great boat to be getting afloat… […]
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Using wooden plugs for a flush finish
Plugs for a flush finish Wooden plugs for counter-bored screw holes finish joinery neatly – and are easy to make using a plug cutter and electric drill. You might plug screws or fastenings through planks,… […]
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Swinging the Lamp By Nick Ardley
Meandering about the Essex and Suffolk tidal creeks of the Thames Estuary in his Finesse 24, Nick Ardley has picked up all sorts of tales and snippets over the years, and relates them here in… […]
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Andrew Bray: The New Foiling Catamarans
‘The 500% increase in speed was not linear over the 164 years’ I am only too keenly aware that there are many of you reading this who know very much more than I know, or… […]
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Tom Diaper’s Logbook
Memoirs of a Racing Skipper First published in 1950 this is a welcome reprint of a professional skipper’s experiences from the days of late Victorian and Edwardian sailing – days of the Big Class, through… […]
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Colley Whisson – Marine Artist
Living in Australia it was inevitable that Colley Whisson would turn his brushes towards the sea. (His great grandparents sailed to Australia in 1910 on board the Corinthic bound for Hobart, coming from Whissonsett in… […]
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Making and throwing a heaving line
Dan Houston shows how to use a heaving line – and relays how to make a Monkey’s Fist or a quick knot to go on the end of it A typical heaving line is a… […]
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Sailing the Schooner Mariette
The schooner Mariette was built 101 years ago and is still being raced competitively enough to win at regattas against younger boats. So what is she like to crew? David Abramczyk finds out; photos by… […]
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Secret Anchorages of Brittany by Peter Cumberlidge
To delve into this book is to yearn to be making passage across the Channel and close with the magical parts of coast described in this valuable book. Peter Cumberlidge has done more than a… […]
