Category: Our Stories
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Chilgrove Gin: The grape, not the grain
BY GUY VENABLES Not far from where I live the first English gin to use alcohol distilled from grapes, rather than grain, is to be born. And Chilgrove is its… […]
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Dubarry Clipper deck shoe
LONG TERM REVIEW: Once you buy a pair of these you might want to get another! They are super comfy with the Goretex liner associated with Dubarry’s famous sailing boots – so your feet stay… […]
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The Wreck of the Zephyr – Written and illustrated by Chris van Allsburg
This is a magical tale – which should be on all parents’ (and grandparents’!) books list as a classic story of fantasy sailing for children.It centres around a boy, a keen sailor, who takes his gaff-rigged cabin… […]
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Sailing skills: launching and recovering the Jib
In our experience of teaching folks to sail, both on our own Traditional Boat Skills courses aboard Amelie Rose and through the RYA YachtmasterTM scheme we’ve come across many “methods” for doing everything from making… […]
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Using Wykeham Martin furling gear
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GL Watson The Art and Science of Yacht Design by Martin Black
Seven years after it first appeared in print we find ourselves going back to this book. Invariably the need to cross reference a detail or check something on the design list (complete and concise!) gets… […]
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TUFF Phone T400
The TUFF phone is a shock proof waterproof phone with everything the modern sailor could need and a bit more. For instance, when your co-sailor takes out his cracked iPhone you can offer him salvation… […]
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Minox binoculars 7×50 DCM
Not only are these excellent light gathering binoculars but they house a plethora of useful features enabled by a digital readout projected on the lenses in Terminator style red electric readouts. These include digital stopwatch,… […]
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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… […]
