Category: Our Stories
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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… […]
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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… […]
