Category: Our Stories
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Heaving the lead
As soon as a vessel came near land her crew would begin “sounding” the depth of water using a line marked with depths and a length of lead. The word sounding is dervived from the… […]
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The Club Sanctuary
Guy Venables discovers the sanctuary of the sailing club involves more than low bar prices I have just joined a very nice little sailing club. There are many reasons to join one, the camaraderie, the… […]
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Alone at sea Gloucester in the age of Dorymen 1623 – 1939 By John N Morris
The story of the schooner fishery of the NE part of the United States of America and the Maritimes of Canada is one of danger, conquered by inspiration and innovation. As fishermen ventured further offshore… […]
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Writing the Thames By Christina Hardyment
There’s a bit of the Thames in many of us. I’ve lived alongside it, five doors upriver from the Tate Gallery, worked alongside it, sailed up the tidal bit, motored on the upriver bit, written… […]
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Lucy L Ford: A romantic night afloat
In early May, at the start of what was to be one of our coldest summers, the newly appointed President of the Pontoon Camping Association decided to encourage new membership and extend the BBQ experience… […]
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Raymarine Flir TK Scout
When we first tried one of these many moons ago it was extremely impressive but large and very expensive. However, as is the way of tech, you just have to wait a bit and it’ll… […]
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Instructors’ tales: Sticky situation
In which John Clarke recalls a battery top-up tip from an old soldier he’d prefer his charterers not to follow Having run a sailing school for 18 years I can honestly say that the instructors… […]
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Garmin GPS 73
With a clear monochrome display and highly sensitive GPS, it’s perfect for either the cost-conscious sailor or someone wanting a back up. It stores 1000 waypoints and 100 tracks. The features include virtual starting line,… […]
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GoSun stove
Admittedly it takes a little practice, mostly because it is such a new way of cooking but the GoSun stove is incredibly innovative – it combines an evacuated glass tube and parabolic reflectors. No fuel… […]
