Category: Our Stories
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Scottish salmon cobles – Smylie’s Boats
By Mike Smylie A few issues back we looked at the cobles of the coast of eastern England and this time round we’ll travel over the border to investigate the just-as-unusual cobles used, in the… […]
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Northumberland
A long way from anywhere else, particularly by yacht, but that’s part of its charm. Space and emptiness, long, sandy and relatively unpopulated beaches, commanding cliffs and clean air. Worth parking the boat (the Royal… […]
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Seagull outboards: all you need to get started
By Aidan Tuckett Once, I was the proud owner of an ancient clinker launch, possibly wartime vintage, with an even older petrol inboard. Fairly early on in the relationship it needed a new engine, the… […]
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East Coast Pilot: Great Yarmouth to Ramsgate by Colin Jarman, Garth Cooper, Dick Holness
This is the 4th edition of this now-established guide (it first came out over 10 years ago) and it continues to improve. Coverage has now been extended northwards to include Great Yarmouth (albeit discouragingly:… […]
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Instructors’ tales: Well done Fido
In which Neil Payter obtains some canine assistance in creating a true shaggy dog story Living on my boat (a Yamaha 34) at Haslar Marina with my partner Maria, who runs the Lightship bar &… […]
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Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic by Sam Jefferson
His name is still used as an exclamation of shock, surprise and even outrage – and with some justification. James Gordon Bennett, reckless, feckless playboy son of the owner of the New York Herald is… […]
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The Way to Cape Horn by Trevor David Clifton
The simple joys of owning a Twister (or similar well found GRP classic) are conveyed by Trevor Clifton on page 26 of this issue of CS (March 2016 No6), but if you enjoyed his tale… […]
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The Beachman’s Coast; Suffolk by Robert Simper
Page 3 of this informative book contains a list of all other titles by the same author. And there are 39 others (!) dear reader, dating back to 1971. Together they catalogue the disappearance and… […]
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Tenby Luggers – Smylie’s Boats
By Mike Smylie Tucked into a quiet corner of Pembrokeshire, Tenby was once the greatest fishing harbour in Wales and its Welsh name of Dinbych-y-pysgod (little fort of the fishes) gives a clue to the… […]
