Category: Our Stories
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Orfordness Lighthouse
By the time you read this, the very real possibility of this imposing structure tumbling into the sea may have been averted, at least for another winter. Unusually severe south-easterly storms have pushed coastal erosion… […]
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Andrew Bray: Say it right, matey
By Andrew Bray. Illustration: Guy Venables If you’re fortunate enough to sail a gaff-rigger, she should really come with a dictionary of terminology to differentiate the bobstay from the snotter, the bowsprit from the bumkin… […]
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Jack London – The Call of the Sea
Jack London was a celebrated writer when in 1907 he decided to drop everything and sail around the world in his yacht, Snark. By Sam Jefferson The concept of fitting out a yacht for bluewater… […]
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The ominous words: “And then the engine stopped.”
By Andrew Bray I once co-authored a book with Des Sleightholme and Bill Anderson. It was titled What Now Skipper? and dealt with all kinds of small-boat seamanship problems. One author would pose a problem,… […]
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Ron de Jeremy… Phew!
Guy Venables finds a rum that’s all the better for decanting, as it hides the face on the label I have long been aware that the process of decanting wine into a decanter has many… […]
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Cruising Yachts by T Harrison Butler
With clean earlier editions of this classic on yacht design becoming rare it’s great to have a reprint from Lodestar, with forewords by both the late Ed Burnett and Ian Howlett (who prefaced the fourth… […]
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Solent Cruising Companion
By Derek Aslett This very successful book has now been re-issued in its third edition, and is bang up to date – for instance it includes a photo of the spinnaker tower in Portsmouth with… […]
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
by Edgar Allan Poe (his only novel) When you combine a boyhood seafaring fantasy with a horror writer you get a gory shock-fest from one of the world’s best horror writers. Cannibalism, betrayal, mutiny, monsters… […]
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Rogue Waves
by Michel Olagnon What a pleasure to have something very technical broken down into easy bites and then put together in an attractive and exciting volume beautifully illustrated with ancient Japanese paintings and the best… […]
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