Category: Our Stories
-
Waypoints – Seascapes and Stories of Scotland’s West Coast
By Ian Stephen This is story-telling at its very best. Ex-Coastguard Ian Stephen has a way with people that allows him to pick up the folklore and backstories of the places he visits in a… […]
-
Bluewater Bushmen
by Bruce Stannard This is now a classic book! How on earth do you rig a 22-footer to carry close to 3,000sqft of canvas? Well, the answer’s obvious – you get a crew of Australian… […]
-
Grayhound – Eco trading under sail
The replica of an 18th-century lugger now sustainably carries cargo Grayhound, the replica of a three-masted revenue cutter from the 18th century was built by Marcus and Freya Pomeroy- Rowden in Cornwall in 2010-2012 initially… […]
-
The Mercy – film review
Directed by James Marsh (1hr 52min 2018) The film of Donald Crowhurst, The Mercy, starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz opened in the UK cinemas on Friday February 9th and it’s good – classic… […]
-
New grab bags
Orolia Maritime announces new range of Kannad and McMurdo grab bags. It’s one of those essential pieces of kit – which you hope you’ll never have to use; the boat’s grab bag with essential… […]
-
Lucy L Ford: She’s a mistress, so why bother learning to tie a knot?
The skipper took his first mistress in 1992. She was not the blonde, slim thing that I had been expecting. In fact, when I first saw her, I thought she was sagging a bit round… […]
-
David Peduzzi – Marine Artist
Inspired by the engraving styles of 1950s countryside books David embarked on an engraving career after time spent as a graphic designer. Using blocks of boxwood felled in West Sussex after the 1987 storms he… […]
-
One whale of a heart
Plasticising a blue whale heart When a whale dies, it becomes a rotting feast for birds and sharks. If it ever happens to reach shore, it’ll likely be in terrible shape. Lucky for mammalogy technicians… […]
-
Christmas at Sea
This poem, by Robert Louis Stevenson, was published in 1888 when the author and poet was in his 38th year. RLS was steeped in the ways of the sea – he belonged to the famous… […]
