Category: Our Stories
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Sitka Stew – Alaskans’ way to warm up
One Pot Cooking: When it comes to cooking for the very cold the Alaskans get daily prizes. I was there in the 1990s and had my life saved by this dish on a day when… […]
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Ester – the mini Vasa rescued from the deep to sail again
Take a few minutes to check out a new website just launched last week – featuring Ester, the 1901 champion racing yacht designed by Gunnar Melgren. Ester’s radical lines with her dagger keel gave her… […]
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The ideal present – a half model
Peter Ward Half models are fabulous in detail and design – with true lines taken from his collection of many thousands of plans (or your own) and authentic replication of equipment and colour schemes. The… […]
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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… […]
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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… […]
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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… […]
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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… […]
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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… […]
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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… […]
