Category: Our Stories
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Buster Keaton’s The Boat
1921, Dir Buster Keaton, Edward Cline, B&W silent, 27 mins At 27 minutes this is a very short filmt but don’t see that as a setback. It’s a hilarious story about how not to launch… […]
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Off to the races? Here’re 15 tips to make it go better
Racing is a great way to improve your sailing skills Here Brett Bowden goes through 15 TACTICAL TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR RESULTS as part of his Sailing to Win series Key tactical tips on how… […]
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Tilly joining Milly
A new Sunbeam for Mylor, and she’s in glassfibre Twenty years after the master shipwrights of Mylor Yacht Harbour built a trio of classic wooden Falmouth Sunbeam yachts, they are now embarking on a new… […]
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Farewell Mr Puffin A small boat voyage to Iceland – Paul Heiney
8th July will see the launch of Paul Heiney’s new book – a passage north to the Arctic circle. Billed as “An honest portrait of human life on the ocean waves and a colourful, good-humoured… […]
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Simon Lewty & The Nereids
“Simon Lewty & The Nereids” is a collaboration between The Lettering Arts Trust and Art First. The exhibition features major works by Simon Lewty, and is accompanied by individual depictions of the mythical Nereids created… […]
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Chatham’s Hidden Heroines
Hidden Heroines: the untold stories of the women of the Dockyard celebrates extraordinary women in Chatham Dockyard’s history who campaigned for change, fought against the odds and whose impact left a lasting legacy. Featuring stories… […]
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The positive effects of being a sea cadet
SEA CADETS HIGHLIGHT THEIR LEGaSEA Naval Charity publishes My LegaSea report – surveying former cadets on the impact of structured youth activity My LegaSea – launching into life is a ground-breaking multi-generational research study commissioned… […]
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Pumping our way across the Atlantic
By Ian Galletti The boat was a beauty, but she let in a lot of water… Having crewed on a Contessa 32 when she was harmlessly ‘pooped’ many times during the 1979 Fastnet storm, I… […]
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Aidan & his Seagull
Aidan and his Heard 28 Isabel’s legendary British Seagull outboard – a hybrid of several models he has used over the years. Aidan’s in depth article on Seagulls can be found: HERE […]
