Category: Our Stories
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Respect for the well found seaboat
Sailing a Rival 34 for our eighth issue made me very tempted to harness the wind and just get on over the horizon writes Dan Houston. I was instantly attracted to the easy movement and… […]
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Andrew Bray: Forecasting
What there is now is what I would call absolute forecasting… but keep watching the visual signs if you don’t want to get caught out By Andrew Bray In mid-November I decided to go out… […]
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Wifi for your boat instruments
Press release from Team Surv: Wi–Fi for your boat has come a long way. We don’t just mean your connection to the online world, we‘re talking about connecting to the wealth of information from… […]
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Rare Astrolabe find from Vasco da Gama’s 1502 voyage to India
A rare bronze astrolabe navigational instrument belonging to a shipreck from Vasco da Gama’s 1502-1503 voyage of exploration to India has been identified by scientists from the University of Warwick. Astrolabes, the bronze graded discs… […]
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Birth of a legend
Trevor David Clifton on a tall story that became historical fact From our Instructor’s Tales series Eight pretty ladies stepped aboard, my crew for the day. It was the first day of the autumn regatta… […]
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New Natural History hero
The Natural History Museum has unveiled the new star of its re-imagined Hintze Hall, at the start of the biggest transformation in its 136-year history. A stunning 25.2 metre real blue whale skeleton suspended from… […]
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Algal bloom danger to Sealions
Larger than usual Pacific algal blooms are being blamed for the deaths of 26 out of 40 rescued sea lions at California’s Pacific Marine Mammal Center, in Laguna Beach. Demoic acid released by the blooms… […]
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Wharrams on the Fal
Location: Fal Estuary, Cornwall The Cornish Wharram ‘Hui’, was a fantastic get together of boats and people on 4-6th August. Every small Wharram design was represented from Hitia 14 to Tiki 31. Seven boats arrived,… […]
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Stress Free Sailing By Duncan Wells
Who doesn’t want Stress Free Sailing? Well without the capitals surely it’s what many of us are attracted to in the pastime of boating. But of course stress is an attitude of mind and while… […]
