Category: Our Stories
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Britain’s oldest working fisherman
Bill Hocking At 87, Bill is Britain’s oldest working fisherman, still laying lobster pots with his 15ft boat off the Cornish coast. He talked to Phil Russell about the ‘Great Mackerel Klondyke’, the sinking of… […]
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Why I am never retiring!
In which Lucy L Ford attends a sea survival course – a birthday present from The Skipper ‘You have be able to jump into the sea when the time comes’… I can’t wait Apparently when… […]
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Morgan Freeman and sailing
A once in a lifetime opportunity is now available for one, well-off fan of Morgan Freeman to purchase the ultimate film star memorabilia. Freeman’s yacht, Afrodesia, is up for sale for just under $300,000 with all the net… […]
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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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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… […]
