Category: Our Stories
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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… […]
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The Dove 1974
Great film, if a little blurry even for the net, this is the biographic story of Robin Lee Graham who took off from Los Angeles aged 16 in 1965 to sail around the world in… […]
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Rescue at Tenerife as another keel falls off
Five sailors are rescued after the keel falls off their yacht when she turns turtle while sailing in the Canary Islands. Yacht Tyger of London, a Comet 45S lost her mast and inverted in 30… […]
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A few good books
Knot Craft and Rope Mats By Des Pawson If you bought Des Pawson’s Complete Book of Knots (above) a few years back you could find yourself surprised to discover that in fact there are more,… […]
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Reeds Cooking at Sea Handbook
By Sonja Brodie This is an absolute must for anyone new (or old!) to cruising! It talks through safety and equipment in the galley in a logical way, giving you an understanding so you are… […]
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Salcombe Gin
Over the Yardarm with Guy Venables where Guy visits the Salcombe Distilling Company’s Gin School to learn how to make gin, properly, with a copper still, and botanicals… or you can just buy their own… […]
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The Racing Rules of Sailing
By Paul Elvstrom 2017-2020 Paul Elvstrom’s recent (14th) edition of the racing rules of sailing clearly explains the latest rules and how to interpret the most difficult of situations on the race course. When does… […]
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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… […]
