Category: Our Stories
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Power of the wind exhibition – Barcelona
The Puig Classic Regatta starts in Barcelona today, and to celebrate 10 years of racing Puig the sponsor company has unveiled an exhibition of photos – taking from the best of the series over a… […]
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The Brits at Brest
In the summer of 2016 we packed our things and took the cross channel ferry to attend the massive festival at Brest, where so many classic sailors go for the four-yearly jamboree. With Mike Smylie… […]
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Beluga boot camp
Three captive female beluga whales due to be transferred to the world’s first whale sanctuary are going to have to go to “Beluga Boot Camp” before they are ready, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society… […]
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Rowing and sculling come to Falmouth Classics
A new rowing and sculling event has been added to Falmouth’s classic boat regatta schedule The Tilley Endurables Falmouth Classics returns for its 30th anniversary in a few weeks, with a new event designed to… […]
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Phoenix from the Ashes By Justin Ruthven-Tyers
When their house burned down, Justin Ruthven-Tyers turned to his wife and said: “Good would come of this.” Despite being a disaster the incident liberated the couple and turned out to give them increased confidence… […]
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Classic Classes by Vanessa Bird
This is a compilation of the Class Notes section in Classic Boat collated over 12 years and updated for this volume. It covers the design and class histories of 156 different types of sailing craft.… […]
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How a personal locator beacon helped a lone sailor get help
A solo sailor who set off his personal locator beacon (PLB) when he realised that he was becoming ill on board his yacht was located and airlifted by Coastguard helicopter to hospital this afternoon. The… […]
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Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual
Repair and Improve Your Boat’s Essential Systems – for the novice and experienced boat owner – this book takes you both minor and major repairs of electrical systems, engines, electronics, steering systems, generators, pumps, cookers,… […]
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(In) Competent Crew. How we (hopefully) became more competent – Part Two
It’s now been a couple of weeks since part one of our Competent Crew own boat tuition. Which, consisted of 3 very full days going through the RYA syllabus as well as a great deal… […]
