Category: Our Stories
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Classic Blunder
These initial blog posts are really to play catch up. As we transition from the normal run of the mill lifestyle to one with a lot less stuff and very different modes of transport. Moving… […]
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Helly Hensen’s Ægir Race Jacket wins GOOD DESIGN award
Helly Hansen’s Ægir Race Jacket has won a GOOD DESIGN™ Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture and Urban Study. The 140-year old technical sailing brand’s… […]
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Sailing to Paradise – selling up and choosing the boat
From Van to Vannes….. (and beyond) We’re Al & SJ. Just an everyday UK couple. No different to anyone else. There’s the house. Albeit on a private marina next to a river near Cambridge. Complete… […]
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Amazing Sailing Stories By Dick Durham
With section headings like Survival, Calm, Storm, Human Error, Tragedy and Deliverance this is a book which promises an element of instruction within its overall remit to entertain. And it does not disappoint. From the… […]
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Azores Shipwreck
“Sitting in Ramsgate harbour waiting for a brisk NW wind to drop before crossing the Thames Estuary, I noticed a small gaffer turn into the next berth. I offered to help with the lines and… […]
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Trading under sail – CS14
Marcus and Freya Pomeroy-Rowden explain how they built their 18th century replica three masted lugger Grayhound and for the last two seasons have been trading under sail, taking goods across the Channel and beyond… The… […]
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Svea brings J-Class fleet up to nine boats
The new J Class Svea was launched at the end of January and has begun sea trials in Holland. The 43.6-metre yacht is a Tore Holm design dating from 1937. The designs were discovered by… […]
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Restoration of The Lynher Barge
The Lynher River Barge CIC, is a new charitable company formed to restore and operate the Lynher Barge on the Plymouth Waterways. Please visit and share their new website www.tamarbarge.org.uk which tells the history of… […]
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MOB Lifesaver line to be added to Crewsaver lifejackets
From MOB Lifesavers: British Marine member, MOB Lifesavers, is joining forces with fellow member, Crewsaver, to improve safety on the waters. The company’s lifesaver devices have just been approved for inclusion in Crewsaver’s range of… […]
