Category: Our Stories
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The Rigging Handbook – by Brion Toss
Incorporationg The Rigger’s Apprentice and The Rigger’s Locker “Once every few generations a writer comes along who adds to the real body of knowledge available to the ropeworking world, and here indeed is a first… […]
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Sailing aboard Mariquita
The story of sailing aboard Mariquita – a big class yacht built in 1911 to the 19-M rule [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px”… […]
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Life in the deep
Made by Neal Agarwal. The Deep Sea Click on the following link –FUNDEEPSEA– for a fun and informative infographic showing life in the sea according to depth. Scroll down through the water column from the… […]
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Taking the right turn
How sailing round the British isles with Turn to Starboard helped former Royal Marine Dan Fielding find a new purpose for his life. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=””… […]
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How to survive a Tall Ship
Guy Venables finds out that turning up in posh foulies is all wrong, but on the other hand attempting to ‘fit in’ with the crew is also fraught with hazards, both social and physical… and…… […]
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Instructors’ tales: Tea’s Up
In which Bob Hammond discovers that, as the instructor aboard, his novice crew are likely to take him, very precisely, at his word… “Just try making it in the sink mate,” I suggested It is… […]
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London Light by Jim Lawrence
A Sailorman’s Story. As the age of sail as a widespread commercial activity drifts beyond memory, we increasingly have to go to the archives to find out how things were done. And so a book… […]
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Arthur, Nancy… and me
Peter Willis talks to Dan Houston (Classic Sailor) about his lifelong passion for the children’s author Arthur Ransome and his 1931 Hillyard cutterNancy Blackett. Peter was recognised in the 2019 Royal Yachting Association Volunteer Awards… […]
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