Category: Our Stories
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The amazing museum of sailors’ knots
Having hosted his own Museum of Knots and Sailors’ Ropework in his Ipswich back garden since 1996 the red-capped sage-of-sennit Des Pawson had another knotty problem to solve… Namely what to do with the hundreds… […]
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Maurice Bailey talks about his 117days adrift
This is a lovely short film, by Alvaro Cerezo, featuring the late Maurice Bailey who, with his wife Maralyn spent 117 days adrift in a liferaft in the Pacific Ocean in 1972. The couple sold… […]
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Irish boats at Dragonflies’ 70th
Waldringfield Sailing Club, River Deben, Suffolk By Julia Jones. The weekend of September 5th-7th 2019 saw Waldringfield Sailing Club celebrating 70 years of its 14ft (4.3m) one- design ‘Dragonfly’ class (1949). And in a return… […]
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A Classic Boat?
David Greenwood of finding a boat that matched his desire to cruise the coast and canals, and the depth of his pockets… I was looking for a boat for my retirement in France. I had… […]
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The Fully-Rigged Ship
The full-rigged or fully-rigged ship was an excellent example of early industrial standardisation, writes Dan Houston. With the trade of the sailor being international there was a need to rig ships in the same way,… […]
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Seahorses found in the Thames
Marine biologists from the Zoological Society of London, a conservation charity working on the River Thames have reported more evidence of seahorses living in London’s iconic waterway. The sighting of a sixth individual animal in… […]
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How Nelson was carried home
Trafalgar Day, 21 October, not only marks one of Admiral Nelson’s great sea victories, in 1805, but also his demise and the beginning of a tradition known as the Immortal Memory – where basically you… […]
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Our next boat
Long term cruiser Richard Toyne on the process of choosing the boat to replace his beloved liveaboard ketch Sigfrid When Magali and I decided to sell, our 34ft 6in (10.6m) steel ketch, and buy… […]
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Dominic Pérotin – Marine Artist
Painting onto wood If you want something very unique and boaty then check out these maritime miniatures from Brittany-based artist Dominic Pérotin. Inspired mainly by classics – both workboats and yachts, she creates works that… […]
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