Category: Yarns
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Lucy L Ford: Blind Navigation
In which Lucy describes sailing with a very short-sighted skipper I had noticed that there had been much squinting at the chart plotter, and now he tells me… I sometimes wonder whether the blonde slim… […]
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My she was yar
On the eastern seaboard of the United States a boat is said to be yar (or yare pronounced yar) when she is well balanced on the helm, quick and handy. This clip is from the… […]
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Andrew Bray: Anchors
I was taught early on that an anchor and cable are the best insurance policy money can buy. But which is the best type? So what is the best anchor? The Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans… […]
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It’s not what you say
– but the way you say it. More on the need for nautical language, with some new terms By Andrew Bray Illustration: Guy venables I touched on the subject of marine terminology in… […]
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Docking contest – Pocomoke
You know the way the RYA teaches you to come alongside? Well over in Maryland, amidst a cloud of black diesel smoke… this is the other way to do it! This year’s contest on on… […]
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Chilgrove Gin: The grape, not the grain
BY GUY VENABLES Not far from where I live the first English gin to use alcohol distilled from grapes, rather than grain, is to be born. And Chilgrove is its… […]
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Andrew Bray: The New Foiling Catamarans
‘The 500% increase in speed was not linear over the 164 years’ I am only too keenly aware that there are many of you reading this who know very much more than I know, or… […]
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Lucy L Ford: Fighting the urge (to use the heads) at sea
Lucy L Ford on some strenuous and sensuous on-board experiences Before it is even possible to get the knickers off one has to get rid of about four layers of heavy weather sailing gear… […]
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