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Children sail to raise money for YMCA
Thousands raised as local children sail the seas to tackle social issues A relay-style sailing adventure around the UK coastline has raised more than £18,000 so far in aid of the Newark in Nottinghamshire YMCA, to fund its new Community and Activity Village. 80, mostly school age, sailing novices from the inland district were involved […]
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Olaf Harken dies aged 80
• Co-founder of the blocks and rigging multinational dies in Pewaukee Wisconsin. • He is survived by Ruth, his wife of 47 years, three daughters, four granddaughters and a grandson. • Preliminary plans include a visitation and service Saturday morning, October 26 at Galilee Lutheran Church in Pewaukee, followed by a celebration at Harken HQ. […]
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World’s first 3-D printed boat
A 25ft power patrol boat has been ‘printed’ by the University of Maine at its Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono, Maine. The event also unveiled the world’s largest polymer 3-D printer which is an astonishing six times larger than any 3-D printer before it. The two-and-a-half ton boat, called 3Dirigo took just 72 […]
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British wooden dinghy shortlisted for award
Peter Newbery-Thornton of Devon Wooden Boats is a finalist for the Dinghy of the Year Award for his new Dash dinghy, built in wood as a high performance single handed sailer at his yard in Totnes. The 12.2′ (3.7m) dinghy weighs just 60 kg sans rig and offers several different sizes of rig to suit […]
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Brexit and going foreign
The RYA and British Marine, the two largest leisure marine sector member organisations in the UK, have been working closely together to seek and obtain greater clarification as regards the free movement of pleasure craft in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. Whilst by no means comprehensive or necessarily definitive, HMRC and the European Commission […]
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Build your own sea chest
Who wouldn’t want to own a classic sailor’s sea chest – especially if you’d built it yourself. A course is being run which allows participants to do just that – at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, in St Michaels, Maryland. From 10am–4pm Thursday, Nov. 7–Sunday, Nov. 10, guests are invited to enrol at the CBMM […]
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Some news in brief
• UK America’s Cup challenge Britannia launches • British Olympic sailing team for Tokyo 2020 announced • More wind farms • Moving a 1700s house… by barge October 4, Portsmouth UK: Sir Ben Ainslie’s INEOS TEAM UK have named their first AC75 boat Britannia (above) for the 36th America’s Cup. She was named by Julia […]
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Foundation celebrates 20 Years and £51m of grants
Peter Harrison Foundation aids 20 Sailing Charities and Projects. The Peter Harrison Foundation will celebrate 20 years of helping sailing charities with grants of money in November 2019. Founded by successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, Peter Harrison KGCN CBE, the Peter Harrison Foundation and the Peter Harrison Heritage Foundation – a second grant giving charity set […]
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Small ships race despite light winds
By Max Mudie for ASTO. Given that the remains of Storm Lorenzo were evident both before and after this race, it was always going to be a choice of too much wind or none at all: so the ASTO race committee, mindful of the young sailors in the fleet, let the tide do the work […]
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International Dragon 90th Anniversary Regatta
Sanremo, Italy, October 2019 – 162 Dragon boats have gathered for the 90th anniversary of the class. Full results can be found at www.dragon90.com and you can follow the regatta on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and at www.dragon90.com Denmark’s Jens Christensen Declared Champion at Dragon 90thAnniversary Regatta powered by Paul & Shark L-R Jens Christensen, […]