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CNN shelves Shirley and Mainsail
British Olympic sailor and TV presenter Shirley Robertson has announced that CNN Mainsail the programme she has fronted as part of the American broadcaster’s global sporting coverage for the past 13 years, has been shelved. “At best the future is uncertain, although the search is still fully on for a new supporter,” she says referring […]
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Princess Anne made honorary member of CA
HRH The Princess Royal accepts Honorary Membership of the Cruising Association Princess Anne has accepted an invitation to become an Honorary Member of the Cruising Association (CA), joining an elite group that includes sailing legend Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and the prolific nautical author, Rod Heikell. As an Honorary Member, The Princess Royal receives all the […]
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German trader reported for illegal teak
Key supplier was ‘teak kingpin’ who colluded with officials to defraud Myanmar Evidence of serious repeated violations of the European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) by a trader of Myanmar teak has been submitted to German and European enforcement authorities by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The evidence shows that multiple shipments of Myanmar teak […]
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The beautiful Morgan Giles 43s
Catching up with the beautiful Morgan Giles 43s – now sailing again as a fleet (after they were sold out of the Royal Navy in the 1980s) and being run by Classic Sail, of Chichester, West Sussex. [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” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” […]
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Blue Plaque at Sir Alec Rose’s Grocery
Alec Rose, the yachtsman Grocer from Southsea who sailed around the world in Lively Lady in 1967/68 has been honoured in his home town with a blue plaque over the shop which he used to run as a greengrocer. This is said to be the place where Rose did some of the planning for his […]
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Girl who was rescued now rescues others
When she was 17 Lorraine Galvin spent two and a half hours in freezing seas after her rowing boat capsized. Today, she is an RNLI lifeboat helm, college lecturer and mum to 8-year-old Lauren who is growing up within the lifeboat family. “I bring my daughter with me to the station every evening. When my pager […]
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Uku wins 3rd and Don pulls out of 2022
Golden Globe Race – Les Sables D’Olonne: Uku Randmaa crossed the finish line at 0900 GMT on Sunday March 10, securing his place as the third to finish in the gruelling round the world solo sailing marathon where only 13 out of the 18 yachts which started were forced to retire through gear failure or […]
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Maidens win
As the film of Maiden opened in selected cinemas across the UK Tracy Edwards was being honoured as the joint winner of the Yachtsman of the Year trophy, together with Nikki Henderson. And in a hat-trick for women and sailing the Young Sailor of the Year Award also went to a girl – 15-year-old Emily […]
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Restoring Tally Ho talk with Leo Goolden
The Royal Ocean Racing Club is hosting a talk by Leo Gooden who is a couple of years into restoring his Albert Strange 1927 Fastnet winning cutter Tally Ho Leo’s talk will be on Tue, 23 April 2019 from 19:00 – 22:00 BST Built in 1910 Tally Ho is Albert Strange’s largest surviving yacht, and […]
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Maiden – How Tracy Edwards broke the women-at-sea myth
Documentary 2018 Dir: Alex Holmes 93 mins Maiden opens in UK cinemas on Friday 8th March This is a truly inspirational film. It takes us back a bit, though not too far, to 1989 and the Round the World Whitbread – a gruelling nine-month yacht race presided over by lantern-jawed skippers and winch-grinding gorillamen, testosterone […]