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Corruption behind Global trade in Burma’s stolen teak
CRIME AND CORRUPTION OF MYANMAR’S ILLEGAL TEAK TRADE GOES TO THE HEART OF GOVERNMENT BANGKOK: For three decades, the multi-million dollar international trade in Burmese teak has been riddled with crime and high-level corruption, driving conflict and human rights abuses in Myanmar. Now, a two-year undercover investigation by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) […]
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Mild steel welding fumes and cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has released new scientific data, that links exposure to mild steel welding fumes with possible causes of lung and kidney cancer. The Workplace Health Expert Committee, part of the UK Health and Safety Executive, have now endorsed re-classifying mild steel welding fumes as carcinogenic to humans. The Health […]
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Clubs share knowledge to attract young sailors
The RYA’s club conferences are looking at ways of attracting younger sailors. While sailors aged 55+ are maintaining an interest in the sport, the numbers of younger sailors are between 44% and 64% down in the last 15 years (see below). So perhaps with this in mind numbers were up at the regional series of […]
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Packing bags… to go sailing
Ten cadets from Weir Quay Sailing Club spent their Saturday at Morrison’s supermarket, in Tavistock, packing bags to raise funds for their forthcoming trip on the historic 1892 Brixham Trawler Leader. The vessel belongs to the Trinity Sailing Foundation and the charity takes disadvantaged young people, from across the UK, on residential sail training voyages. […]
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Fife Regatta planned for 2020
Fife’s designs to return to the Clyde A fifth instalment of the prestigious and idiosyncratic Fife Regatta is being planned for June next year. Starting from Largs marina close to the heritage village of Fairlie where the three generations of Wm Fife built their famous boats, the regatta will follow a similar format to the […]
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Transat Classique: All bar one are home
All bar one of the nine boats that competed in the Panerai Transat Classique, from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands to St Kitts in the WIndies, have crossed the line and are in Christophe Harbour. From the start only the three masted bermudan schooner Xarifa appeared to be heading due west, with the rest of […]
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Van Den Heede wins Golden Globe Race
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede has won the Golden Globe Race, crossing the finishing line at 1013hrs GMT this morning after a 30,000 nM race which saw him rolled and having to round Cape Horn with a damaged rig, writes Dan Houston. The 73 year old veteran of five (now six!) circumnavigations was returning to […]
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Round the Island Race Entries Open
Press release from organisers: Round the Island Race entries for 2019 open Entry fees to remain at 2018 level The Round the Island Race 2019 is set to attract thousands of sailors from all over Great Britain, mainland Europe and from as far away as the USA, to the Isle of Wight on […]
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Beale Park is cancelled
The boat show for small craft, at Beale Park on the Thames near Pangbourne, has been cancelled for this year, with no further plans to revive the show next year. The organisers, See it for real Productions, say it has been difficult to raise interest from exhibitors. The show specialist took over the show in […]
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Slats eats into Van Den Heede’s lead
Golden Globe Race: 199th day at sea – Mark Slats is 34 nM behind Van Den Heede as they come within 1600nM of the finish line Difference in distance to finish now reduced to 34.3 miles Slats runs out of fresh water – has been using emergency desalinator for past week Those barnacles return Questions raised […]
