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Falls of Clyde returning to Scotland
The world’s last iron four masted ship, Falls of Clyde, built in 1878, has a date for returning to Scotland for restoration, but desperately needs a funding campaign to take off in order for that to happen. Save Falls of Clyde, a Glasgow-based non-profit group have a date of February 3 2019 for Sevenstar’s lift […]
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Mooring line made of recycled plastic bottles
Marlow Ropes is launching a mooring rope made using 100% recycled plastic. Blue Ocean Dockline, is the first ‘technically better’ premium dockline rope manufactured using yarns wholly made from plastic bottles. “The development and production of recycled polyester (rPET) yarn combined with Marlow’s engineering expertise has resulted in this latest rope innovation,” the company says. […]
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RIP Jeremy Lines – C&N’s archivist
Jeremy Lines, the prominent yachting archivist for Camper and Nicholson, where he was the chief designer for many years has died in Gosport aged 88. Jeremy was a well respected member of the Association of Yachting Historians (AYH) and had recently been involved with the late Theo Rye, and also the GL Watson expert Martin […]
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Antigua promises more challenging racing
Introducing windward starts and new courses to make sure that the racing is both safer and more challenging are the aims of the new steering committee for the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, annoucned this week. The committee, listed below is chaired by the long-standing organiser Carlo Falcone who runs the 1938 79ft William Fife design […]
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Maiden stops in Plymouth
Tracy Edwards’ restored maxi yacht Maiden set off on her 54,000 mile round-the-world voyage promoting education for girls last week, but has put into Plymouth for repairs. Maiden had seen her voyage delayed by several weeks as issues to do with coding the vessel and other matters were sorted out. She left the Hamble bound for […]
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Sir David Attenborough receives Maritime Fellowship Award
First Sea Lord honours creativity and journalism at the 2018 Maritime Media Awards Sir David Attenborough, the well-known broadcaster and naturalist has won the prestigious Maritime Fellowship Award for raising public awareness of how life on earth depends on the oceans, at the 23rd annual Maritime Media Awards held at Drapers’ Hall in the City […]
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Captain Oates’ yacht in WW1 centenary parade
Captain Oates’ former yacht Saunterer is joining other century old classic yachts in Dartmouth on Sunday, 11 November 2018 for a short parade on the River Dart to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. 100 years to the day after the end of the First World War in 1918, three […]
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Beaulieu Boat Jumble Cancelled
The famous Beaulieu Boat Jumble will not happen in April 2019 The Beaulieu Estate has decided not to stage the famous Boat Jumble, which has run almost every year since 1978, citing poor weather (which cancelled the event in 2012) and a decline in support reflecting the wider downturn in the fortunes of the marine […]
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IN WATERS DEEP
On the 100th anniversary of the Armistice of WW1, Eileen Mahoney’s poem In Waters Deep, conveys the loss of so many sailors killed during the conflict [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=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] An oft-unsung service, were the […]
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Jean-Luc Van Den Heede “will carry on”
Race leader will continue after knock-down and mast damage but gets 18 hour time penalty for calling wife on satphone [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=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Poor old Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, who suffered a knockdown […]