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Start of the 30,000 mile Golden Globe Race
French sailor Philippe Philippe Péché aboard his Rustler 36 PRB took an early lead at the start. Photo: Tim Bishop Gregor McGuckin (IRE) on his Biscay 36 ketch Hanley Energy Endurance, leads Mark Sinclair (AUS) in his Lello 35 Coconut. Photo: Christophe Favreau Mark Slats (NED) gives the thumbs up from his Rustler 36 Ophen Maverick. Photo: Christophe Favreau Abhilash […]
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Adrift director talks to Classic Sailor
Adrift’s director talks to Classic Sailor’s Guy Venables about the realism of the sea and onboard scenes from the new movie, opening in UK cinemas this weekend 29 June 2018. This is the first video for our new You Tube account so please share it around! [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=”” […]
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Adrift is one of the best sailing films ever made
2018, Dir Baltasar Kormakur, Sony Pictures, UK12, DVD, 92 min It is with trepidation that the sailor approaches a sailing film. All too often realisms are compromised for the sake of safety, cost or general ignorance. Not so in Adrift, a life affirming, tragic and uplifting film based around a couple’s (played by Shailene Woodley […]
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Turn to Starboard comes to the Solent
A Cornish sailing charity has announced the official launch of its new Solent-based racing division, and is calling out for injured veterans to get on board – the cahrity has also announced a campaign to raise £100K for its new boat (see below). Turn to Starboard uses sail training to support Armed Forces personnel affected […]
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RNLI Poole’s new boathouse, and boat
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution) (RNLI) commissioned its new floating Boathouse at Poole on June 23 and named its latest inshore inflatable D class, the D-804 Gladys Maud Burton. The boat is named after Gladys Maud Burton, who lived locally in Lilliput, and died in February 2010 aged 100. Gladys lived by the sea all […]
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Buckler’s Hard Museum affiliates with Royal Navy museum
Buckler’s Hard Maritime Museum has been formally welcomed to The National Museum of the Royal Navy’s affiliate partnership scheme. With a shared history dating back to the 18th century, where warships were built on the Beaulieu river using oak from the New Forest the two museums look forward to developing new stories together on the […]
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20 new jobs at Oyster as Lloyd’s agrees to supervise all new builds
Oyster Yachts will be creating 20 new jobs by bringing its moulding production in house for the first time with a new facility in Norfolk. The move coincides with Lloyd’s Register EMEA (LR) agreeing a safety certification process which will be implemented on all newly built yachts. The renowned maritime safety classification society will now […]
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Oarsome fundraisers enjoy ‘row of a lifetime’ in first Portsmouth Pull
Four teams of fundraisers for the youth development charity, Oarsome Chance, enjoyed the ‘row of a lifetime’ around Portsmouth Harbour in the inaugural Portsmouth Pull on Saturday (16 June). The 10km (5.3 nautical mile) course took the 21 rowers in identical 23-ft St Ayles rowing skiffs Little Victory and Little Warrior past Portsmouth’s iconic landmarks […]
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Joshua joins Golden Globe fleet in Brittany
And no, she didn’t round Cape Horn before Robin Knox-Johnston… Two great men of the sea, Britain’s Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and French hero Bernard Moitessier never met or communicated with each other during the first Golden Globe solo round the world Race 50 years go, but their equally famous yachts, Suhaili and Joshua finally came […]
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Lifeboat called out twice to same yacht
From RNLI: The volunteer crew of the Sheerness RNLI all weather lifeboat The George and Ivy Swanson launched at 11.15 pm on Friday 15 June after a call from the UK Coastguard reported that a yacht had run aground and was taking on water in the area of Grain Power Station outfall off the Isle […]
