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Children’s authors come together to tackle ocean plastics
Press release from the Marine Conservation Society: 50 of the UK’s best-known children’s authors and illustrators have joined forces to launch AUTHORS-4-OCEANS, a campaign to encourage both the book industry and young readers to ditch the plastic. Authors and illustrators including Sir Michael Morpurgo, Katherine Rundell, Chris Riddell, Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake and Jackie Morris, […]
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Environmental concerns feature at 50th Southampton Boat Show
50th Southampton Boat Show Southampton, SO15 1AG Friday 14 – Sunday 23 September 2018 10am – 6.30pm from 14-22 September and 10am – 6pm on Sunday 23 September Press release from British Marine: The London Boat Show may be cancelled but the Southampton Boat show is set to be the biggest celebration of all things […]
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CNN on the Golden Globe Race
CNN on the Golden Globe Race – Shirely Robertson interviews RKJ and others about the original race in Suhaili and the upcoming recreation of the race from the Sables D’Olonne in France… on July 1st https://edition.cnn.com/videos/sports/2018/05/10/robin-knox-johnston-golden-globe-race-suhaili-1968-2018-mainsail-show-spt.cnn […]
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London Boat Show 2019 is cancelled
• NEXT YEAR’S SHOW WILL GO • 2018’s FIVE DAY FORMAT WASN’T SUPPORTED • SOUTHAMPTON SHOW WILL BE BOOSTED British Marine, organisers of the London Boat Show have announced that the 2019 show will not take place. The show was due to run at ExCeL London from 9-13 January 2019,but after research by the independent […]
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Looe men celebrate a win in the pilot gig championships
2,000 rowers competed in the World Pilot Gig Championships on the Isles of Scilly from May 4 – 6 The men’s Pilot Gig rowing crew from Looe, in Currah’s Pride, have won the the 29th annual World Pilot Gig Championships on 4-6 May ending Falmouth’s recent dominance of the event. Caradon (Ann Glanville) were second […]
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Lively Lady to sail at Hamble Classics 2018
Sir Alec Rose’s famous round-the-world yacht Lively Lady will be sailing in this year’s Hamble Classics Regatta on 15-16th September at the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Now under the stewardship of Alan Priddy, Lively Lady is back in commission after a complete refit and will be celebrating her homecoming to Portsmouth in 1968 on July 8th […]
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Felicity Ann sails again
Ann Davison’s famous pocket cruiser is restored in America [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”] By Ellinor Walters Felicity Ann – at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding Ann Davison’s Felicity Ann, the 1949 Mashfords-built, 23-foot double […]
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Douglas Innes escapes jail
Sailing School director Doug Innes has escaped jail after receiving a suspended 15-month prison sentence when he and his company Stormforce Coaching were convicted of failing to operate the yacht Cheeki Rafiki in a safe manner under section 100 of the Merchant Shipping Act. Cheeki Rafiki turned turtle and threw her four crew into the […]
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South Georgia is free of rats
After 200 years of wreaking havoc on the local wildlife rats have at last been eradicated from the South Atlantic British island of South Georgia. The biggest rat eradication programme was declared a success this week when a survey of the British Overseas Territory found no trace of the rodents that had been attacking the […]
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Cowes Spring Classics
Cowes Spring Classics begins tomorrow May 11. This is a new regatta for wooden classics designed before 1970. The regatta runs til Sunday 13 May and will be based at Shepards Wharf Marina. The organisers, Mary Scott-Jackson of MSJ Events and Martin Nott, a local wooden boat builder, felt that it would be a welcome addition to the […]
