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Yacht is dismasted in collision with container ship
From a release by the Maritime Executive The UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) reported Sunday that a yacht was dismasted in a collision with a container ship off Ramsgate. The Ramsgate Lifeboat center launched on Sunday morning to render aid to a small single-handed yacht which had collided with a box ship 20 nm […]
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Señor Nardi and his Nods…
One of our best regular features covers the great number of glassfibre classics that are out there. It’s written by Federico Nardi, of Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario, in Italy and he knows his boats! (Translation is by the photographer James Robinson Taylor.) We’ve done 12 of them now and there are more to come. One of […]
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Martyn Heighton, director of National Historic Ships, dies.
We are very sad to hear that Martyn Heighton, the charismatic director and chair of National Historic Ships, has died. Martyn was involved in setting up the NHS – an over-arching body which has brought funding, expertise, knowledge and value to Britain’s disparate fleet of old boats. He is said to have died in his […]
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Barges in the Pool of London
Nine Thames Sailing barges gathered to sail through Tower Bridge and into the Pool of London, in an event being called the Hit Parade. Seeing this many barges together upriver is quite rare – though once they would have been a common sight, with thousands registered to the London River and around the ports of […]
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Apprentices learning leadership skills
A team of apprentices from the construction company Balfour Beatty tested their skills with a weekend of water-based activities with a sailing charity. Emerging Talent apprentices visited Turn to Starboard in Falmouth and set sail on board the Spirit of Falmouth, where they adopted the role of crew members to learn leadership skills. The 11-strong […]
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Couta Boats
The famous workboats of Australia – the Couta boats – are featured in the current (CS12) issue of Classic Sailor with a good argument as to why they make the perfect daysailers. As a good example of how seriously the Ozzies take their sailing we feature their prime minister Malcolm Turnbull at the helm of […]
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Lloyd’s Registers of Yachts – all of them, on one USB
As reported in CS, the monumental task of converting the 94 volumes of Lloyd’s Register of Yachts has been completed and compiled on a memory stick by the Association of Yachting Historians. And now (just in time for Christmas) the sticks are available to buy from the association’s website. Cost is £95 – or £85 […]
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Two new colours for International Toplac
From International: AkzoNobel has extended its International® Toplac® range of high-performance paints with the introduction of two new colours. Toplac, a single component, long-lasting, high-gloss finish, has been admired on boats for many years. It is noted for its performance and ease of use. Toplac’s fast-drying and smooth-flowing silicone alkyd formula produces a deep lustrous […]
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Cheeky Rafiki Charter Company owner faces manslaughter charge over her sinking
This report is taken from BBC News. The MAIB report of the accident can be downloaded: HERE. Doug Innes, director of the firm that managed the Cheeki Rafiki yacht has been charged with manslaughter after she capsized in 2014, killing all four crew. The 40ft yacht had been missing in the North Atlantic when she was […]
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Keep Sailing This Winter.
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