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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard reopens
From Portsmouth we have the good news that the heritage maritime sites are reopening on Monday August 24. “We are delighted to announce that we will be reopening our sites in Portsmouth and Gosport next week. This follows on from the hugely successful reopening of Yeovilton last week, with Hartlepool all set to re-open in […]
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Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2021 cancelled
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival planned for February 2021 will not be proceeding, the festival’s General Manager Mr Paul Stephanus announced today. Mr Stephanus said that considerable planning had already gone into next year’s festival and it is disappointing that it cannot proceed as planned. “Being such a large festival with an enviable international reputation […]
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Pilot Cutter enriches Charlestown
Charlestown Harbour welcomes a new boat, Mascotte – the largest surviving Bristol Chanel Pilot Cutter – which also marks the launch of a new charitable sailing charity using Mascotte, called Rich’s Boat. The charity, named after Mascotte’s longterm skipper Richard Clapham who tragically took his own life last year, seeks to make sailing more accessible and champion positive […]
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Club of the Year?
Applications are open for the 2021 RYA Club of the Year Award. Applications are now open for the RYA Club of the Year Awards which celebrate the outstanding achievement and promote the hard work of sailing clubs in the UK. All RYA affiliated clubs across the UK are eligible to apply and the Awards Panel […]
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New berthing at Bembridge
Duver Marina In the changed environment of social distancing, the impact of which is likely to be long-lasting, the management at Bembridge Harbour have taken the decision, as a direct result of Covid-19, to remodel the Duver visitors’ pontoon. Historically, the Harbour has been well known for boats “rafting out” on what was basically one […]
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Excelsior is back at sea
East Anglia’s most historic ship takes to sea again Excelsior, the 99 year old traditional gaff rigged fishing ketch known as a ‘smack’ is allowed to leave harbour thanks to the lifting of Covid19 restrictions. Adapting to Covid19 means Excelsior, the iconic Lowestoft-built sailing smack at long last is able to take passengers out for […]
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Young man falls to his death on Dar Mlodziezy
A young student has fallen to his death while on a training day with the Polish Tall Ship Dar Młodzieży. The 387ft ship, sailing out of her home port of Gdynia had around 150 people on board including students from the West Pomeranian Centre for Maritime Education and Polytechnic Education in Szczecin during a series […]
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New race from RORC
From Trish Jenkins, (RORC): The Royal Ocean Racing Club returns to racing on August 1st with Race the Wight. The RORC will now put in place a mini series of long day races which will include the’Race the Wight’ on Saturday August 1st, a round the cans day race in the Channel on Saturday […]
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Chichester Harbour Welcomes BBC Countryfile
Chichester Harbour Conservancy has welcomed the BBC Countryfile team, for an episode which will broadcast on Sunday 26th July. Filming focused on the unique features of Chichester Harbour as well as some of the key projects taking place in the area, notably habitat restoration, scientific research into microplastics and wildlife success. Matt Baker and Anita […]
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Cowes Classics Week 2021
NEW DATES ANNOUNCED FOR 2021 COWES CLASSICS WEEK The Royal London Yacht Club, organisers of Cowes Classics Week, have new dates for the recently cancelled regatta saying it will now be held from 3 – 9 July with racing from 5 July, 2021. As previously announced, the original intention was to hold the regatta at […]