New Schooner Association
By James Boyd The grace, power and complexity of classic schooners engenders great passion in all who see these wonderful examples of naval architecture, mostly heralding from that golden age of yacht construction in the [...]
Tall Ships join the Small Ships
by Max Mudie. The date of this year’s Small Ships Race - for smaller British Sail Training vessels - is Saturday 6th October. This annual Cowes based event, organised by Gosport charity the Association of [...]
Tall Ship Kaskelot sold to France
The Tall Ship Kaskelot has been sold to France and sailed to St Malo last Friday to begin life as a charter vessel in French hands, she has been renamed Le Francais. A group of [...]
IS SHE A LITTLE STRANGE?
Demeter at Auction. “She sails beautifully, fast, responsive, with a delightfully light touch and fine manners,” says Beccs Polden, as she shares reminiscences of this sweet 21ft canoe-sterned sloop that she last sailed in the [...]
Maritime awareness pack for schools
Press release from The Mission to Seafarers Launches First Maritime Education Pack for Primary Schools LONDON, 27th September 2018 – An education pack aimed at primary school pupils has been launched by The [...]
MS Amlin Seamanship Award 2018
The MS Amlin Seamanship Award 2018 has been presented to the four race crew of Sunsail 4018. Four ex-service personnel, from charity “Supporting Wounded Veterans”, raced on Sunsail 4018 in The Round the Island Race [...]
Ceiba’s stem goes up
The stem of Ceiba, the wooden carbon-negative cargo sailing ship being built in Costa Rica was manually hoisted high up into the air and installed recently. The stem construction in place The wood [...]
Trinity Sailing forced to sell boats
Part of Brixham's heritage fleet is to be sold after The Trinity Sailing Foundation, a charity which has taken thousands of disadvantaged people to sea for 20 years, announced it has to cease current operations [...]
60 years since Wharram crossed Atlantic
Jutta James and Ruth in New York with son Hannes (who did not make the crossing) It's sixty years since James Wharram and his two German girlfriends crossed the Atlantic Ocean from West [...]
Libby Purves to give memorial talk
By Peter Willis. Brian Hammett, who died on 20 September 2018, was a consummate sailor and a leading member of many yachting organisations, as well as a published Arthur Ransome authority. His memory is to [...]
Cornish Maritime History Day 2019
The eighth one-day programme dedicated to the history of maritime Cornwall is being held at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, in Falmouth, on Saturday, 5th October 2019. Researchers, whether in universities or based at home, [...]
Borrow a Boat launches club
Borrow A Boat, the online boat charter platform has launched Borrow A Boat Club the biggest, most accessible and affordable boat club in the world. With a portfolio of over 22,000 boats already operating in 75+ [...]