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Category: Celtic Cruise 2016

Cruise of ‘Joybird’, Portree to Howth: 1911

May 20, 2017 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Ireland, Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland

In this second part of an extract from the cruising log of W. F. Thompson, we join him sailing with[…]

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Cruise of the ‘Joan’: Blindfold to Belfast, 1923

April 19, 2017 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Ireland, Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland

‘Cruises of the Joan’ is from a delightful series, the Lodestar Library, featuring ‘interesting, the unusual, and the downright eccentric[…]

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19 footers only head for Scotland

August 15, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Hazards & Challenges, Ireland, North West England, Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland

With the bad weather forecasts, most skippers have decided to head for Strangford Lough. Strong winds are forecast so ‘Step[…]

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Changing plans: bad weather forecast

August 10, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Hazards & Challenges, Ireland, Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland, Wales

Sitting at the fire in December and thinking of next year’s sailing season we only remember the summer sunshine, so[…]

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Fishing fleet in Peel Harbour: 1940

August 6, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Ireland, North West England, Working Sail

This short archive video from 1940 takes us back to the days when the Peel fishing fleet was active. It[…]

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OGA boats muster at Peel

August 5, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Ireland, North West England, Scotland, Wales

The Peel Traditional Boat Weekend has been running since 1990 and is a popular event for traditional craft with a[…]

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1950s family holiday on the Isle of Man

August 4, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, North West England, Working Sail

This ten minute film from British Pathé shows life on the Isle of Man in the 1950s with glimpses of[…]

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A hazardous sail from Peel in ‘Sheila’ c.1910

July 31, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Hazards & Challenges, Ireland, Sailing for Pleasure

Originally published in ‘Yachting Monthly’, May 1933, this extract is from a series of articles by Robert E. Groves, regular[…]

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Memories: a poem by Robert E. Groves

June 30, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland

In this short poem by Robert E. Groves, regular contributor to ‘Yachting Monthly, yachtsman and artist, we hear his reflections[…]

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Tarbert: what’s in a name?

June 26, 2016 beverley yates Celtic Cruise 2016, Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland

Did you ever arrange to meet someone at Tarbert in Scotland, and find there’s more than one? In this extract[…]

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