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Shipwreck, explosion and loss of life: Calf of Man, 1852

January 6, 2021 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, Historic Events, Ireland, North West England, Wales

This extract is from the Illustrated London News, 8 January 1853 and reports on a horrific shipwreck and explosion with[…]

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Morecambe Fishermen’s Lifeboat, ‘Sir William Priestley’, 1934

January 4, 2021 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, North West England, Sailing for Pleasure, Working Sail

The Morecambe Fishermen’s Association provided their own lifeboats. The first was ‘Gyakhan’, a large rowing boat built in 1895, the[…]

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Deben Cherubs are alive and well 50 years on . . .

December 31, 2020 beverley yates English East Coast, Sailing for Pleasure

Everson’s yard on the River Deben, Suffolk produced one of the first series production yachts on the English East Coast,[…]

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‘Moya’ races in Trieste, June 2007

December 28, 2020 beverley yates Mediterranean, Adriatic & Aegean, North West England, Sailing for Pleasure

Originally built as a yacht by Crossfields of Arnside in north west England, ‘Moya’ had truly luxurious accommodation reported on[…]

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Hobart to Sydney race: December 2016

December 26, 2020 beverley yates Australia & New Zealand, Sailing for Pleasure

We bring a report from the December, 2016 Hobart to Sydney race, another historic event sadly cancelled, for the first[…]

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Christmas at Sea: Robert Louis Stevenson, 1888

December 24, 2020 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, North East England, Scotland

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, 1850, son of a lighthouse engineer. He loved to travel, despite poor health.[…]

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Crossfield of Arnside ‘Rivers Class’ yachts

December 19, 2020 beverley yates North West England, Sailing for Pleasure

Crossfields of Arnside were prolific boatbuilders on the north west coast of England from the 1840s until 1950s. Sadly, the[…]

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The approaching storm, 1874

December 14, 2020 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, North East England, Working Sail

The North Sea is renowned for its storms, which could spring up from nowhere, leaving few safe havens along the[…]

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Royal Naval losses off Deal: the great storm, November 1703

November 22, 2020 beverley yates English East Coast, Hazards & Challenges, Historic Events, Solent & English South Coast

The English East Coast town of Deal was well known to mariners in the 18th and 19th centuries. In this[…]

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Passage to Yarmouth, Norfolk

November 18, 2020 beverley yates English East Coast, Sailing for Pleasure

Going to Yarmouth by road or rail can often be relaxing and fast (usually from Norwich it takes no more[…]

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