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Smugglers tales from a Dartmoor Inn

May 17, 2013 beverley yates Historic Events, Round Britain 2013, South West England

Adam Smith, 18th century economist advocating free trade describes a smuggler as “a person who, though no doubt blameable for[…]

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Force 10 gales and news of the fleet: 15 May 2013

May 16, 2013 beverley yates Round Britain 2013

As gales rage along the Cornish coast, the OGA fleet takes shelter in Plymouth, Fowey and Falmouth. We bring reports[…]

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Bristol Channel pilotage

May 16, 2013 beverley yates Bristol Channel, Working Sail

The fact that theirs was a tough life can be appreciated by this photo of Pill pilots and ‘Westernmen’ taken[…]

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Plymouth to Chichester single-handed

May 15, 2013 beverley yates Round Britain 2013, Sailing for Pleasure, Solent & English South Coast, Sou' by Sou' West 2017, South West England

We bring the final part from the skipper’s account of ‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, taking part in the OGA50[…]

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A tale of Cornish smuggling: Sennen, 1803

May 14, 2013 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, Round Britain 2013, South West England

In the 18th and early 19th centuries the fast sailing Cornish luggers were very profitably employed, during peace time in[…]

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60 mph squalls in Falmouth harbour: 14 May 2013

May 14, 2013 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, Round Britain 2013

It’s not often that one talks of epic boating adventures without so much as leaving one’s berth, on a ‘walk[…]

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Gale force winds: 14 May 2013

May 14, 2013 beverley yates Round Britain 2013

‘Bonify’ is being blown off the pontoon, preventing the skipper from getting back on board whilst the boat behind is[…]

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Still stormbound in Plymouth: 11 May 2013

May 11, 2013 beverley yates Round Britain 2013

Charles Bush, Mayflower Marina: “Due to continued unsettled weather the organisers of the Old Gaffers fleet have decided to postpone[…]

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‘Equinox’ makes passage from Dartmouth to Plymouth

May 10, 2013 beverley yates Round Britain 2013, Sailing for Pleasure, Sou' by Sou' West 2017, South West England

We bring the second of three parts from the skipper’s account of ‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, taking part in[…]

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Single-handed in fog from the Hamble to Brixham

May 7, 2013 beverley yates Round Britain 2013, Sailing for Pleasure, Solent & English South Coast, Sou' by Sou' West 2017, South West England

‘Equinox’, a Cornish Crabber 24, took part in the OGA50 ‘Round Britain Challenge’ in 2013 as one of the Relay[…]

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