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‘Robinetta’ approaches Ushant in fog

We bring another tale from the log of ‘Robinetta’, during her summer cruise, 31 May, 2018. She’s approaching Ushant in fog and,[…]

Captain George Buck recollects two night watches, five miles southwest of the Wolf Rock, waiting for an expected ship from[…]

This extract is from an article by Audrey Faith Parker, ‘An eventful trip in a Tubby Little Ship’, originally published[…]

In this extract by Daniel Defoe, he reflects on the town of Plymouth, noting its importance as a safe anchorage[…]

Many ships have been lost off the westernmost rocks of the Isles of Scilly, one of the most well known[…]

9 – 10 June, 1938 finds ‘Robinetta’ sailing from Ornsay to Mallaig and through the ‘Small Isles’ of Rhum, Eigg[…]

Île Vierge marks the south-western limit of the English Channel and is a small islet off the approach to l’Aber[…]

Four naval ships and over 1300 men were lost on the dangerous rocks and reefs around the Isles of Scilly[…]

In this extract from ‘Cruises of the Joan’, the skipper faces the prospect of sailing the remainder of his round[…]

In this first part of an extract from the 1911 cruising log of W. F. Thompson, we find him sailing[…]