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‘Robinetta’ approaches Ushant in fog

May 31, 2020 beverley yates France, Hazards & Challenges, Sailing for Pleasure

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

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‘Out punt!’: the Bristol pilot’s call

January 3, 2020 beverley yates Bristol Channel, Working Sail

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

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Round Land’s End in a ‘tubby little ship’: 1946

November 30, 2019 beverley yates Sailing for Pleasure, South West England

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

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Perilous storms in Plymouth Sound: 1703

November 7, 2019 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, Historic Events, Sou' by Sou' West 2017, South West England

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

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Bishop Rock and Wolf Rock lighthouses

October 1, 2019 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, Sou' by Sou' West 2017, South West England

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

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Cruising the ‘Small Isles’ in 1938

June 9, 2019 beverley yates Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland

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

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The rocky coast of Finistère: lighthouses, lifeboats and seaweed

April 25, 2019 beverley yates France, France 2015 & 2016, Hazards & Challenges

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

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Shipwreck off St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, 1707

August 7, 2017 beverley yates Hazards & Challenges, Historic Events, Sou' by Sou' West 2017, South West England

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

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Cruise of the ‘Joan’: Beaumaris to St Mawes, 1923

July 31, 2017 beverley yates Sailing for Pleasure, Sou' by Sou' West 2017, South West England, Wales

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

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Cruise of ‘Joybird’, west coast of Scotland: 1911

May 20, 2017 beverley yates Sailing for Pleasure, Scotland

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

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