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15/febr./2024
A stout double-ender for cruising I’ve heard that New England sailors have seawater running through their veins and after meeting Margaret Pesaturo, I would say it’s true. Her grandparents were boatbuilders in Nova Scotia and she grew up near Massachusetts Bay, spending summers boating on Martha’s Vineyard. Margaret married her husband Ron in the early […]
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15/febr./2024

The fifth finisher in the 2022 Golden Globe Race, Jeremy Bagshaw shares how he prepared his OE32 for a non-stop circumnavigation alone

At 32ft, Olleanna was the smallest boat in the 2022 Golden Globe Race fleet, but had the second longest waterline and was one of just five boats to finish. Credit: GGR2022/DD&JJ

How to sail around the world in a 32ft yacht

She was one of the saddest boats I’d ever seen, but her lines were beautiful.

Olleanna, an Olle Enderlein-designed OE 32 with a dark blue hull...

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14/febr./2024

The Reverend Bob Shepton, who has spent decades sailing and climbing in the high latitudes, has been honoured by the Ocean Cruising Club

Now in his 80s, Bob Shepton is an expert on the waters around Greenland

Bob Shepton, who has spent years sailing and mountain climbing in Greenland and Arctic Canada, has been awarded the Ocean Cruising Club’s Lifetime Award.

The former Royal Marine officer, who is an ordained minister in the Church of England, is no stranger to awards.

He won the Yachting Journalists’...

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14/febr./2024

The skipper of Pen Duick VI, Marie Tabarly and her crew are the first entrants to cross the finish line in Leg 3 of the Ocean Globe Race

Pen Duick VI crossed the line at Punta del Este after racing for 30 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes and 28 seconds. Credit: JJ/Ocean Globe Race

Marie Tabarly, the Breton skipper of Pen Duick VI, has not been shy in expressing her frustration during the...

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13/febr./2024

Pat Manley and Oliver Ballam demystify boat electrics and explain wiring and the best techniques for its installation

Inserting a draw rod. Credit: Fernhurst Books

Boat wiring explained for the practical sailor

Electrical wire used on boats should be tinned (covered in solder) along its whole length.

This is expensive, so most production boats have ‘automotive-type’ wire, which allows...

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12/febr./2024

A very interesting boat with a long keel, which makes it slightly unusual for a dinghy

Veronique has a long keel – great for sailing, not so great when launching. Credit: Clive Marsh

When sailing a little open boat at sea there are times when an outboard engine can get you into a fast drying river or harbour when the wind has died and the ebbing tide is too strong for rowing.

Sail and oar...

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09/febr./2024

Maiden crew members Vuyisile Jaca, Junella King and Maryama Seck have made history by becoming the first black female crew members to race around Cape Horn

Junella King, 23, from Antigua has become the youngest black female crew member to race around Cape Horn. Credit: ©The Maiden Factor-OGR2023

Maiden and her all-female crew are no strangers to making history.

In the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race, Tracy Edwards and her team broke glass ceilings by becoming the first all-female crew to take part in a round the...

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09/febr./2024

Ocean Globe Race IRC leader Translated 9 has been forced to divert to the Falkland Islands after the Swan 65 suffered hull damage

The crew of Translated 9 are now slowly sailing to the Falkland Islands. Credit: Translated 9

Since the start, Ocean Globe Race leader, Translated 9 has successfully kept their spot at the top of the IRC rankings, but this could be all about to change, after the...

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09/febr./2024

Retrofitting a marine hybrid drive system can offer quiet motoring, precision docking and regeneration under sail. Jake Kavanagh explains

Arens Motors Syprop can run on petrol or methanol and provides 14.3hp of thermal drive, 4kW of power generation and 5kW (6.5hp) of electric drive

Leisure marine engines are generally used so little that they tend to corrode out rather than wear out, so until recently there has been little incentive to retrofit a...

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08/febr./2024

Broom Boats of Brundall is on the market. The Broads boating business has a marina, hire fleet, pub and marine workshop for repairs and maintenance work

Broom Boats has a hire fleet of 32 boats, as well as a marina, pub and workshop on its site by the River Yare

Broom Boats, which has a 78-berth marina and hire fleet on the Norfolk Broads, is to be sold.

The sale is taking place on behalf of the Broom Marine Group which owns the 8.6 acre site...

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