13 August 2013
The story of King Canute commanding the waves not to break over his land is often interpreted as showing his arrogance. In fact it is more likely that...
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09 August 2013
As Cowes Week 2013 draws to a close, we take a look at this iconic event and its history.
Reportedly, Cowes week can trace it&#...
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29 July 2013
The tragic story of a 6 year old girl, who, in 1957, died within days of contracting water-borne polio, after swimming from a sewage-contaminated...
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22 July 2013
The Job Of A Harbourmaster In The UK
In most reasonably sized UK ports the Harbourmaster will be a professional mariner, normally holding a ...
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16 July 2013
It is hardly surprising that the most feared of the Greek and Norse gods were Zeus and Thor, the gods of thunder and lightning. Certainly thunder...
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17 June 2013
We are fortunate in Great Britain to live on an island criss-crossed with a waterways system which, although its purpose and uses have changed th...
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07 June 2013
I had no knowledge of this fascinating organisation until my husband circumnavigated the world in the last Global Challenge Round-The-World Yacht...
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13 May 2013
I remember my first night watch well, sailing west across Lyme Bay in August. As night fell we became aware of a wonderful meteor shower, lots of...
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07 May 2013
In March 1918 the USS Cyclops was lost with its 309 crew and passengers, the largest single loss of life in the history of the US Navy (unrelated...
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18 April 2013
A Tragic Accident
The tragic accident last month (March 2013), involving the death of a mother and daughter on a boat on Windermere, in the ...
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05 April 2013
Fouling – What Is It?
Once I naively thought that you bought a boat, put it on the water, made sure the woodwork and rigging were kept...
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05 April 2013
In my previous article – "Stowaways – The Marine Creatures Hitching A Lift On Your Boat", I described some of the various i...
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22 March 2013
The adjective submarine means "under the sea" while the noun is a shortened form of submarine boat , a vessel capable of independent...
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04 March 2013
A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship where the accent is on the voyage and the amenities rather than a final destination. Most cru...
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25 February 2013
3. The coast of Wales
Crossing the mouth of the Bristol Channel into Wales, the obvious destination is Milford Haven but we should not miss ...
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