23 ottobre 2013
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How Frequent Are Accidents Involving Kill Cords?
Fortunately in the UK fatal accidents are relatively rare. Howe...
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23 ottobre 2013
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What About The Future?
The current design of kill cords has a lot in its favour. It is simple in design, highly ...
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07 ottobre 2013
Some of my early sailing cruises were on a yacht with the skipper’s pet dog, a beautiful and very well behaved Collie. She stayed down below whe...
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01 ottobre 2013
Next year – 2014 – will mark the centenary of the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914. The 77.1km (48 mile) ship canal connects the Atlant...
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18 settembre 2013
I recently read an article about the world’s largest solar boat which, in May 2012, accomplished the first around the world trip powered on...
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09 settembre 2013
In my article on Wind Farms published on 10th July 2012, I concluded:-
“It seems that wind farms are here to stay and are likely to incre...
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07 settembre 2013
On 7th September 2013 the RNLI celebrated the 175th anniversary of the Grace Darling rescue.
Today, we look back at some other famous sea...
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29 luglio 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 luglio 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 luglio 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 giugno 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 giugno 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 maggio 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 maggio 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 aprile 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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