Today, September 26, the International Maritime Organisation celebrates World Maritime Day – which this year focuses on women in the maritime community. On October 3 2018, British sailor Jenny Socrates left the Royal Victoria Yacht Club in Canada for her second attempt to sail solo, non-stop around the world. Just under a year later, on …
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You don’t have to be British to drown, and your boat doesn’t have to be British to sink. For some, though, you do have to be British to benefit from the life-saving expertise of the RNLI… The RNLI is using two per cent of its funds on overseas projects aimed at preventing children from drowning. …
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We’ve only spent a few days in the Solent – and only the western half at that. But it was enough to persuade us that, with the exception of Yarmouth, it’s no place for us. July 2019 We were congratulating ourselves on successfully navigating the Needles Channel for the first time (having dealt with a …
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Sailors would get into an awful lot of trouble without weather forecasts. In fact, they can still encounter challenging situations even with them – as we have learned from experience. For, while we now have access to a great many sources predicting the weather, the chances are that they are not going to be 100 …
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