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Yes, good points, well put, but she's a stunner. Even old ladies deserve a chance at a new life! And if it all goes tits up I can always...

It is worth noting that LANDING anywhere in Antarctica requires a permit, and such permits are not lightly granted. For UK citizens it...

Apparently George V didn’t suffer fools glady But he did go back to Bognor for 13 weeks.. along with the toddler princess Elizabeth, (...

Via Bognor

My goodness, was IKEA in business then? I guess we shouldn't be surprised - the Normans were second generation Vikings!

William the bastard ! In oh so many and not so nice ways.. This is the best book I’ve read on the England that existed and played into...

From number 7 granddaughter

A bottle of Jamieson's Black Barrel, to keep the damp out :)

Not on long wave, or in UK, but I recollect a lady forecaster on the radio years ago when on holiday in Croatia. Her pronunciation of...

Here's a thought. Some years ago I acquired and sailed a quite well-known 26' conventional sailboat a few hundred miles here and there...

Accidents have happened and understanding has developed: https://onepetro.org/OTCONF/proceedings-abstract/17OTC/2-17OTC/D022S058R006/92772

Tos is te boom control device I designed and fabricated from a large stainless-steel shackle and a stainless-steel ring stick welded...

Rockall, lit or unlit? for more about Rockall!

A perhaps overlooked aspect of this type of hull form is ease of righting. My whitehall was a light open wooden boat with no bouyancy...

Great video, I thought she was Whitehall inspired, for those interested in naval architecture its worth looking at the lines plan he...