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German Tourist Dies in Shark Attack While Sailing in a Catamaran Off Spain's Canary Islands Woman, 30, dies after shark rips off her leg...

There were a hand full of sloop rigged Fisher 25's built in the early to mid 1990's. Probably about 4 or 5 and the one I sold went to...

I have not disputed the angles you mentioned but am surprised about the low hull speed having experienced many Fishers at first hand.

Must have been something wrong there (uncalibrated speed log or dirty hull) as a standard factory sloop rigged Fisher 34 with a clean...

Wasn't it just? The perfect summer sail. Much like yours. Hoisted off Poole Quay, this morning. Dropped sail, in the Hamble, this...

They certainly induce a warp factor whinge amongst the huggers.....

What!!...do they roar now as well as bite rudders!

Hope it didn't upset the killer whales. Imagine the uproar.....

It was fine a month ago...managed to get from Thornham to Newtown Creek via a night on an Itchenor mooring then onto Yarmouth...

Taken by surprise by the storm or taken by surprise by the squall that knocked them down? I think I'll now sit back and wait for the...

On a boat that size the crew usually have some sort of coms with the skipper - you can't hear them 100 feet away yet alone in a storm...

Does anyone know how much pressure (in terms of wind strength) would be needed to knock a vessel of that displacement onto her spreaders...

at least they have found the 6th person... some closure for the families anyway

Until we have the data and the testimonies from the crew I am not sure we can compare this with the New Zealand knock down. We don't...

Interesting - I'd be highly surprised if the shell door was left open overnight, not only for weather but for security reasons. It is...