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There will be some acceleration where the current is diverted, but the effect won’t be anything like at Zeebrugge, where the outer...

Re 5 Belgium: The western breakwater of Blankenberge harbour has been demolished and is being replaced by a new, longer harbour wall. In...

I’ve been trying to get my head round this, when crossing from Nieuwpoort to Harwich or vice versa and skirting around the northern tip...

As long as the visibility is good, there is no problem. We departed one of those secluded anchorages very early one morning in good...

We spent the past summer in the Baltic, mainly on the Swedish East coast, up to Stockholm and Gotland, and in Denmark and did not notice...

I guess the benefits or otherwise of an inner forestay probably depend a lot upon (1) type of boat, (2) how you sail and (3) where you...

Well, time moves on. Who is gonna change headsails these days? Swinging the lamp, I learnt all about piston hanks (which can seize btw)...

A 'foreign' picture, but it was taken this week on the East Coast. The East Coast of Haying Island! View looking from Mengham Rithe...

We don't need to sail in the winter. This "Summer" in the Outer Hebrides we had plenty of days with hail storms and temperatures in...

The truth is that after six months aboard over the summer we're keen to do other things over winter. We like the contrast of sailing and...

The Ben Line ship was the “Bencruachan”: This was after the temporary repair; she sailed back to Britain like this. The NOL boxboat...

The America’s Cup racers seem to have found a use for a bike

Sandy, use your histogram either in viewfinder or lcd screen to make a choice on exposure. You are shooting raw so have a lot of leeway...

Now you have me confused, on my boat that would be the other way around

Rightly or wrongly, I've always used the term 'yacht' to refer to a sailing vessel built for leisure and pleasure. Pleasure craft with...