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In a move that will be seen by many as a positive sign for the British marine industry, May’s London On-Water Boat Show has been renamed, rebranded and relaunched as London Yacht Show with a focus on luxury lifestyle.

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SHOW RELAUNCHED THE London On-Water Boat Show has been renamed, rebranded and relaunched as London Yacht Show and will take place at St Katharine Docks from 8 - 12 May. Announcing the newly branded event, which will have a primary focus on luxury lifestyle, Andrew Williams, president, Maritime, Informa Global Exhibitions, said: “Since we acquired this event at the end of 2018, we have worked to understand the needs of the event’s exhibitors and have consequently taken the decision that we needed to relaunch this event with a brand new focus on luxury lifestyle yachting and boating, complemented by luxury brands.”

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“St Katharine Docks is perfect for such an event and we will continue to work with this iconic setting which is steeped in heritage and is truly unique.”

The yacht show market is not new to the Informa business, which has a portfolio of world class maritime events including the prestigious Monaco Yacht Show in Europe as well as the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and the Miami Yacht Show.”

Andrew added: “St Katharine Docks is perfect for such an event and we will

COMMITMENT TO UK’S MARINE INDUSTRY

NEWLY launched is Maritime 2050, the UK Government’s first ever long-term strategy to support and grow the sector.

Described as both visionary and aspirational, Maritime 2050 highlights the Government’s recognition of the importance of maritime – worth over £40bn to the UK economy, more than aerospace or car manufacturing – and focuses on the desire to cement the UK’s place as the world’s leading maritime nation into the second half of the 21st century.

Over the last year, British Marine and its maritime counterpart, Maritime UK, have been collaborating closely with government officials to develop this ground-breaking strategy, ensuring it fully addresses the key challenges facing the marine industry. This oneof-a-kind piece of work incorporates

the full footprint of British Marine’s membership, from manufacturing and services to tourism, setting out a comprehensive roadmap to drive growth for member businesses.

At the bedrock of Maritime 2050 are seven distinct themes: Technology, Trade, Environment, People & Skills, Infrastructure, Security/Resilience and the UK’s Competitive Advantage.

Combined, these deliver a clear direction and vision for the Government and industry to work together to ensure the UK can progressively compete on the global stage in the coming decades.

BM’s president, Greg Munford said: “British Marine welcomes and supports the Government’s ambitious Maritime 2050 strategy, which makes important recommendations to support and grow the UK’s marine industry.”

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AFTER the Government’s EU Withdrawal Agreement was overwhelmingly rejected by Parliament, Lesley Robinson, Chief Executive Officer at British Marine, spoke about the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal: “Like many industries up and down the UK, we do not support the idea of the UK leaving the EU in a ‘No Deal’ scenario.

“It is vitally important that our members have stability for their businesses while the UK and EU negotiate the details on the future relationship.

“There are still many unanswered concerns for our industry, like the future of VAT Paid Status on vessels already placed on the market in the EU. It is crucial that we have

answers on these issues and time to implement the solutions.

“British Marine calls upon all members of the UK Parliament to put aside their political differences and work together to quickly find and support a plan which offers security to UK marine businesses and protects jobs, growth and investment.”

BREXIT READY?

Chief executives and directors at ports and harbour authorities around the UK reveal that, with just weeks to go before we leave the EU, little or no planning has been done. Leaders at almost every UK port and harbour authority – in total around 100 - were asked about their state of readiness by the Maritime & Shipping Practice at Odgers Berndtson, a leading executive search firm. Only 16 per cent said they had made any “significant or practical” plans for Brexit. The remainder were equally split between ports doing “only some high-level planning” and nothing at all.

NO DEAL FERRIES

Thousands of ferry passengers have been told their bookings have changed after the government bought extra sailings to move critical goods should a no-deal Brexit become reality. The Le Havre to Portsmouth route, and around 10,000 customers, has been affected with some moving from an overnight sailing to a morning or afternoon sailing or vice versa.

DINGHY RESCUE

Margate RNLI all-weather lifeboat Leonard Kent at sea. Image: RNLI

An abandoned dinghy spotted off Margate in marginal weather conditions sparked a major search involving the town’s RNLI inshore and all-weather lifeboats along with the coastguard helicopter and shoreside coastguard search teams. The dinghy subsequently capsized in the surf and it was established that it had been in the sea for some time and appeared to have been unoccupied. The search was terminated.

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Giles Scott wrapped up a great week’s sailing with a final two race wins to take the overall victory at the Ronstan Australian Finn Championship in some spectacular Black Rock conditions. Britain’s Ed Wright and Henry Wetherell were just outside the podium positions in third and fourth respectively.

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“In addition, we are delighted that our new partnership with British Marine, organisers of Southampton Boat Show, is firmly cemented and they support the relaunch of this new event.”

Commenting on the partnership, Lesley Robinson, CEO British Marine, said: “This alliance will deepen the show’s ties to the UK yachting and boating industry and enable key partners, from yacht builders and brokers to luxury goods manufacturers, to participate in shaping the development and growth of London Yacht Show in the future.”

St Katharine Docks will host two floating villages with full size event marquees including a Platinum Pavilion, featuring luxury yachting and lifestyle products, and a Monument Marquee, featuring marine ‘toys’ and boating accessories. The Docks’ Marble Quay will also feature a parade of super cars, bikes, trailer boats and VIP ticket holders can enjoy a floating champagne bar in addition to a VIP Lounge and concierge service. www.londonyachtshow.com n The London Yacht Show will open: Wednesday 8: 2pm – 9pm (VIP Elite & Press Only) n Visitors can purchase tickets to attend: Thursday 9: 11am – 8pm Friday 10: 11am – 8pm Saturday 11: 10am – 6pm Sunday 12: 10am – 5pm n Turn to page 13 to read about another four upcoming shows around the country.

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By Jane Hyde ALTHOUGH not a new show, and not a replacement for the London Boat Show which had a regular January date at ExCel, the news that London On-Water is being renamed and rebranded is a great reflection of the state of the British marine industry.

It is especially reassuring to know that Informa Global Exhibitions, who acquired the show last year, has a portfolio that includes some of the biggest boat shows in the world including the Monaco Yacht Show.

The show’s partnership with British Marine brings further expectation that the changes to the event will be well received by visitors and exhibitors alike.

Before May, though, there is another big show in London, the RYA Dinghy Show in early March. You can read all about this show on page 31 and find the full line-up of talks at the All at Sea website.

Over on page 13 you can also read about a number of other upcoming shows taking place up and down the country. So, get your diaries out and start planning your spring trips!

Taking a trip of their own are Sky One’s A League of Their Own stars Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp, along with guests Alan Carr and Kevin Pietersen. In part one of their European Road Trip the four were teamed up with sailors Alex Thomson and Nin O’Leary to compete against one another. If you have not already seen it, I thoroughly recommend it!

A race of a more serious kind is now over for the leaders with JeanLuc Van Den Heede taking victory in the Golden Globe Race. Having led for most of the race and dealing with

a knock-down and mast damage back in November, it is a well deserved win for the Frenchman, who was welcomed at the finish by large numbers, on and off the water.

Mark Slats, though, was chasing hard and due to arrive three days later.

A sailor who is preparing for the 2022 Golden Globe Race, Robin Davie, made the news when he failed to arrive in Falmouth as expected on a routine sail. On this occasion, all was well and his late arrival turned out to be due to a change in direction and being out of radio range. We wish Robin well in his continued preparations for the next GGR. Over on page 26 we follow the adventures of Neil Chapman, founder and CEO of Boatshed.com, and Curt Mundy, from Boatshed Ireland, as they took on the World Cruising Club’s double-handed ARC crossing from Las Palmas to St Lucia.

It is a fascinating read and one that will, perhaps, inspire you to take on a sailing challenge or adventure this year.

Thanks to the Tall Ships Youth Trust many young people are able to experience life-changing adventures of their own. The UK’s oldest and largest sail training charity has launched an appeal to raise funds to buy a new flagship to allow them to help even more people. You can read all about the Trust and its work on page 22.

On a final note, congratulations to Cloggys, in Falmouth, Antigua, after winning the Wight Vodka Best Sailor’s Bar. Next time we are in Antigua we will be sure to drop in…

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CLOSE FINISH TO THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and his Rustler 36 yacht MATMUT. Image: Christophe Favreau/PPL/GGR

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AFTER months at sea and some incredibly challenging weather conditions along the way, it was Jean-Luc Van Den Heede who took victory in the Golden Globe Race.

After departing France on 1 July, Jean-Luc, whose Rustler 36 Matmut has led the Golden Globe Race since passing the Cape of Good Hope in early August and at one stage held a 2,000nm advantage, has seen his lead being whittled away ever since the 73-year-old Frenchman suffered a knockdown and subsequent mast damage during a Southern Ocean storm in the South Pacific in early November. At first it looked like

Jean-Luc’s race could be over, but he decided to fix his damaged mast at sea rather than divert 2,000 miles to a port in Chile to make repairs.

In the final weeks, though, Jean-Luc had seen his lead dramatically reduce with the distance between himself and second place Mark Slats down to just 28 miles at one point.

Mark was no doubt aided when Jean-Luc Van Den Heede served out his 18 hour penalty for improper use of his satellite phone in November after his knock-down.

However, the Frenchman was able

to again open up a bigger lead as he approached the finish. The question for Jean-Luc was whether to push hard for the finish and run the risk of breaking Matmut’s damaged mast, or settle for second place.

The fact that third placed Estonian Uku Randmaa trailed thousands of miles behind, could have persuaded the Frenchman to push all out for a win, knowing that if the worst happened, he could still finish second under a jury rig.

A festival was planned to welcome the finishers back to Les Sables d’Olonne.

MISSING YACHTSMAN TOOK LONG TACK INTO ATLANTIC Image: PPL Photo Agency

THREE days after the UK Coastguard first broadcast an ‘All Ships Alert’ for British solo yachtsman Robin Davie, the 67-year-old sailor made contact.

Robin, who has completed three solo circumnavigations and is preparing to enter the 2022 Golden Globe Race, was three days overdue on a 300 mile solo crossChannel voyage from France to Falmouth.

Robin made contact with rescue authorities saying all was well aboard his 36ft

yacht C’EST La VIE and gave his position 25 miles south west of the Scilly Isles.

“This is fantastic news,” said Robin’s brother Rick Davie who had begun to fear the worst. “I am so grateful for all the help and publicity provided by the Coastguard services and the media for publicising this.”

On his return Robin said: “Faced with calms and very light headwinds, I decided to take a long tack out into the Atlantic and back to test the boat in these conditions.

We know that this race is won and lost not in gale force winds but when they are light, so I used the time to test myself and the boat.

“Because these boats do not have autopilot and rely on wind veins to steer by, we followed the wind on a circuitous route. That extended the distance from a 300 mile direct course to nearer 700 miles. I was well out of radio range and it was not until I was 25 miles south west of the Scilly Isles that I heard the alert.”

YOUR THOUGHTS We were very happy to hear that solo sailor Robin Davie was found safe and well three days after the UK Coastguard first broadcast an ‘All Ships Alert’. His brother did the right thing in alerting the authorities when Robin did not arrive back in Falmouth by a certain day. On this occasion there was no emergency, but it does show the importance of having someone on land who is aware of your travel plans and therefore in a position to raise the alarm if necessary. However, should we rely on our, now advanced, technology to alert authorities if there is a problem and thus save the cost of potentially unnecessary searches.

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Jeanne Socrates is continuing in her quest to be the oldest person to sail around the world alone, nonstop and unassisted. The 76-yearold grandmother, who is raising money for the RNLI, successfully navigated around Cape Horn aboard the 38ft long S/V Nereida, Socrates. Jeanne left Victoria in Canada in October and hopes to return there by early summer.

She already holds the record for the oldest woman to make this trip around the world when she completed a 259-day journey over 2012 to 2013. svnereida.com

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BOAT EXPLOSION

Following an explosion on a boat at Griffin Marina in Norfolk a man was injured and a boat, which caught fire, sank. No other boats were involved in the incident, and the boat is, at the time of writing, still under water. .

FAREWELL FERRY

A ferry that is thought to have crossed the Solent around 200,000 times is retiring to the Mediterranean where she will join ferries St Helen and St Catherine at Italian ferry company Delcomar. St Cecilia’s departure will make way for Wightlink’s new hybrid energy Victoria of Wight. Interestingly, the St Cecilia featured in a 1989 episode of BBC1 children’s series Grange Hill. Scenes were filmed on board and at Wightlink’s Portsmouth car ferry terminal.

SUNSEEKER International has released details of its new model, Project 8X. Launching in autumn 2020, Project 8X showcases the design direction of Sunseeker’s next generation of larger models. It will be fundamentally different from the current Sunseeker range; the stand-out features will be its striking lines, incredible volume, a sophisticated open-plan interior and a new ‘Beach Club’ concept – offering four times the area of a traditional bathing platform design.

Commenting on the launch of Project 8X, Sean Robertson, sales director at Sunseeker International, said: “We are immensely excited about the launch of this project which we believe will dictate this sector for years to come. Her exterior and interior are fundamentally very different from the current range.

Sunseeker prides itself on producing

the world’s finest luxury performance motor yachts and the design and engineering behind Project 8X epitomises our next generation of larger models. Whilst each new model is still quintessentially and unmistakeably a Sunseeker, this exciting new yacht will, without doubt, reinvent the market when it launches next year.”

The natural haven where the New Forest meets the Solent...

WHEN voting closed for the 10th annual Wight Vodka Best Sailor’s Bar Competition, the winner was announced as Cloggys in Falmouth, Antigua.

With cheerful staff and owners and epic views, their massive drink catalogue has made it a popular destination for sailors and the 2018 winner.

Ton and Vanessa Smit are the husband and wife team who have been running Cloggys for 14 years. They are hands-on owners, and always welcome old friends and new ones with a smile.

It is more than just a fantastic restaurant and vibrant bar; it is a huge part of the sailing community in Antigua, and dozens of beautifully decorated clogs on the restaurant walls are gifted by race boats, superyachts and classic yachts that visit.

For the past four years, Cloggys has been above Falmouth Marina with elevated views of Falmouth Harbour.

The 2018 contest changed things up a bit, as it was not only votes that put a bar on the podium, but expert opinion too. Contributions on stories and Wight Vodka drink recipes were also factored into the selection, plus all previous winners were eligible for the tenth anniversary award.

Previous Winners: n 2010 – Soggy Dollar; Jost Van Dyke, BVI n 2011 – IYAC; Newport, USA n 2012 – Sint Maarten Yacht Club n 2013 – One Bar Playa Blanca; Lanzarote, Spain n 2014 – King & Queen Pub; Hamble, UK n 2015 – Plas Heli; Wales, UK and Pier View; Cowes, UK n 2016 – Pewaukee Yacht Club; Pewaukee, USA n 2017 – Pensacola Yacht Club; Pensacola, USA and St. Thomas Yacht Club; USVI

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THE JACKSONS TO HEADLINE REGATTA THE St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is famous for world-class racing and attracting some of the world’s top musical acts for their legendary parties.

This year Motown royalty, The Jacksons - Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon - will perform on 3 March.

St. Maarten Heineken Regatta Production Director, John Leone, said: “Along with an action-packed race schedule this year, we are ecstatic to announce The Jacksons will headline our final party.

“The Jacksons, will take us on an unforgettable journey through their historic lives and influential musical careers. Hearing this band on this beautiful Caribbean island will be legendary!”

The Jacksons made history in 1970 as the first recording act whose first four singles reached number one in the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2017, they celebrated 50 years as one of the most successful groups in music history. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, five brothers from Gary, Indiana, began as The Jackson 5 and later The Jacksons.

The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is now in its 39th year and sports a new two-handed racing class.

The sailing and parties take place from 28 February – 3 March. The entire event is located at the St. Maarten’s Heineken Regatta Village at the Port de Plaisance Resort, Casino and Yacht Club. www.heinekenregatta.com

CHANNEL CALLING

HMS Mersey has been deployed to the English Channel to support Border Force and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in patrolling the stretch of water, keeping the UK border secure and preventing loss of life. The move is in response to the increase in migrant crossings. Home Secretary Sajid Javid said: “This will be an interim measure while the two Border Force cutters I have redeployed from abroad make their way back to UK waters.”

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EMIRATES Team New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron have announced a sixth Challenger for the 36th America’s Cup, this time from The Netherlands.

The latest addition brings the 36th America’s Cup presented by Prada line-up to seven teams, the most since the 32nd America’s Cup in 2007 in Valencia.

The joint Royal Netherlands Yacht Club Muiden and Royal Maas Yacht Club challenge comes from one of the world’s most famous maritime nations. They join Luna Rossa (ITA), American Magic (USA), INEOS Team UK (UK), Malta Altus Challenge (MLT) and Stars & Stripes Team USA (USA).

Emirates Team New Zealand said: “The reality is, the more teams that race in the

Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series, the greater the spectacle on the water and the better the economic return off the water for Auckland and New Zealand. This has always been the overarching objective of Emirates Team New Zealand since we won the America’s Cup in 2017.” www.americascup.com

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There will be at least eight new generation IMOCAs lining up at the start of the 2020 Vendée Globe. The latest announcement comes from Nicolas Troussel, who in a year from now will be launching his Corum l’Epargne, a Kouyoumdjian designed boat fitted with foils.

PATROL RIB

Diverse Marine Ltd. and Cowes Harbour Commission have signed a contract for a 9m Patrol RIB. Capt.

Stuart McIntosh, Harbour Master of Cowes, said: “We are delighted to award the design and construction of our new patrol vessel to Diverse Marine, a local yard who have demonstrated a willingness to conceptualise and design a craft that meets our requirements. With the yard’s reputation for quality and attention to detail we are looking forward to delivery in time for our busy season.”

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Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth.

The £5 million contract will allow the 65,000-tonne carrier to undergo a routine, planned hull survey and maintenance of her underwater systems over a sixweek period. HMS Queen Elizabeth will resume aviation trials later this year. She is expected to enter operational service in 2020, prior to her first deployment in 2021.

BOAT FIRE INJURY

It was reported in the Island Echo that a teenage boy had to be airlifted to hospital after suffering severe burns in a boat fire at Cowes Yacht Haven. A joint police and fire service investigation has been launched to discover what started the fire on the boat, which was on dry land at the time. Hampshire Constabulary say the fire is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.

CLUB TAKEOVER

Southampton’s Riverside Club has been taken over by St Deny’s Boat Club and will see a change of use as well as having a refurb.

St Deny’s plans to get even more people taking to the water in Southampton by expanding their canoeing, sailing and paddleboarding. It is thought the refurbished club will open to the public later this month.

CLIPPER GROWS

GOING FAST‘NET’ CLIPPER Ventures, the parent company of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, has bought the Hamble School of Yachting.

Clipper Race chairman and co-founder Sir Robin Knox-Johnston said: “The decision to buy the Hamble School of Yachting is part of a wider strategy to develop our offering within the offshore sailing industry.

“We welcome Chris and his team to the Clipper Ventures family and look forward to an exciting future of maintaining ourselves as the Gold Standard for sail training.”

The Hamble School of Yachting has been running for more than 35 years, specialising in helping people who want to learn how to sail by providing a full range of RYA sailing courses and lessons, from beginner to professional level.

Chris Rushton, principal of Hamble School of Yachting, said: “The Hamble School of Yachting is well established in the UK sail training industry, but to link up with Clipper Ventures and share our commitment to increasing sailing participation and top-class standards on a truly global level makes this a very exciting move, especially given

the growing opportunities to lead the industry in China.”

In addition to growing both businesses through their networks of crew and students, there will be the added opportunity to develop the Clipper Race Additionally Qualified Persons and Clipper Race Skipper talent pools.

The Clipper Race is a challenge like no other and whilst 40 per cent of crew have never sailed before, it is an equally tough and enticing accomplishment for those with existing sailing qualifications. Clipper Race crew members often go on to formalise their Clipper Race training through the RYA training programme, with many crew from previous editions completing the Yachtmaster Offshore and Ocean qualifications.

Hamble School of Yachting will retain its existing name and branding, and will sit alongside Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, Clipper Events and Clipper China under the Clipper Ventures.

The twelfth edition of the race will begin this summer. www.clipperroundtheworld.com

ENTRIES for the 340 available places in the Rolex Fastnet Race’s classic 600 miler were snapped up in under five minutes, just 13 seconds outside the record time recorded in 2017.

After the first frenetic four minutes and 37 seconds, when the maximum entry limit was reached, subsequent requests were filtered through to the reserve list. Ultimately after the deluge subsided 440 boats had entered in total.

Yachts from 25 countries are due to take part this year. The bulk of these are from the UK, from where 201 boats were registered, followed by the dominant French (winners of the last three editions) with 81 and the Netherlands with 33.

The first entry to sign up for the biennial race from Cowes to Plymouth via the Fastnet Rock off southwest Ireland, was regular competitor Derek Saunders and his Farr 60 Venomous.

He narrowly beat the German Hamburgischer Verein Seefahrt club’s Judel Vrolijk 52 Haspa Hamburg and Tom Kneen’s JPK 11.80 Sunrise who were next fastest.

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In addition to these entries for the Rolex Fastnet Race the RORC has led the way among the organisers of the world’s classic 600 milers in inviting other grand prix racing yacht classes to compete outside of the main IRC fleet.

This has led to the race featuring some of the best offshore racing yachts from those competing in the Volvo Ocean Race to the giant 100ft long French Ultime multihulls and the IMOCA 60s of the Vendée Globe. For 2019, an especially strong line-up of Class 40s is anticipated.

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RACE BREAKS FIRST-DAY ENTRY RECORD ENTRIES for the Round the Island Race opened at midnight on 25 January and quickly exceeded the record first-day entry total.

By the end of the day, 151 boats had taken advantage of the earlybird discount to register their entry, breaking the previous record by nearly 30 per cent.

The Round the Island Race, which takes place on 29 June, is popular with everyone from world-renowned, professional sailors to families and first-time racers, and boasts a range of classes including monohulls, multihulls, Gaffers, classics and dayboats.

Organised by the Isle of Wight’s Island Sailing Club since 1931, the race is one of the UK’s largest participation sporting

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events and is expected to attract more than 1,500 boats and thousands of sailors.

The Round the Island Race is creating two new double-handed trophies for the IRC Class and the Multihull Grand Prix and Racing Class in 2019. Overall, nearly 200 prizes are awarded at the event, with boats of every shape and size competing to win individual class and overall trophies. An entertainment programme will provide a festival of sailing at the race village, and this will start 28 June.

Commodore of the Island Sailing Club, David Atkinson said: “The Round the Island Race offers a unique experience for sailors from around the world to race

against a range of yachts. It is a true spectacle to see multihull sports boats compete in the same race as Gaffers and dayboats.

“Every year brings an entirely new racing experience for participants, and we hope that this year sees favourable winds and sunshine. The Round the Island Race is often well attended by families, and for many it will be their only race of 2019. It is a great opportunity to meet like-minded friends and enjoy a fantastic atmosphere offshore, as well as onshore in the race village.”

Sailors interested in participating in the event can enter online at rtir.me/entries. Early bird entries are available until 28 February.

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PLASTIC SEAL

A picture of a seal in Brixham Harbour with a plastic bag on its head has furthered the debate about plastic bags and their usage with some saying all such bags should be banned and others saying we should use paper bags.

Head to the All at Sea Facebook page to read the full story and see the photo.

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A reader from Essex sent us this tale of their unlucky day on the water.

“We were all at sea this day. Our boat sadly sank! We had just rescued ourselves in the tender from the boat as it was taking on water. Just as we got back to shore the tender capsized when someone stood up. Then about 15 minutes later we were watching it sink and could not rescue any items until the tide was out, but by then everything had either floated away or was ruined. What a day!”

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NEWS SNAPS

FORD is pushing the boat out for the RNLI by supplying the charity with a replacement fleet of new vehicles.

Ford will ship 210 new vehicles to the RNLI this year, followed by a further 120 in 2020 and again in 2021 – including 100 Ford Rangers as beach patrol vehicles for its lifeguard service.

Ford will also be collaborating with the RNLI’s on water safety messages to raise public awareness of the risks around the water to help people enjoy coastal and inland waterways more safely.

Andy Barratt, Ford of Britain chairman and managing director, said: “Ford as UK vehicle market leader partnering one of this country’s national treasures is a real coup for us. The RNLI does an outstanding job keeping us safe around the coast, which we are excited to be supporting.”

The Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club is selling its clubhouse for £750k in an attempt to secure the club’s future. The property has been used as a clubhouse since 1896. Members are said to be looking for alternative premises, or will be happy to continue in some capacity in the existing building if the marketing programme allows.

CRUISING GUIDE

The 2019 edition of the Cruising Association’s guide Cruising the Inland Waterways of France and Belgium has been published.

Described as their ‘Bible’ by regular users and yacht skippers planning routes to and from the Mediterranean, the guide contains information on cruising routes, cruising preparations, equipment, licences and documents, useful addresses, books and websites as well as listing around 250 mooring places throughout France and Belgium. www.theca.org.uk/catalog

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NEWS SNAPS CANAL REPAIRS

This winter the Canal & River Trust is carrying out more than £157,000 worth of vital maintenance and repair work to the Caldon Canal in Staffordshire. The Trust will be working on six separate projects along the 240-year-old canal.

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OAR INSPIRING

The Marquis of Blandford, also the great-great nephew of Sir Winston Churchill, was part of the first British team to finish the latest Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, a 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic Ocean. George Spencer-Churchill was part of the team Oar Inspiring, alongside Justin Evelegh and brothers Caspar and Toby Thorp raising money for Starlight Children’s Foundation.

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In early January the Canal & River Trust finalised the sale of its marina subsidiary, BWML, in a transaction that sees Lloyds Development Capital invest in the business. Stuart Mills, chief investment officer at the Canal & River Trust, said: “We will be investing the proceeds into other income-generating assets to support our core work of caring for the nation’s canals and rivers.

BWML is performing well and we believe its prospects for future growth are good. Coupled with the expertise of LDC we believe the business will benefit and, by extension, its boating customers will too.”

ROW4OCEAN has been forced to abandon its attempt to break four ocean rowing world records, but delivery of the team’s inspirational message about the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans continues to gather momentum after a courageous battle in the Atlantic.

The team of Patrick Bol, Lewis Knollman, Andrew Ruinoff and Matt Wilds was finally halted in early January, the 24th day of the challenge, due to irreparable rudder damage on passage from Dakar, Africa to Paramaribo in South America.

However, opting to stay on board their 40ft multihull rowing boat Year of Zayed, the crew attached a tow line to their support vessel, Supertramp, for the remaining 750nm.

Their challenge turned into drama on the high seas with under 800nm to the finish. The crew were forced to deploy a sea anchor to carry out repairs to the rudder. Then the make-shift pin attaching the rudder to the boat sheered once more and the rudder dropped into the sea. After

two attempts to jury-rig the broken pin, they carried out a solid fix between the rudder and the rudder stock, but it proved too damaged to last. Further exacerbating their problems, the team struggled to make enough drinking water and charge the batteries, plus the gas stove broke.

“We are safe but we are gutted,” said Patrick from on board Year of Zayed. “From a practical point of view, someone needs to stay on board the boat to keep a watch. In reality there is no space for all four of us, but nobody wanted to leave the boat regardless of the hardship.

“I would like to thank all of our sponsors and supporters, after so much time and effort, the project failed because of a small piece of metal. It is a pity, but we wanted to put out the important message about plastic pollution, and we have at least done that.

We were so close, and sometimes you learn more from failure than success.”

SOVEREIGN SHINES A FUNDRAISING SUCCESS SOVEREIGN Harbour hosted its third ‘Sovereign Shines’ in December to help raise funds for Eastbourne lifeboat and to shine a light on the wonderful things going on at ‘The Waterfront’.

This year saw 30 boats and 35 residential properties sign up to the event; going up against one another to create the biggest of light spectacles. Prizes were awarded to the best Christmas lights both on boats

and residential properties around the harbour. These prizes – organised by the Sovereign Harbour Berth Holders Association – were donated

by The Waterfront’s onsite tenants, Sovereign Harbour Yacht Club, SHBHA and Premier Marinas, with the winners announced at a presentation evening on 15 December.

This year Sovereign Shines raised £288 for Eastbourne Lifeboats.

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Sailors are famously a superstitious bunch, and the sighting of a bird at sea could trigger all manner of hopes and worries. Tiny black storm petrels were thought to signal the approach of bad weather, and could even represent the spirits of the dead.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge coined the expression ‘an albatross around your neck’ in the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. In the story, a sailor shoots an albatross, which were considered lucky omens. As punishment, he is made to wear the dead bird around his neck. The death of the albatross is the start of a series of unfortunate events, and after running out of drinking water a ghost ship appears and kills all the sailors. That is bad luck!

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WEYMOUTH RNLI LAUNCHES ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS WEYMOUTH RNLI is celebrating 150 years of lifesaving in 2019 with a host of events to mark the momentous occasion.

The lifeboat station opened on 26 January 1869 and the town’s first lifeboat, the Agnes Harriet, was named at a ceremony held on the sands in front of a large crowd. A total of 10 lifeboats have since followed, and in the station’s 150 year history the lifeboats have launched 1,700 times and have saved more than 800 lives.

Members of the public are invited to join the volunteers of Weymouth RNLI at a 150th anniversary party at the Weymouth Pavilion on 22 March.

This is a ticketed event, with the price at £11.50 to open the celebrations up to as many people from the community

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as possible. In addition, as part of the veterans’ parade on 23 June there will be a parade of RNLI volunteer crew, station personnel, family, friends and supporters.

It is hoped that anyone from the town who has ever had a family member involved with the lifeboat or lifeboat station will come and join in this parade.

Then, on 28 July, to kick start Lifeboat Week, there will be a Parade of Sail, led

by Weymouth RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat Ernest and Mabel and inshore lifeboat Braemar, open to boats of all sizes.

A number of historic lifeboats will be among the huge number of craft from the town and further afield that are expected to join in the parade.

After the parade of sail there will be a quayside service in which the lifeboats will be blessed.

ISLAND CHARITY RESCUES DUNKIRK VETERAN MARINE conservation charity Blue Seas Protection has stepped in at the eleventh hour to save historic vessel MV Monya.

Built in 1933 the boat was threatened with demolition after being abandoned at Ryde Harbour and in a sorry state due to taking on water for some time.

Captain Garry Oates said: “It would be a crime to allow this war hero, which crossed the Channel two or three times to take over 100 of our troops off the beaches of Dunkirk, to be unceremoniously scrapped!”

The Little Ships of Dunkirk have a very important part in WWII history. These vessels and their civilian owners risked life and beam whilst under enemy fire to repatriate hundreds of thousands of troops back to England at the fall of

France in 1940. Some never made it.

This particularly seaworthy vessel was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1939 to take marines to and from their ships, and so the Dunkirk operation when it came was never in doubt.

Monya was owned by Major RB Yeld MBE, a World War One veteran. In this 100th centenary year of the end of the war, the rescue and restoration of MV Monya is an especially fitting metaphor for how we should honour and respect our war veteran heroes.

Monya’s Perkins P6 engine is seized, the wooden hull has leaked muddy water into the interior from the harbour and several original items such as the wood burning stove, navigation equipment, mizzen sail, dinghy and

NEWS SNAPS D-DAY CELEBRATIONS As part of events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings 300 D-Day veterans will cross the Channel in a specially-chartered ship, MV Boudicca, on 5 June. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “Winston Churchill rightly said that D-Day was ‘undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult’ operation that had ever taken place. This June we will show our veterans that the debt to them is never forgotten for the price they paid for the freedom and peace we now enjoy.” Other plans include a military parade and Sunset Concert.

ALEX IS FLYING

With the help of crowdfunding, Alex Alley is aiming to break the Solo Non-Stop Around the World Record in his 40ft yacht Pixel Flyer.

With his New Year’s Eve start, if he is to beat Chuan’s record, then his deadline is to cross the line again going the other way on 18 May.

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With oyster fishing banned in the Solent in 2013 efforts have been made to boost levels. Now up to 20,000 oysters have been released on to the seabed of the Solent.

This follows the news, last year, that a baby oyster was discovered after Blue Marine Foundation transferred 20,000 of the shellfish to cages at six sites. The first checks of the trial are expected to take place in March.

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The Notice of Race has been released for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition Test Event, set to be held over 15 – 22 August in Enoshima, Japan. In the build-up to London 2012 and Rio 2016, the test events one year out from the Olympic Games provided an insight into who the Olympic champions would be.

NO VOTE ERROR

Last month we reported that some members of World Sailing’s Council had said that their votes at the 2018 Annual Conference were incorrectly recorded in relation to the Mixed One Person Dinghy event. Based on the investigation launched, the World Sailing Board has received a technical report from the supplier of the voting system, a report from the Chairman of the Audit Committee, a detailed analysis of the votes cast during the Council meetings and a report of an independent firm of auditors. The results concluded that no failures were detected or indicated. Therefore the decision to drop the Mixed One Person Dinghy event stands.

SAILING WEEK

A new event called Caribbean Sailing Week is taking place over 17 - 20 October in English Harbour, Antigua. The event combines two Caribbean Sailing Association events – the CSA Annual Conference and the CSA Caribbean Dinghy Championship. www.caribbeansailingweek.com

BRAND: WIDE BEAM 57 YEAR: 2002 LOA: 17.37M BEAM: 3.25M DRAFT: 0.64M PRICE: £95,000.00 LYING: BRISTOL THIS Wide Beam has been designed and partly built by her owner and Equinox boats. They have definitely gone above and beyond when it comes to features and maintenance.

The boat is very clean and spacious, the carpets feel comfortable and look good. She boasts a large array of features including an 11 gallon calorifier, huge tanks, new PVC windows and doors (in wood finish).

The fridge/freezer inverter and catch cover are one-year-old. She also has a double oven, gas stove/heater, removable davits/walkway designed to hold a large motorbike, pythondrive,

white oak table and a new Lee sanitation head to name a few. She also has a bow thruster tube, but one is not fitted.

This boat is currently set out for cruising for a few weeks at a time with its tank sizes, but could also be used as a very comfortable and cosy live aboard. The inverter means it would be as simple as plugging in if you wanted to add a dishwasher or a washing machine.

There is also a 750W immersion heater and a CCTV camera fitted on the bow to a screen at the helm, making it a lot easier to see small craft and moor. There are a couple of spots that could do with repainting, but the owner tells us this has been organised to be done.

She is currently on the market for £95,000 (Boatshed Ref: 254347) Contact Richard Martin +44 (0)7860 722255 or richardmartin@boatshed.com

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HAVE you watched Sky One’s sports quiz show A League of Their Own European Road Trip? The show’s host, James Corden, sent team captains Jamie Redknapp and Freddie Flintoff (pictured above with Alex Thomson) on an adventure across Europe.

In one episode the captains, along with two special guests, joined skippers Alex Thomson and Nin O’Leary on board HUGO BOSS and IOR1 in a race to the finish line.

Alex Thomson Racing told us: “We are big fans of the show and so of course we jumped at the chance to be involved.

What a brilliant opportunity to promote offshore sailing and showcase a little bit of what our sport has to offer. Thanks to the ALOTO team and to Jamie, Alan (Carr), Freddie and Kevin (Pietersen) for being such great sports out on the water.

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CRICK BOAT SHOW 2019 TICKETS are now on sale for the Crick Boat Show, saving up to 15 per cent on the entry price.

The event, which takes place at Crick Marina, near Daventry in Northamptonshire, will be held over 25 - 27 May, with an extra Trade & Preview Day on 24 May. Britain’s biggest inland waterways event, the show is expected to attract more than 26,000 visitors. Crick Boat Show offers a fantastic day out for all the family with dozens of boats to look round, free boat trips, advice seminars on boat ownership, live music, children’s activities, a real ale marquee and a variety of food and drink stalls.

Peter Johns, publisher of Waterways World and show director, said: “Now in its 20th year, the show hosts the largest display of new inland boats, both narrowboats and wide beams, and for three days it becomes Britain’s largest chandlery when nearly 300 exhibitors bring together the complete range of equipment and materials for inland boating.”

Tickets are £16 on the gate, £13.60 if purchased in advance and entry for children aged 16 and under is free. Senior citizens and concessions are £14.50 on the gate, £12.30 in advance. There are also three-day tickets. In addition, it is also possible to camp at the show. www.crickboatshow.com

TAKING TO THE STAGE THE RYA Dinghy Show in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki will be returning to Alexandra Palace over 2 - 3 March.

The 2019 show theme is #MyDinghyTribe, celebrating the diversity within the dinghy sailing community.

Once again, the Main Stage and Knowledge Zone will have a comprehensive line-up of talks, Q&A sessions and demonstrations with sailing legends and industry experts. The popular Sailor’s Corner will also be making a comeback along with the return of the Women’s Sailing Hub and Class Association Stage.

Saskia Clark speaking in the Knowledge Zone at the RYA Dinghy Show 2018. Image: RYA

With more than 150 exhibitors including boat builders, class associations, sailing clubs, holiday companies and retailers, there will be enough to keep you busy for the whole weekend - and with the addition of a new weekend ticket you can make a whole weekend of it.

Whether it is the latest kit you are after, top tips from your favourite sailors to hone those skills on the water or to book your next family get away, there will be something at the show for you.

For the latest speaker and schedule updates visit www.dinghyshow.org.uk.

Read more about the RYA Dinghy Show on page 31.

BRITISH MOTOR YACHT SHOW THE British Motor Yacht Show will take place from 17 - 19 May at Premier’s new floating marina at Swanwick Marina on the Hamble.

The show is the result of a collaboration between Premier Marinas and luxury British motor yacht brands Fairline, Princess and Sunseeker.

Alongside the line-up of motor yachts, visitors to the show can expect an impressive range of motorboats including Axopar boats, Chris-Craft and high performance RIBs. There will also be a display of prestige cars and high-end yachting equipment. www.britishmotoryachtshow.com

BOAT SHOW HEADS TO ANGLESEY THE All-Wales Boat and Leisure Show is heading to the Anglesey Showground from 30 May - 1 June.

With the marine sector growing faster in Wales than any other part of the UK the show is expected to attract boat lovers from across the country.

Organiser Davina Carey-Evans, managing director of Beaumaris-based Sbarc Event Management, who has previously been involved with events such as the One Ton Cup and the annual Round Anglesey Race, said: “The All-Wales Boat Show has evolved and grown and the 2019 event will also include a strong leisure element.

“Moving the show to Anglesey showground - the event was previously held in Conwy and Pwllheli will hopefully be a catalyst for our plan to turn the island into a major events hub. Anglesey is already a mecca for watersports and is surrounded by 146 miles of brilliant coastline.

“The show will connect together industry leaders in boat and leisure products and services across Wales, with not only watersport and boating enthusiasts but all those who have a passion for

the great outdoors. The level of interest from the marine sector is unprecedented for the next event, with over 17 of the best-known brands already signed up. It is going to be a must-visit for boat owners, watersport lovers or families looking for a great day out.”

With boating already generating an annual tourism spend of £282 million in Wales this news can only be positive for the future of the industry. www.allwalesboatshow.com

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POWERING AHEAD SIMON EVERETT ROUNDS UP THIS MONTH’S ENGINE NEWS. It is strange, at this time of year there always used to be a plethora of new engines hitting the market in time to catch the new season boaters. This year there is just one that has come to my notice...

YAMAHA F20G From Yamaha comes news of the new F20G, which is optimistically billed as being part of their portable range. That said, it is still a well featured and compact outboard suitable as the main engine on a small boat, or yacht, or as a useful size auxiliary.

Technological features from bigger engines are filtering down through to the smaller, more popular models. The F20G has been conceived to make ownership as easy as possible, both on and off the water.

The carry handles have been redesigned, but just how many people can ‘comfortably carry’ a hundredweight, despite its comfortable handle?

Personally I would need to use a dolly. The resting pads are a good idea though, as is the flushing port on the side that can be used with the marina hosepipe, or when you get back home.

For ease of starting there is electronic fuel injection, which runs off the generator rather than a battery that fires up, even on manual pull start. Electric start and power tilt are available as options. The motor can be rigged for remote helm or tiller control, with a fancy tiller handle incorporating the gear lever as an option.

What you do get on the standard tiller arm, though, is an idle control button, that allows the helm to adjust the idle running speed in 50rpm increments, ideal for anglers to perfect their trolling speed or for a safety boat to keep pace with either rowers or slower paced sailing dinghies without forever putting it in and out of gear.

Altogether a great engine that will find a ready customer base amongst many boater types; there is no price revelation at the time of writing.

SPECIFICATION YANMAR’S COMMITMENT

YANMAR are showing a massive commitment to the marine sector with sponsorship or involvement across a wide gamut of events and initiatives, including the America’s Cup. The engine giant has decided to bolster the industry and at the same time try to promote the continued use of diesel engines.

Yanmar made the first viable compact diesel motor in 1933 and is still innovating, especially in the marine leisure sector. Now they are helping the industry to stimulate further interest in boating to newcomers.

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means the compact board is stiff and durable when inflated but can be folded down into a bag half the size of standard inflatable boards. The board comes as part of a full package including a designed backpack, five-piece paddle, Titan pump, leash and removable fins. £1,299 www.redpaddleco.com

GPSMAP 8400/8400XSV

The Garmin GPSMAP 8400/8400xsv series is an extension of its flagship GPSMAP 8400 series which brings premium features like built-in sonar and extensive networking capabilities in more affordable display options. Available in 10-, 12- and 16-inch displays that feature full HD inplane switching (IPS) screens with multi-touch control, the series is WiFi enabled and offers full

connectivity and networkability, so boaters can completely customise their marine electronics system based on their needs and preferences. £2,429.99 - £5,749.99 www.garmin.com Turn to page 20 to read more about Garmin in this month’s expert feature.

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YOUR LETTERS RED DIESEL TAX Dear All at Sea We really do need a campaign for a reduction in red diesel taxes.

Tony Blair started a round of tax, which is now 40 per cent. The effect was to destroy coastal communities and make boating for the ordinary person just too expensive.

Of course diesel for boats and ships does not need to be red. It just needs an ‘at the pump discount’. This is what used to happen in France, and happens on motorway service stations.

Interestingly, the French, before Macron, were fairly happy with their tax which, like ours, has been steadily rising. French ships, such as ferries, pay no tax.

It is too much to expect the bunch in Parliament to take any action. At the moment they are all trying to look good to everyone and being prepared for a change of Prime Minister.

Regards Tony Kearney Dear Tony Thank you for your interesting letter. We are sure you are not alone in feeling frustrated with the situation.

Red diesel, the term used for gas oil that is intended for use other than as fuel in road vehicles, has been making the news in recent months, especially following the ruling by the European Union Court of Justice which led to the news that the UK must stop allowing the use of red diesel for the purposes of propulsion of a private pleasure craft and must therefore switch to white diesel.

You suggest diesel does not need to be red, but it does remain the position of all the boating representative bodies (including the RYA)

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that a change to using white diesel would create insurmountable problems for boat users and the industry.

The RYA, for example, believes that if the UK were forced to change to ‘white’ diesel for recreational craft, it is possible that suppliers would find it difficult to make the significant investment required to install additional tanks and pumps for this diesel.

Interestingly, red diesel use accounts for 15 per cent of total diesel for the UK. The reduced rate costs around £2.4 billion a year in revenue compared to if duty was charged at the main rate.

We would love to hear more thoughts on this subject.

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dear All at Sea We have recently booked our first sailing holiday having owned a boat for a number of years, but only ever sailing in our local area and occasionally a little further afield.

We always read with interest your holiday pages and say how lovely the places look, but we have never quite had the courage to do it ourselves.

This year, though, we were determined to do it and so contacted one of the bigger charter companies and bombarded them with questions – as you do! I think they are used to it as they were very helpful and more than happy to answer our queries.

We felt confident enough to go ahead

and book a charter holiday in Lefkas, Greece.

It looks like a beautiful location and the sailing looks to match our experience level. We will be heading off in May, and cannot wait!

We will continue looking at all the amazing holidays in your paper though, and hopefully planning more holidays!

Harry Thompson Dear Harry Lucky you! Greece is a very popular destination, and we are sure it will be the first of many charter holidays. We hope you have an amazing trip – send us a postcard…

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WINTER ILLUSION

If you want to keep sailing through the colder months, take to the water on an Illusion this year.

BEMBRIDGE’S ILLUSION With 350lbs of lead to keep the boats upright, Illusions are sufficiently robust to be sailed through the winter months inside and, when conditions allow, outside Bembridge Harbour. The Bembridge fleet’s season starts in early October and finishes at the end of April.

Regattas normally consist of six races over a weekend; the courses are generally upwind/downwind legs with each race lasting for about 25 minutes (normally three rounds). Entry is open to all and racing is invariably extremely close, and competitive.

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THE Illusion is a 12ft scaled version of the British 12m class yacht Lionheart.

It was designed by Olympic bronze medallist Jo Richards and Neil Graham in the early 1980s to not only look like Lionheart but to react in the same way to give match racing practice for the crew of the America’s Cup challenger.

These performance single-handed keelboats boats offer superb racing for sailors of all weights and ages and have been known to race in Bembridge Harbour in winds in excess of 30 knots

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as well as in blinding blizzards.

Boats are equipped with a standard main, roller furling genoa and spinnaker, plus running rigging.

In the UK, there are active fleets at Bembridge Sailing Club, West Kirby Sailing Club (Wirral) and Aldenham Sailing Club (Herts). Illusions can also be found in Scotland, Canada and the United States. Following their initial design in 1981, the first open meeting was held in January 1983 for the Bembridge Icebreaker.

INTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS In addition to fleet racing, there is an annual Inter Club Team Racing Championships in late November/early December with eight, two boat teams.

The first day is a round robin with each team racing against the others and the second day normally has the top four

competing in the semi-finals and finals.

The annual invitation Match Racing Championships usually takes place in late January/early February; now in its 21st year and with 16 competitors split into two groups for the first day’s round robin and second days finals, the Race Officers have their work cut out with 72 races over the two days.

The 2018 - 2019 Championships are scheduled for 9 - 10 March. www.illusionclass.org www.bembridgesailingclub.org

INFO POINT LOA: 12ft LWL: 10ft 6 ins Beam: 2ft 9ins Draught: 2ft 3ins Sail Area: 54sq ft (Spinnaker 45sq ft) The class actively welcomes new members and there are two loaner boats which are available to hire on a daily basis for a small fee. For more information or to book a boat contact: jo@amstructures.com

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EXPERTS’ FORUM

Each month, All at Sea invites a leading marine industry expert to share their opinion together with their top tips to help you get the most from your boating.

TOP TIPS FOR BUYING AND POSITIONING A CHARTPLOTTER

NICK MEADOW, UK & IRELAND SALES MANAGER FOR GARMIN, DISCUSSES THE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN BUYING A CHARTPLOTTER. ELECTRONIC navigation has made big advances, especially over the last decade. For example, back in 2007 Garmin® released the first touch screen chartplotter on the market.

This product featured a brandnew user interface, which was the biggest change from any product seen before. It featured the ‘home’ page such as we are all now used to on our smartphones.

This marked the beginning of our modern, user friendly chartplotters where the user, for the first time, did not have to be an expert in navigation or electronics to use them.

Since then most manufacturers have gone down a similar line utilising a homepage as a base to access other features on the product. Back in 2007, though, it was quite revolutionary as the iPhone was only released later that year.

CONTROL HUB The modern chartplotter has developed the potential to be the hub of the boat’s on board systems. They can control lighting and other electrics, in Garmin’s case via their recently acquired Empirbus™ digital switching system, control music and watch videos (when connected to a Fusion® entertainment system), view remote cameras for peace of mind when mooring or monitoring the engine room, display engine data and so on.

Alongside this, the more traditional products can be integrated such as wind systems, radar and sonar.

This plethora of options can make today’s electronics market potentially seem complicated. It is possible to tone the jargon down to make the choice for your needs seem less of a mystery.

Firstly, what types of plotters are there…

You may have heard of various names for what is primarily the same thing - a GPS chartplotter. Names such as Combination Plotter or Combo, MFDs and Glass Cockpits are often used.

Combination Plotter or Combo: Combination of charts and sonar.

Multi-functional displays (MFDs): Chartplotter with additional connectivity options for other devices such as radar and/or thirdparty products.

Glass Cockpit: Similar to MFDs but even higher levels of interfacing with a boat’s systems and third-party devices.

series, have some of the highest resolution screens on the market.

Where the products vary across the range will be what extras can be displayed on them. For example, if you want to have radar should you be going further afield, into areas you are unsure of, or want a safety net in case of fog, then the GPSMAP series would be required.

One recommendation on radar is do not wait until the fog comes in or until night time to use it for the first time. While the Garmin radars are very automated, and the MotionScope™ doppler feature gives a new-found clarity and awareness in tracking other vessels, get some practice in when you can see your surroundings on how to recognise and identify other vessels, channel markers and land.

The radar overlay is a great tool too for extra awareness. Note that a heading sensor such as the Garmin SteadyCast™ would be required to use the radar overlay feature.

Alongside radar, AIS has become very popular where all vessel over 300T or passenger vessels must carry and transmit their position in UK waters.

Having an AIS receiver allows you to see and track these vessels on your plotter. All Garmin chartplotters can display AIS as an optional extra.

INTO POSITION When choosing where to mount a chartplotter do not place it at the chart table only if it cannot be seen while helming. Having the GPS at the chart table comes from when a GPS had no charts and was used to plot a position to calculate a heading to steer on the compass, but now we have charts, the plotter should be visible from the helm.

Mount it at the helm in a pod, in the bulk head or on the coach roof if in a sailing boat. It needs to be viewable from the helm otherwise you may as well not have a GPS chartplotter.

Periodic log entries with position,

More traditional tech, like radar, can be integrated with chartplotters

“As with home televisions, the trend in plotters in recent years has been to go for bigger screens.” time and COG are still recommended so that if you lose power, for example, you can at least plot a position. The GPSMAP plotters can ‘mirror’ and control their screens on a smartphone or tablet making it act like a second station to have at your chart table at no extra cost for this purpose.

In summary, whether it be a Combo, MFD or Glass Cockpit they are all fundamentally a GPS chartplotter. If

The reality is all these devices share fundamental navigation features, built in highspeed GPS and fully detailed chart options across the range. In Garmin’s case from the 4” screen ECHOMAP™ Plus 45cv up to the huge 24” screen GPSMAP® 8424.

So, if you would like a standalone chartplotter for navigation only, any of the products from ECHOMAP ‘combo’ right up to the large ‘Glass Cockpit’ displays would be suitable.

BIGGER IS BETTER As with home televisions, the trend in plotters in recent years has been to go for bigger screens. The size of the plotter will affect the price, but the biggest you can fit and afford is recommended. The bigger the screen the larger the area of chart that can be viewed while still getting the most amount of detail displayed on the chart.

The resolution of the plotter is also a very important comparison for the same reason, which is why Garmin’s latest chartplotters, the GPSMAP 8400

The ECHOMAP™ Plus 92sv is a 9” keyed-assist touchscreen combo

you do choose to go for the higher end version you open up opportunities for more features such as adding radar, music control, mirroring the screen to an iPad/iPhone or other smartphone, engine interfacing and even the control of your electrics on board.

Finally, where you can go big, go big as it is better! buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/ cOnTheWater-p1.html

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TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST The Tall Ships Youth Trust, which offers young people life changing experiences at sea, has raised more than half a million pounds in just a few months after launching its New Flagship Appeal to purchase a new tall ship.

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he Tall Ships Youth Trust is the UK’s oldest and largest sail training charity.

It offers young people, 83 per cent of whom are disadvantaged or disabled, genuinely life changing experiences by taking them on residential voyages and empowering them to improve their life skills and reach their true potential.

According to the Children’s Commissioner for England, there are 3.7m young people living in poverty in the UK, and 800,000 young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET). Society is becoming increasingly divided and impoverished, and the disadvantaged and disabled young people within it, even more excluded.

Many of the young people who sail with the Trust are marginalised by society and feel their life prospects are low, but the Trust’s voyages equip them with the skills they need to turn their lives around and often lead to further education, apprenticeships and employment.

Bolton School built and gifted a boat to the Trust

THE TRUST’S VISION

The Tall Ships Youth Trust has a vision of a society where the exclusion of young people and lack of opportunities to them are things of the past, and they are doing everything they can to make that vision a reality.

To help reach this vision, they also offer unique sailing holidays for adults which help to fund bursaries for the young people they take to sea. Their adult adventure holidays have the knack of thrilling the young and not-so-young alike, for anyone aged 18 to 80, with no prior sailing experience necessary.

Each challenge is tackled together as a team, whether it is a day sail in the Solent or on a Transatlantic Crossing.

These are not just sailing holidays, this is responsible travel with a difference.

It is an exhilarating, big-hearted, philanthropic journey.

Sailing as part of a Tall Ships crew is an experience people never forget. The fleet includes four Challenger yachts, a catamaran and a ketch, which all provide a safe, physically and mentally challenging setting. The voyages cover all aspects of working and living together in a small community at sea. Everyone on board is involved with all aspects of running the vessel from cooking and cleaning to helming, navigation, meteorology and repairing and maintaining equipment.

EARLY DAYS

The Trust was founded in 1956 as the Sail Training Association. The Daily Express led a media campaign to raise awareness of their work, and the need for the ships, which captured the public’s imagination and enabled them to raise enough funds to build their first ship, a schooner called the Sir Winston Churchill, followed by the Malcom Miller a year later. For the next two decades, the schooners sailed round the world supporting more than 40,000 young people.

Due to the success of the schooners, in 1999 two new 200ft brigs were commissioned, the Stavros S. Niarchos and the Prince William. The schooners were sold and, at the turn of the millennium, with the new fleet came a new name – the Tall Ships Youth Trust.

In order to diversify, attract a new audience and expand their work with

The Tall Ships Youth Trust has changed the lives of thousands of young people

young people, the Trust welcomed four 72ft Challenger round the world racing yachts to the fleet. This was followed by a catamaran - generously donated by a benefactor - and a ketch, which was built by Bolton School and gifted to the Trust to provide the perfect sail training environment for young people.

Having recently sold the two brigs, the Trust is now turning towards the future and making plans to re-build, and then grow its sea-going capacity.

As well as gaining important lifeskills during their time with the Trust, young people learn a host of practical skills that they can take forward in their lives

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ALL AT SEA FEBRUARY 2019 The Trust is running an appeal to purchase a new flagship to continue their work with young people

BOATING PEOPLE Q&A WITH ADMIRAL RICHARD LEAMAN-GREY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF TALL SHIPS YOUTH TRUST CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE CHARITY’S WORK?

We take disadvantaged and disabled young people to sea, literally to transform their lives. The youngsters we take to sea arrive with low selfesteem, poor life prospects and no understanding of themselves. After a week with us, they are confident team players with significantly enhanced life chances and good employment prospects.

f we fail to ght their corner, yet another generation of young people will nd themsel es adrift, with no prospect of ful lling their true potential in life.

WHY DO YOU THINK THE TRUST IS SO SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE?

The Trust has a well-established reputation for providing invaluable preparation for the challenges we all have in our lives, at work and as part of society. This is achieved by breaking the pattern of conventional behaviour and encouraging team participation and interaction under challenging and sometimes arduous conditions.

The young people learn how to rely on and be relied upon by their colleagues: leadership, decisionmaking, communication and problem solving skills are all fostered by the unique experience of a residential voyage.

TELL US ABOUT THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN BEING UNDERTAKEN BY THE TRUST? FUNDRAISING APPEAL

The Trust is looking back to its origins and launched a major fundraising appeal for £5m to purchase a new flagship – a schooner-type vessel, akin to the Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller which the charity operated when they first started over 60 years ago. This will enable them to change the lives of thousands more young people by more than doubling the number they are able to take to sea each year.

A 24-berth flagship would not only be the optimum size for larger groups of young people, it would keep the running costs affordable, and will therefore be selfsustaining financially.

This appeal will take the charity from where they are now to a new position where they have increased capacity, no liabilities and a bursary fund to draw upon for disadvantaged and disabled

young people who would not otherwise benefit from a life changing voyage.

Speaking at the launch of the appeal, The Duke of York said: “Tall Ships gives young people the opportunity of a fast, crash course in understanding not only their own limitations but also the limitations of others around them so that they can manage themselves as a team. Once they are in that environment, leadership develops almost of its own accord.

“This is about getting the message out that the Tall Ships Youth Trust is here, it is moving forward and creating opportunities for a whole generation of young people.”

NEW GENERATION

Richard Leaman-Grey, CEO at the Tall Ships Youth Trust, said: “If we fail to fight their corner, yet another generation of

young people will find themselves adrift, with no prospect of fulfilling their true potential in life.

“We play a crucial role in giving these youngsters the right support to believe in themselves, to get jobs and lead fulfilled lives. It is amazing how much we have raised in such a short period of time, but there is a long way to go to secure a flagship for a new generation. It will enable us to grow our capacity to reach and empower more and more young people. We need your support today to help us achieve this ambition.”

For more information on the Tall Ships Youth Trust and to find out how to get involved as a donor, fundraiser or volunteer visit: www.tallships.org/appeal/the-newflagship-appeal

Currently we have the capacity to transform 1,200 young people’s lives each year, but we want to do more.

We want to double that number - at least - by 2023.

If we are to grow our capacity to empower more young people, we need to raise £5m to purchase a new flagship vessel to accommodate larger groups.

We envisage a schooner-type vessel, akin to the Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller the charity operated when we first started. This would be truly transformative for the Trust and the young people we support.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO GET ROYAL SUPPORT FOR THE CAMPAIGN?

We feel privileged to have The Duke of York on board to support our appeal.

With his backing, we are able to get the message out that the Tall Ships Youth Trust is here, it is moving forward and it is creating opportunities for a whole generation of young people.

HOW DID YOUR TIME IN THE NAVY HELP IN YOUR CURRENT ROLE?

My time in the Navy helped me in more ways than I could mention.

It has enabled me to relate to the experience young people have on board and gain an understanding of why our voyages have such a huge impact on the young people.

It gave me a real understanding of the sea and its dangers and rewards, as well as an understanding of the positive effects that going to sea and living in close quarters can have on someone. I have also seen first-hand how young people develop and how With the new flagship the Trust plans to increase its capacity to be able to help even more young people fulfill their potential in the future

building their self-esteem and selfconfidence can make all the difference in their lives. My leadership and management skills were also directly transferrable from the Navy to Tall Ships Youth Trust.

WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF YOUR CAREER? I have had so many amazing moments in my career but there are three that really stand out: 1. When I was in command of three RN warships – (HM Ships Dumbarton Castle, Cardiff and Cumberland) and the UK Task Group on a variety of operations (South Atlantic, Gulf, Mediterranean and Barents Seas) 2. When I was directing a Mediterranean-wide maritime security operation for NATO as a Rear Admiral 3. When I was writing NATO’s first ever Maritime Security Strategy (which was why I was awarded the CB – the Companion of the Order of the Bath).

WHAT IS COMING UP IN 2019 FOR THE TRUST?

We have loads of really exciting things coming up in 2019.

We will be continuing our work with our extremely talented Appeal Board consisting of some major figures in the maritime and youth development world as well as a few familiar faces, such as Sir Richard Olver (former Chair of BAE Systems), Mark Dickinson (Sec Gen of the Seafarers Union Nautilus International), Dan Snow (historian and television presenter), Lord Boyce (former First Sea Lord and Chief of Defence), Gary Jones (editor of the Express and Mirror Group newspapers), Olivia Pinkney (national lead for youth crime prevention on the Police Chiefs Council), David Dingle (chairman of Carnival UK) and Mike Aiken (trustee of Tall Ships Youth Trust).

We also hope to continue to work with our celebrity ambassador, Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran We have a number of events planned including a ball, family fun days and our annual regatta.

And to top it all off we will be taking two Challengers round the UK with groups of young people in September.

WHICH SAILORS INSPIRE YOU (PAST OR PRESENT)?

Nelson of course! And Shirley Robertson.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR READERS?

We cannot continue to reach the young people who desperately need our help without the support of people like you. We work with more than 2,500 volunteers from all over the UK, both on shore and at sea, throughout the year. If we are to achieve our goals, we need to grow this incredible network to help with anything from fundraising to recruiting young people. If you are interested in volunteering with the Trust and would like more information on how you could get involved, contact: coord.vol@tallships.org

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BOATING HOLIDAYS NEW DESTINATION FROM THE MOORINGS

EVERY MONTH WE BRING YOU HOLIDAY NEWS AND A SELECTION OF OFFERS

SAIL BY THE CABIN

For 50 years, The Moorings team has been inspiring travellers with exclusive yacht charters in stunning destinations around the world.

Kate Staniforth, senior UK marketing manager for The Moorings, said: “As we are now in our 50th year of offering luxury yacht charter holidays in some of the most exotic locations in the world, we are thrilled to announce these latest developments that will further enhance our guests’ experience with The Moorings.”

The Moorings has added two luxury models to its fleet, the Crewed Moorings 4500, ideal

for charter parties with up to six guests, and the Crewed Moorings 5000, equipped to comfortably accommodate up to eight guests. These two yachts are available for charters in the British Virgin Islands.

The Moorings also has a new destination in Antigua.

The Moorings charter base is conveniently located at the historic Nelson’s Dockyard in English Harbour. A designated UNESCO site, this Antigua marina pairs timeless architecture and naval heritage with modern amenities and stylish accommodation. www.moorings.co.uk

Last year Sunsail launched a new Sail By The Cabin experience in Greece and Croatia offering all the fun of a flotilla .

Sail By The Cabin is perfect for solo adventurers, couples or friends who want to experience the freedom of the ocean and all the fun of a flotilla, without a sailing qualification. Sailing in a group of up to 10 other yachts (a flotilla), with a private cabin for up to two people, and an experienced skipper included, the Sail By The Cabin holiday is a great way to enjoy a sailing adventure in the Mediterranean without having to book a whole yacht.

Lucy Black, head of marketing for Sunsail, told us: ““I am really excited by our latest product - Sail

By The Cabin on flotilla. Available in Greece, Croatia and the British Virgin Islands, this is such a great way to experience not only a sailing holiday, but a flotilla too. Customers can enjoy their private cabin, along with other customers in the remaining three cabins, and no sailing experience is necessary - as there is a skipper on board to lead the way!”

Due to popular demand, more dates and destinations have been launched from January to May in Greece, Croatia and the British Virgin Islands. www.sunsail.co.uk This year you could try Sail By The Cabin in Croatia.

Image: Goran Razic

SAILING ADVENTURES WITH NALEIA

FLEXIBILITY IN MALLORCA

In 2019 Mallorca Yacht Charter is operating bases in Alcudia in North East Mallorca as always, and also from the popular holiday destination of Pollenca.

This year they are offering a flexible charter and instructor so that you have the yacht to yourself for tuition and courses. Either take a qualification or refresh old

skills and learn new ones – great as a confidence builder and gives the opportunity to customise a relaxed schedule and work in lunches at anchor with swim and snorkel stops.

Visitors can stay locally or make the open sea crossing of 35nm to Cuitedella, the original capital of Menorca, and explore the Balearics further. www.mallorcayachtcharter.eu

FOR THE FUN OF SAILING

While we know how great sailing holidays are, it might surprise you to know that they are the second most popular summer activity holiday for men after walking - beating both golf and cycling holidays.

The survey, by Ripe Insurance, also found that almost half of British holidaymakers are bored by beaches and would rather have a more active break.

It seems many are shunning the traditional sun, sea and sand resorts because they want

It is a year of firsts for Naleia, who run group sailing trips in Europe and further afield. They offer active sailing adventures with an emphasis on respect and enjoyment of nature.

Naleia has created new sailing routes for the 2019 season including sailing for a week in the incredible beauty of the Norwegian fjords, above the Arctic Circle (the Midnight Sun route) or amid unspoilt forested islands in Finland (the Löyly route).

Or if you prefer sailing around Easter, how about the friendly island of Malta? In one trip they sail from Malta to Sicily, two cultures in one sailing trip, while another time you could stay on Malta and combine sailing with rock climbing.

For the truly adventurous, in another first for Naleia Yachting, they will be sailing across the Channel. This will involve sailing to the Channel Islands, maybe a quick stop on the French coast and back again, all in the space of a week.

If you prefer to concentrate on the French coast and soak up Breton culture, there is the Brittany Chasing Clouds route.

Naleia offer active sailing trips where all on board help in the sailing, whether joining as newbies or experienced sailors. The typical age range is 25 - 45, but to them it is the mental age that counts! www.naleiayachting.com/destinations

something more exciting to post on social media.

Ripe Insurance MD, John Woosey, said: “There is an element of creating Instagram moments, bragging on social media about how our holidays are different from the run of the mill fly and flop ones.

“We may not like to admit it, but showing off about something unique we have done on our holiday sure beats another sunset picture.”

Actually, we love a sunset picture at All at Sea (see this month’s photo of the month on page 21)!

Dream Yacht Charter has added the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe

DREAM HOLIDAYS

New for 2019 from Dream Yacht Charter, is the addition of the French Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe with the Guadeloupe Dream Premium 8 Days by the cabin charter. Relax on board while they take you on an unforgettable adventure around tropical Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, the nature island of Dominica and Pigeon Island with Jacques Cousteau’s colourful underwater marine reserve.

Also available is the Baa & Raa 11-day premium by the cabin yacht charter. Snorkel at Baa with the manta rays at Shahjahan sandbank, the turtles at Maarikilu

FURTHER INFORMATION Image: Kite Rin / Shutterstock

and fish at Muthaafushi. Head to Raa atoll to see Vandhoo, Meedhoo, Rasmaadhoo Island’s peaceful village and the uninhabited Dhoragail.

They are also working to make yacht ownership simple with six ownership programs to choose from and eight brands of yacht available to buy including Bali, Bavaria, Beneteau, Dufour, Fountaine Pajot, Jeanneau, Lagoon and Nautitech. They are constantly launching new products, such as the Dream Buyback and Dream Fractional programs, making yacht ownership easier than ever. www.dreamyachtcharter.com

n Nautilus Yachting: www.nautilusyachting.com n Nisos Yacht Charter: www.nisosyachtcharter.com n Seafarer: www.seafarersailing.co.uk n BVI Charters: www.bviyachtcharters.com n Ocean Elements: www.ocean-elements.co.uk n The Moorings: www.moorings.co.uk n Mauri Pro: www.mauripro.com n Dream Yacht Charter: www.dreamyachtcharter.com n Sunsail: www.sunsail.co.uk n Mallorca Yacht Charter: www.mallorcayachtcharter.eu n Tall Ships Adventures: tallships.org n Naleia Yachting: www.naleiayachting.com n Ocean View: www.yachtdiscovery.co.uk n Freeboard sailing: www. freeboardsailing.com

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THE GREEN BLUE

#GO GREEN FOR 2019

The Green Blue calls on boaters to go green, with some simple to follow tips to help us all #GoGreenFor2019.

Kate Fortnam, The Green Blue Campaign Manager. impacts on our inland and coastal waters, habitats and wildlife – with a particular focus on our Marine Protected Areas and preventing the spread of harmful Invasive Non-Native Species.

So as we begin the New Year, what else can we do to #GoGreenFor2019? For starters, there is The Green Blue’s new video guide for marina operators on what is involved in developing a site biosecurity plan. We can also follow these simple top tips to help safeguard the waters and habitats we enjoy and rely on for the future.

By working together we can stop scenes like this

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s boaters we all have a vested interest in protecting the environment where we spend our leisure time, and The Green Blue is dedicated to ensuring you get the best possible advice on how to do that.

Demand for support, advice and resources from The Green Blue has never been stronger, with a heightened interest from the recreational boating community in how we can be part of the solution to minimise our plastic pollution and other impacts boating may have on our environment.

The Green Blue has been working closely with the UK recreational boating sector over the last year, helping them adopt and facilitate environmental best practice to minimise any

1. REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Think about the carbon footprint of the type of fuel you use for propulsion, heating and power.

Consider alternatives like biodiesel or biogas if possible, but ensure these are sustainably sourced and produced. Be aware of how much fuel you are using, and how you use your generator. Try to cook or cool food and drink in more energy-efficient ways. Install low energy lighting and a more efficient engine to reduce your energy use.

2. STOP THE SPILL

Reduce the amount of oil and fuel entering the marine environment from your boat by following The Green Blue’s best practice advice. Take care to avoid spills when refuelling. If you do spill, never use detergents to clean it up as this will exacerbate the problem. Detergents break down oil into smaller particles, which are then more

readily available to fish and aquatic life. They can strip the oils from gills making breathing difficult.

What is more, the phosphates in detergents can cause algal blooms which in turn lead to a loss of oxygen and death of aquatic life.

3. RECYCLE

Recycle as much waste on board as possible.

With the increasing amount of mixed recycling facilities now available, you need only two bins on board. Ask your marina to provide recycling facilities and point out that recycled waste can be up to 50 per cent cheaper to dispose of than waste going to landfill. Think about recycling old equipment such as sails, rope, electronic kit and oilskins at boat jumbles, Freecycle or on eBay rather than throwing it away.

4. DITCH THE DISPOSABLES

Plastics that end up as ocean debris contribute to habitat destruction and entangle and kill tens of thousands of marine animals each year. To limit your impact, stamp out single-use plastics by using refillable water bottles and reusable bags, buy products with less packaging to reduce the carbon footprint, always choose products without microbeads and ditch the disposables – remove all plastic cups and straws. Consider more eco-friendly alternatives such as cutlery and rubbish bags made from com-starch, which can be composted.

There is no excuse for not recycling these days

5. TAKE CARE WHEN ANTIFOULING

When carrying out antifouling work, always take care to prevent antifoul going into the water. If a pressurewasher is used to remove fouling, it is highly likely that the water run-off will be contaminated with paint and this could enter the marina water if it is not contained.

A permanent bund, tarpaulin or heavy rope lain across the hard standing can be used to collect much of the paint residue. Once the hull is clean, this waste can be collected and disposed of in an appropriate way. #GoGreenFor2019 The Green Blue is the joint environment initiative of the RYA and British Marine that helps boat users, boating businesses, clubs and training centres to reduce their impact on coastal and inland waters to keep them in great shape for now and the future.

The Green Blue raises awareness, supports practical projects, runs bespoke outreach activities and offers easy to follow advice to make boating in the UK as sustainable as possible. www.thegreenblue.org.uk

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IT’S SUPER TAFF’S ARC DE TRIOMPHE Neil hapman, founder and of oatshed.com, undertoo the orld ruising lu s dou le handed A crossing from as almas to St ucia, with urt undy from oatshed reland, a oard his elo ed yacht Super Taff.

Knowing your boat is key

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ounded by Jimmy Cornell in 1986 The World Cruising Club is a sailing organisation based in Cowes and headed

by Andrew Bishop. It organises cruising rallies for yachts to worldwide destinations.

With offices in the UK and USA, and affiliates in Germany and the Netherlands, the WCC organises nine rallies each year: ARC, World ARC, Caribbean 1500, ARC Europe, ARC Portugal, ARC USA, ARC Baltic, ARC DelMarVa and the Malts Cruise.

Its best-known event is the ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers), an annual event that has been crossing the Atlantic since 1986. WCC makes sure all entrants are prepared for the voyage and supports them along the way with dedicated teams in every port en route.

Cruising in company with fellow yachtsmen is invaluable for those wishing to embark on ocean crossing and more than 6,000 yachts from different countries have taken part in WCC rallies so far.

WHY NEIL TOOK ON THE ARC

Neil’s ARC mission was to fly the flag of Boatshed.com. He wanted to find boats to sell and individuals in those locations to sell them. On the cruise down to the Canaries Neil opened discussions with potential partners in the Algarve, Portimao and Lanzarote.

Neil explained: “The ARC seemed an ideal opportunity to meet likeminded individuals who, like us, are looking for ways to secure income and create revenue streams.

“We were planning to do the trip anyway, not as part of the ARC. However, we were very pleasantly surprised by the value we got from taking part. It is a very well organised event with a great crowd of hard working people.

“There is all of the lectures and knowledge base that you can learn prior to the event. There is a big social side, but it is the camaraderie that exists between the competitors. Having 1,000 people all together who want to talk about the trip gives a great deal of value, whereas if you were doing it alone you would not be able to share all those experiences. I think that is the biggest advantage of doing the World Cruising Club event.

“Technology wise, we utilised the www.boatshed.com/arc website, which we built prior to departure, and we incorporated the YB tracker information as well as Tweets of the day and incorporated audio diary updates, which we did via a voicemail service. We used an Iridium GO to download weather and for emails, although this unit broke down four days from St Lucia, which meant we had no access to weather or email. However, we could still use the YB tracker and we were very impressed with this little unit - www.ybtracking.com/ products-yb3.

EXERTS FROM NEIL’S BLOG 28 NOV 2018 The first thing of note is the scale of what we are doing. You look how far we are from Gosport on the chart and hours and hours that go by and our position has barely moved.

The second thing is the pure beauty of what I am seeing and hearing all the time, from the almost terrifying grandeur of the big waves to the amazing moon and stars.

Pitch blackness with the sound of the roaring sea at night, beautiful shimmering reflections on the headlining above your bunk and the gentle gurgling of water passing by as you lie down resting or reading a book in the daytime.

It is quite frightening at times and my mind is constantly in a state of thinking ‘what if?’. It is exhausting, but I am starting to get more adjusted and relax a bit at times.

I am sticking with a simple but strict three hours on/off watch system that runs 24/7. This means we both get rest and because the times do not vary I am starting to find a rhythm to each day.

Neil Chapman (left) and Curt Mundy (right) on Super Taff

30 NOV 2018 I thought I would have had the time to write poetry or paint, but so far this email is the most creative thing I have managed. Curt is doing fine and, despite his age and lack of mobility, is great to have aboard. I do not allow him to venture out of the cockpit day or night, so I am doing all the deck work myself, but he is a great source of confidence when things get tough, but mostly we are laughing all the time.

Thelma, the autopilot, is amazing.

Maintenance is keeping me busy but nothing unusual or too difficult yet. Good quality simple systems that we have always used work just as well out here as they have done previously.

Navigation and time zones are a challenge. Great circle route planning has me scratching my head a bit. I am sailing to a series of waypoints that I then adjust slightly depending on the wind angle I end up sailing. We are going to stick with UTC as ship’s time for the trip, but this will mean it will not get light on board until late morning as we get further across.

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ALL AT SEA FEBRUARY 2019 There are lots of things like this that if I had Google I could research more, but I have to go with what I think will work best for now.

In conclusion, it is awesome so far and I love every minute!

Neil lands a dorado for supper

5 DEC 2018 12:24 Fine here after a pretty boisterous night. Boat was lively for most of the night and so I had to keep tweaking course and trim.

Managed 163 miles again yesterday.

Forecast is for more wind tonight and the next couple of days after which it will get lighter. We are actually past the halfway mark. Plan to reef down to two and two this afternoon.

6 DEC 2018 05:02 Still awaiting the promised wind increase.

We have had a series of long gusts where the wind goes up to 25 for about five or ten minutes and then falls back each time to about 15, so at present we are under canvased for half the time and this means speed suffers.

I am always trying to keep the boat at between 6.5 and 7 knots. This seems to be the optimum speed for Thelma to work best. She has enough speed to iron out and correct some of the bumps and yawing effects that you get at lower speeds. This gives a smoother ride and again maintains a better average speed.

6 DEC 2018 AT 23:55 Boat is still trucking along, much calmer now as earlier the swell was impressive, most of it was coming from a big storm in the Atlantic north of us apparently, but it sure made the ride today dramatic. I was doing a rig check up forward at the stem about 1100 and it was a bit like crawling out on to the front of a magic carpet flying across the waves. We ate two of the four steaks that we have managed to keep cool and we still have lots of nice onions, potatoes and eggs, plus about 50 tins of stuff to tackle yet, so do not think starvation will be a problem.

8 DEC 2018 AT 00:11 Engine is doing its thing at 1200 revs. Not in gear but charging two hours morning and evening.

Need this much as pilot and AIS use a fair amount and running west the solar panels are in the shade from the sails for most of the day. Fridge burns any excess juice if it is available.

Can see a light on the horizon about five miles off port bow but nothing on AIS. Have not seen any other vessels for two days now. Feels very remote out here.

It rained like mad earlier, so I took the opportunity to sit in the aft cockpit and get a good wash and shower plus fill a container from rainwater.

We shook out the reef and boat is going much better now.

10 DEC 2018 AT 01:08 Had a challenging evening as we have had some boisterous weather. We decided to try to continue with our one reef and work the jib according to wind and angle, sometimes jib is pulled out but other times the wind moves forward so I furl the jib in and sheet it on the other side. The pole stays fixed in position. Suddenly we have 30 knots sustained, a solid eight on the boat speed and 22 to 24 on the wind gauge.

Fun in the dark but all safe.

We had Dorado fillets (caught a big one today) bread crumbed with boiled potatoes.

way is the primary concern and where the effort needs to be focused. I have done little strategic navigation as the former have used up most of the time.

We saw the first seabird for over a week this morning, a gannet, 620 miles from nearest land.

After my daily rig check, a crawl around the deck looking at fittings and running rigging, I had Dorado fritters. Quite honestly the best birthday food going and then I took a short siesta.

Tonight I had a bit of a fright as a minke whale surfaced about 50 meters behind the boat and then followed us for about an hour. Great birthday treat.

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END

“I had lots of ideas on what I was going to do during the crossing: painting, writing poetry etc. In the end, I did not do any of those things. You spend lots and lots of time staring out over the ocean” We have a visit everyday from a tropicbird. Comes in the afternoon, does about six rounds of the boat and takes off again. We have seen no other birds whatsoever.

11 DEC 2018 AT 01:51 The roller coaster that was the last 16 hours is starting to level out a bit. I thought the Biscay was an education but this took things to another level. But other than a few splashes in the cockpit it has remained a dry experience.

It really does show what the boat can do in more challenging conditions. I went forward earlier with the camera and clipped on; I got some great video with the camera pole.

Clearly Super Taff is the star of this trip so far. She really is a fantastic boat.

The forecast is just in and looks like we will keep some wind for the whole week.

The skill is going to be keeping up an average of 150 miles per day. Last five days have all been between 145 and 155. Might break this as it has been impossible to slow her down on the big seas.

The wind has been welcome this afternoon as opened the middle hatch; the inside temperature reached 30.4 today.

The three things that have revolutionised the boat and have had a profound effect on the trip so far are the AIS, Autopilot and Predict Wind.

Still working on the principal of crossing and not racing but it will be interesting to see the final result as the position you see does not include the handicap system. The Arc gave us a very generous handicap as we have an old boat by comparison to other competitors and we have only two crew members.

12 DEC 2018 AT 00:55 The day started with several taxing night watch moments with sail trim issues and wind shifts. The biggest problem is avoiding a situation where the boat is sailing by the lee. This happened a number of times last night when the wind shifted N from NE to E and then sometimes ESE. Basically we are sailing about 10 to 15 degrees off dead downwind with the

majority of pressure on the main. As you can imagine it only takes a very small shift to potentially place the wind dead astern. Then the danger is the mainsail being backed.

I have a very sturdy preventer set up and this is winched on and re winched every few hours as it stretches. It is bar tight at all times.

However, with the rolling and the course wavering it can be alarming if you get into a ‘by the lee’ situation. It is exacerbated by the fact that Thelma is on the helm, so the only reference point is the Windex that I keep peering at from the companionway. Plus the excess of wind makes it pretty stressful if the wind shifts, which it seems to every time grey clouds come past.

The main thing that I have learned on this trip is that the course is not important, speed and safety is what to focus on, keep the boat moving in a safe St Lucia - a welcome sight

We arrived in St Lucia after 20 days and 5 hours at sea on 16 December.

The Boatshed St Lucia team was there along with members of the St Lucia Tourist Board and the crew from World Cruising. It was quite emotional when we arrived. We have mixed feelings; after 24 hours ashore you feel like you want to be back at sea again and certainly look forward to doing the next crossing.

I had lots of ideas on what I was going to do during the crossing: painting, writing poetry etc. In the end, I did not do any of those things. You spend lots and lots of time staring out over the ocean.

NEIL CHAPMAN

Neil, along with his wife Mandy, runs Boatshed.com, a worldwide brokerage business with over 70 international branches, over 800,000 registered users, which sells over 1,000 boats each year.

Each office operates under a franchise agreement or shared revenue partnership.

Each broker personally visits every boat and takes up to 120 photographs, videos and VR. The technology that powers each Boatshed business is constantly developed and continues to be improved and now the websites rank amongst the most visited yachting sites in the world.

ARE YOU TEMPTED? WHAT DID IT COST? The entry fee was £1,500. I also had to buy an offshore life raft and some additional safety gear.

WHAT WAS THE MOST VALUABLE LESSON YOU LEARNED FROM THE ADVENTURE? It gives you time to think. It is not until you experience having this amount of extra time that you understand the value of it.

WOULD YOU DO IT OR ANY OTHER WWC EVENT AGAIN? Very much so. I want to sail back now and keep going round and round, again and again! It was a great event and the organisation was tremendous.

It is a very long way from anywhere!

SUPER TAFF

Neil and Mandy bought Super Taff, a 1976 Van De Stadt Rebel 41 ketch in 1996. She was built by Tylers in Shoreham and the Chapmans lived aboard for some time, sailed her on lots of adventures and were even shipwrecked, which meant undergoing a salvage claim and rebuilding her.

The boat is GRP but has very classic lines and its sail handling, mechanical and electrical symbols are as simple as possible; manual windlass, manually pumped water and a lack of water makers or generators makes it a simple and cost-effective cruising boat to keep at hand. It is also kept ready to move at a moment’s notice.

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DOUGAL’S

diary

The Rules are still the Rules, with recalls at the starts and penalty turns for touching a mark or another boat a common place sight in the very close quarter racing. Indeed, the ability of the helms stood on the shore to see the bigger picture of the races makes radio controlled racing a great way to sharpen up one’s rule knowledge.

Ian Holt’s mini 40 foiling model yacht is a great example of just how sophisticated radio controlled sailing has become. Image: Ian Holt

SIZE ISN’T EVERYTHING

Far from being simple toys, radio controlled model boats are actually full of tech and are great fun.

Solent based dinghy sailor David Henshall is a well known writer and speaker on topics covering the rich heritage of all aspects of leisure boating.

The completed wave screen at Haslar

A cold and raw day in mid-winter would be miserable out afloat, so staying wrapped up, dry and warm offers a number of advantages

The same rules that are used across the globe, from Optimists to Maxi yachts, apply equally to the radio controlled models, making them a great way to sharpen up your rules knowledge

T

oy boats have probably been in existence for just as long as their full-time counterparts, but as the science of hull design started to advance, models would quickly advance from being mere playthings.

Indeed, back in the 1700s and 1800s many full-sized sailing boats started their life as a model of a hull, built to give the designer a 3D impression of his boat. Designers could also be helped by seeing how their ideas would perform under sail and as the search for ever better performance gathered pace, sailing models would take on a whole new era of importance.

Little wonder then that model boat sailing became a popular pastime in its own right, with boating lakes a popular

addition to many seaside towns, as well as them appearing inland as well. Just as with the early model airplanes, these first model yachts were dependant solely upon their trim and set up to enable them to sail, as once they were sailing there was nothing that could be done to control them.

This situation would change with the arrival of self-steering vanes, similar to those that appeared on early long-distance yacht racers, with model yachts and their rigs becoming very sophisticated. Organised racing often took the form of two boats going headto-head, much in the form of the match racing that characterised the America’s Cup, which was not such a leap of imagination, as hull design features seen off Newport, Rhode Island would filter down into the world of model

The helm may be 100m away on the river bank, but this International One Metre yacht is still sailing beautifully and, when both yachts tack back, will have the starboard hand advantage

yacht racing with some other ideas trending the other way.

BEATING THE WATER The next big change would come with the easy availability of miniaturised radio transmitter and receiver sets, and though the often wet hull of a small model yacht was not the best environment for sensitive electronics, the technical and practical problems would eventually get sorted, allowing full control to be extended out afloat from the helm who was stood ashore.

The earlier versions of radio-controlled

yachting were simple and basic, allowing just steering and sheeting of sails, but as the technologies raced ahead, far more sophisticated systems started to be employed. The better systems now allowed the rigging to be adjusted, along with conventional sail control such as a kicking strap and back stay.

Out afloat, the racing between boats had become a highly skilled and competitive activity, run under what are effectively the same World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing as any other dinghy or yacht, with ‘Radio Sailing’ having their own Appendix in the main rule book.

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS Just as in the world of full-sized boats, different classes of model yacht would proliferate, though by the late 1980s, much of the growing sport of model yacht racing would be focused on the International One Metre class, which allowed restricted development of hull shapes within the confines of a simple ‘box’ rule.

This one class would be the big success story for radio-controlled yachting, as it has now spread to more than 30 countries, with a full range of race events being run both domestically and internationally.

With the increase in competitive pressures, care had to be taken to control the use of more exotic materials, with the insistence that the hulls still have to be of either GRP or wooden construction, which allows many sailors to build their own boats (some design them too). The use of Carbon Fibre would creep in, though its use is limited to the deep-set keels and rudders, but even so, the cost of being fully competitive in this class has been noticeably increasing.

Allowing restricted development might be great for innovation and bringing new designs into the fleet, but at the same time there is the fear that the existing fleet of boats are just ‘another good idea away from obsolescence’.

SKILLFUL HELMS This is an issue that impacts on all areas of sailboat racing, irrespective of size, which in the full-size world has seen the increasing move away into ‘SMODs’ – Single Manufacturer One Designs’ and this is a trend that would soon become a part of radio-controlled sailing. The most ubiquitous of all SMODs is the Laser dinghy, so it was of little surprise when a metre-long radio-controlled model appeared.

With the crew weight replaced by a bulb keel, the RC Laser is the ultimate in simplicity, with just the two controls for steering and the mainsail and, as all the boats are identical, it was down to the skills of the helm rather than the design of the boat that counted.

This idea of identical, equally matched boats has now taken the next step forward with classes such as the Dragon Force offering a cost effective and easily accessible route into high quality competition. Model yacht clubs around the UK and abroad are seeing these new boats bringing in new recruits to radiocontrolled racing, with a better spread of ages (and ladies too).

Of course, innovation will always be a part of competitive sailing and now the model world is following on from what we see elsewhere, with foiling now becoming a very interesting sub-genre.

Additional controls are required, as in addition to steering and sail control, the helm also needs to control the angle of attack for the foils, but as can be seen from the picture, even this now is a practical reality.

Radio controlled racing yachts are now a long, long way from being toys, are great fun and you can go sailing on a cold day like today whilst staying warm and dry. It sounds so good – I am going sailing too!

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ANTIFOUL REMOVAL Bill Selsey looks at this long overdue and much dreaded activity! determined this vital information and are certain the aged antifouling is dry, you are ready to get the job done. The drier the hull, the better the results will be. It is best if the boat has been out of the water in dry weather conditions for a week or so to allow the antifouling to be fully dry before you start the project.

With minimum personal protective equipment (goggles, mask and gloves) you are ready to apply the product by

blankets is twofold – firstly to stop the product drying out due to exposure to the elements and secondly to catch and hold the antifouling as it is peeled away from the hull. By ‘catching’ the removed product (in paste form) in the blanket, it makes this a very environmentally friendly option by not allowing removed antifouling to enter drains and water courses. Once all antifouling is removed, simply wash the hull down with fresh water and you are ready to

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Decision time, do you: (a) accept it is going to cost an arm and a leg and arrange to have the boat lifted in a yard with blasting facilities and run the risk of unknowingly opening of osmotic blisters (b) don all the personal protective equipment you can lay your hands on and attack the job with conventional paint strippers (c) retrieve your trusty old paint scraper from the bottom of the toolbox and settle in for many days/weeks of hard manual labour, working carefully to ensure you do not gouge the hull with the sharp edge of the scraper or do you (d) look to the latest new technology available?

Peelaway Marine is a revolutionary new product free of heavy solvents, acids or alkalis, formulated specifically to remove multiple layers of aged antifouling in one application with the greatest of ease. Apart from saving money and effort the greatest saving to using this unique product is the saving of time. “How does one save time, whilst removing antifouling?” - as Peelaway Marine works at softening the antifouling in preparation for removal, you could be getting on with other equally important jobs or socialising and enjoying a beverage of sorts!

either trowel or provided spatula. Being a poultice it clings very well to the hull and easily conforms to tricky shapes. Once the application of an area is complete the product is covered with the supplied ‘blankets’ to ensure it is airtight to keep the product moist to allow best results.

Multiple applications may be required on a hull with excessively thick films of antifouling. The purpose of using the

Peelaway Marine blanket being stripped away after suitable dwell time, safely removing the layers of old antifoul.

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I am currently researching various antifouling types and legislation and look forward to sharing my findings with you next month.

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“Peelaway Marine is a revolutionary new product free of heavy solvents, acids or multiple layers of aged antifouling” Peelaway Marine is suitable for most hull construction materials including GRP, wood, steel and aluminium.

As with all on board maintenance projects the key to a successful project outcome is the planning and preparation, and to make your job even easier, Peelaway Marine comes in a handy test kit. This allows you to be sure of the accurate film thickness needed and therefore the right volume to purchase and enables you to experiment

with dwell time until you reach the right balance. The product can be applied to the hull and left to work for up 48 hours with no adverse effects to the substrate. The use of the test kit allows for numerous applications to various areas of the hull which, during this experimental period, you would check at hourly intervals to ascertain the required application thickness and dwell time in readiness for the main application to the entire hull. Once you have the

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RYA DINGHY SHOW 2019 The RYA Dinghy Show is just around the corner and as we prepare for another fantastic year on the water it is the perfect place to start the season.

The Class Association stage will once again feature everything you need to know about your favourite class, upcoming events and how to get involved. While over in Sailors’ Corner take on the Wattbike Challenge, test your knot tying skills and rub shoulders with sailing’s heroes.

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et to return to the magnificent Alexandra Palace over the weekend of 2 - 3 March, the RYA Dinghy Show in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki is a long standing favourite with dinghy sailors.

This year the RYA will be celebrating the diversity within the sport, recognising the different ‘tribes’ that make up the dinghy sailing community through the show theme #MyDinghyTribe.

So whether you are a cruiser, racer or foiler, it is the ideal opportunity to catch up with old friends and connect with fellow ‘tribe’-members.

“I have raced all kinds of boats from tiny dinghies to massive multi-million pound superyachts, but my true passion will always be firmly rooted in dinghies – it is where it all begins.

“I am thrilled to be involved in this Dinghy Show, especially at a time when small boat sailing has never been more exciting,” said Shirley.

MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT

ON THE MAIN STAGE

As well as a full line up of expert speakers and Q&A sessions with sailing legends and industry experts on the Main Stage and Knowledge Zone, the popular Sailor’s Corner will be making a comeback along with the return of the Women’s Sailing Hub and Class Association Stage.

This alongside more than 150 exhibitors including boat builders, class associations, sailing clubs, holiday companies and retailers, ensures there will be enough to keep you busy for the whole weekend - and with the addition of a new weekend ticket, why not make a weekend of it?

NEW FOR 2019

The 2019 show will see three new hosts take to the stage: double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson OBE will be joining forces with sailing presenter and journalist Matt Sheahan and Match Racing World Champion and Olympic sailor Annie Lush.

GET INTERACTIVE!

Be inspired by adventures had, and challenges overcome, as Team UK Invictus Games sailors Andrew ‘Pav’ Taylor and Sadie Melling share their life-changing Invictus experience.

It is the year of the ‘tribe’ – think classes, clubs, motivations and teams as Rob Andrews talks ‘Tribes and Trends’ with the show hosts.

Mark Jardine and Liz Rushall host a panel of young sailors and ask about ‘The Future of Dinghy Sailing’. This is your opportunity to get involved and join the debate.

Foiling is a relatively new, but fast growing tribe, however for many, the thrill of flying above the water seems unlikely to say the least. So can anyone really foil? Paul Outram and Phoebe Twigg talk about first time foiling and how getting airborne might be easier than you think.

The International Moth is one of the most well-known foiling dinghies, but why is the high performance boat so popular? Dinghy historian, and All at Sea contributor, David Henshall will be looking back and exploring

90 years of continuous innovation - ‘The Story of the International Moth’.

IN THE KNOWLEDGE ZONE

Improve your sailing, whatever your experience, with interactive coaching and demonstrations from the experts throughout the weekend in the ‘Knowledge Zone’.

Learn how to ‘Be your own coach’ as sailing journalist and reporter Andy Rice quizzes Olympic sailing coach Paul Brotherton about his top tips for improving your on-the-water skills (12:00) and Sam Whaley, British Sailing Team, talks everything Laser (13:00).

Michael McNamara returns with guidance on how to set up and tune your rig (11:00) and for the more advanced foilers, double Olympic medallist and Moth sailor, Simon Hiscocks shares his expertise (14:00).

AND THERE IS MORE…

Featuring inspirational female sailors, the popular Women’s Sailing Hub is your opportunity to talk all things ‘Women in Sailing’ or discover how The Magenta Project is accelerating women to the top of the sport.

The RYA Dinghy Show Treasure Hunt will be back with a tribal twist and once again, the Interactive Zone will be full of free activities to inspire the whole family!

Experience the thrill of being out on the water without ever leaving dry land on

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

Whatever your ‘tribe’, there is always something new to learn, experience and discover and there really is no better place than the RYA Dinghy Show.

So whether it is the latest kit you are after, top tips from your favourite sailors to hone those skills on the water, or even to book your next family get away, we guarantee there will be something at the show for you.

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY Advance tickets start from £10, buy a weekend ticket from £15, with special rates for RYA members, clubs

“Whatever your ‘tribe’, there is always something new to learn, experience and discover.” the sailing simulators, trapeze rig and 360o ‘On the Water’ virtual reality sailing experience. Also new for 2019 is the activity pool, where show visitors will be able to race against other ‘tribe’ members.

See whose on-the-water skills are best by racing the fleet of model boats.

TALK TO THE EXPERTS

The show is a brilliant opportunity to chat with many of the RYA’s experts who will be happy to answer all of your questions. From training courses to youth racing, Sailability, membership and much more, there is a wealth of knowledge and information for you to get your hands on.

and large groups. And remember up to four children go free with each paying adult.

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Do not forget, you can use the RYA Dinghy Show App to purchase your tickets, plan your journey, navigate your way around the show and discover all the latest news. Available on Google Play and the Apple App Store – download it today!

For the latest speaker and schedule updates visit www.dinghyshow.org.uk.

See the full schedule at the feature pages at www.allatsea.co.uk.

To buy your tickets visit www.rya.org.uk/go/dstickets or call the ticket hotline on 0844 858 9069.

The RYA covers all forms of boating, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, powerboat racing, windsur ng, inland cruising and narrow oats, and personal watercraft.

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Hamble Point Marina is hard to beat for its location alone, right at the mouth of the River Hamble with easy access to the world-famous waters of the Solent.

MDL’s Hamble Point Marina attracts competitive sailors, racers and cruisers from around the world to berth in a spot with a great position for access to the Solent. And why not? With the Solent literally a stone’s throw away, sheltered cruising or exciting racing is available on pretty much every day of the year.

This five gold anchor marina has grownup being known as a boat buyers’ paradise, the place for brokerage in the UK, with dealers representing new and used yachts from the likes of Beneteau, Hanse and Nordhaven dotted across the site.

Now MDL are harnessing that past with eight new sales units with a high-level walkway surrounding a hardstanding capable of taking 100+ yachts or motorboats.

Hamble Point was originally built in 1973 after previous stints as an airport and oyster beds, and has been looked after by MDL since 1988. Some of the original buildings remain intact, and host a variety of tenants from Pinnacle Gym to more traditional maintenance services such as Desty Marine, Osmotech and Performance Rigging.

FACILITIES

There is a dry stack system with 137 berths for motorboats up to 10m. Offering increased security and lower maintenance costs, Hamble Point Marina offers unlimited launching on demand seven days a week.

As well as a wide, easy access slipway with ample space for car parking and trailer storage, there is an emergency boat lifting facility. There is also a 75-ton boat hoist and a 4-ton crane for masts/engines.

There are great facilities on site including a Force Four chandlery which stocks clothing, electronics, books and boat parts among many other items.

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BERTHING & STORAGE LOCAL EATERIES

The Hamble is a food lovers’ paradise with quality pub food, international and local cuisine and quaint cafes to grab a quick snack.

In the village of Hamble, Ye Olde Whyte Harte provides charm and plenty of locally sourced food and The Bugle’s range of ales is served in its picture-perfect premises.

There are plenty of places to eat out, many of which are dog friendly.

Across the water (via a pink ferry for a very reasonable sum), there is Warsash’s Rising Sun pub which serves great food and you can always pick up a copy of All At Sea to read.

Also up river is the Horse and Jockey (accessible by kayak – watch the tides or you will get stuck in the mud flats) and with pontoon access you could drop in at the Jolly Sailor (but check the Bursledon tides as it dries daily).

There is a large Tesco a ten-minute drive from Hamble Point Marina, and in the village there is a Co-Op which is well stocked with life’s essentials and a bit more.

That is about a 20-minute walk from the marina, along a woody path which wends through the trees. For those without transport, the marina office will arrange a taxi.

THINGS TO DO

There are lots of walks and cycle paths in the area, along the banks of the Hamble and through the surrounding countryside. Worth a visit are Manor Farm, a working Victorian farm with lots of animals to fascinate younger family members, and River Hamble Country Park which spans 400 acres of woodland along the banks of the Hamble.

Nearby, Royal Victoria Country Park has enjoyed a £3.5 million restoration project of its chapel (it was previously a military hospital) and has many walks and adventures including play areas and a miniature railway.

The whole area is steeped in maritime heritage. Hamble Village is great, while further afield there is lots to do.

Bucklers Hard maritime museum has plenty of attractions including river cruises, a shipwright’s workshop and the picturesque Buckler’s Hard Village. Portsmouth Historic Dockyard is 40-minute drive and is home to HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, the Mary Rose and many other attractions.

Then, 30 minutes west is Southampton, home to the SeaCity Museum (featuring the story of the city’s relationship with the Titanic), the Tudor House and Garden and Solent Sky (vintage aircraft).

The marina accommodates boats up to 30m and currently has a few annual berths available for yachts 10 - 12m, so those thinking about a marina move should act quickly (or consider MDL’s idyllic Mercury Yacht Harbour 1.3nm upriver). The 230-berth marina has storage ashore for 650 boats and the dry sailing facility means boats can be launched for the weekend and put back in dry storage during the week – ideal for racers as it minimises water absorption and fouling, keeping boat weight down.

This ve gold anchor marina has grownp being known as a boat b ers’ paradise CRUISING

The Isle of Wight is just across The Solent and makes a wonderful day or overnight trip, whether that is exploring Cowes’ High Street’s cafes, quirky shops and/ or making the most of its outlets for nautical gear. The Pier View Pub is a wellknown favourite for spotting yachting stars (if that is what you are into).

Bembridge is a popular destination with easy access and lovely beach walks, while Newton Creek offers the opportunity to spot wildlife and do a bit of creek crawling. Further afield on the tide is Yarmouth, and its great selection of eateries and gift shops. From here you can walk up the River Yar. Poole is a day’s sail , and further afield the West Country can be reached in a couple of days.

ACCESS

BY BOAT: Keep clear of commercial shipping in Southampton Water. From abeam Calshot Castle head for Hamble Pt South Cardinal buoy at the mouth of the wellmarked river. From here the channel is narrow between drying banks, so be sure to leave the No 2 East Cardinal beacon to port. At night two directional lights lead to Warsash Jetty on the east bank. The entrance to Hamble Point Marina is

500m further north on the west bank. It is essential to call on VHF Channel 80 on your approach: Lat: 50°51.04’N | Long: 1°18.33’W

BY ROAD: Hamble Point Marina is very close to Hamble-Le-Rice, a picturesque village.

MDL own three marinas on The Hamble, all of which are straightforward to access from the M27 (Junction 8), about an hour-and-ahalf’s drive from central London. (Sat Nav for Hamble Point is SO31 4NB).

BY RAIL: There is a main line rail station at Southampton Central connecting to many high-speed lines. A smaller rail service operates to Hamble station. This is within walking distance, but it might be more pleasurable to catch the bus to Hamble Village and walk the mile down the lane to Hamble Point Marina. mdlmarinas.co.uk

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PREMIER MARINAS FALMOUTH North Parade, Falmouth, Cornwall. TR11 2TD T: 01326 316620 E: falmouth@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com MYLOR YACHT HARBOUR Manager/contact: Culum Matheson Mylor Yacht Harbour, Mylor Churchtown, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5UF T: 01326 372 121 E: marina@mylor.com W: www.mylor.com

MDL BRIXHAM MARINA Manager: Andrew Millar Berry Head Road, Devon. TQ5 9BW T: 01803 882929 E: brixham@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.brixhammarina.co.uk

KING POINT MARINA Marina Manager - Mark Brimacombe Brunel Way, Millbay, Plymouth, PL1 3EF T : 01752 424 297 E : marina@kingpointmarina.co.uk W: www.kingpointmarina.co.uk

MDL TORQUAY MARINA Manager: Mike Smith Torquay, Devon , TQ2 5EQ T: 01803 200210 E: torquaymarina@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.torquaymarina.co.uk

MAYFLOWER MARINA Manager: Charles Bush Mayflower Marina, Richmond Walk, Plymouth, Devon PL1 4LS. T: 01752 556633 E: info@mayflowermarina.co.uk W: www.mayflowermarina.co.uk

WEYMOUTH MARINA Manager: Alistair Clarke Commercial Road, Weymouth Dorset. DT4 8NA T: 01305 767576 F: 01305 767575 E: berths@weymouthmarina.co.uk W: www.weymouthmarina.co.uk

PLYMOUTH YACHT HAVEN Manager: Steve Kitchen Shaw Way, Mount Batten Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9XH T: 01752 404231 E: plymouth@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com

WEYMOUTH HARBOUR Manager/contact - Keith Howorth 13 Custom House Quay, Weymouth Tel - 01305 838423 E: weymouthharbour@dorset.gov.uk W - www.weymouth-harbour.co.uk

YACHT HAVEN QUAY, PLYMOUTH Manager: Will Rahder Breakwater Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 7FE T: 01752 481190 E: boatyard@yachthavenquay.com W: www.yachthavens.com

PORTLAND MARINA Manager: Paul Swain Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset. DT5 1DX T: 01305 866190 E: berths@portlandmarina.co.uk W: www.portlandmarina.co.uk

MDL QUEEN ANNE’S BATTERY Manager: Chris Price Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth Devon. PL4 0LP T: 01752 671142 E: qab@mdlmarinas.co.uk www.queenannesbattery.co.uk

LAKE YARD MARINA Manager/contact - Jenny Burrows Lake Yard Marina, Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset. BH15 4DT T - 01202 674531 E: office@lakeyard.com W -www.lakeyard.com

THE MARINA AT SUTTON HARBOUR Marina Manager: Mark Brimacombe The Jetty, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, PL4 0DW T: 01752 204702 E: marina@sutton-harbour.co.uk W: www.suttonharbourmarina.com KING POINT MARINA Marina Manager: Mark Brimacombe Brunel Way, Millbay, Plymouth, PL1 3EF T: 01752 424297 E: marina@kingpointmarina.co.uk W: www.kingpointmarina.co.uk PREMIER MARINAS NOSS ON DART Manager: Andy Osman Bridge Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth Devon , TQ6 0EA T: 01803 839087 E: noss@premiermarinas.com MDL DARTSIDE QUAY Manager: Mike Smith Galmpton Creek, Galmpton, Brixham, Devon. TQ5 0EH T: 01803 845445 W: www.dartsidequay.co.uk

POOLE QUAY BOAT HAVEN Manager: Kerrie Gray Poole Quay Boat Haven, Poole Town Quay, Poole, Dorset. BH15 1HJ Tel/Fax: 01202 649488 E: info@poolequayboathaven.co.uk W: www.poolequayboathaven.co.uk PORT OF POOLE MARINA Manager: Kerrie Gray Poole Quay Boat Haven, Poole Town Quay, Poole, Dorset. BH15 1HJ Tel/Fax: 01202 649 488 E: info@poolequayboathaven.co.uk W: www.poolequayboathaven.co.uk SALTERNS MARINA LTD Manager: Robert Golden 40 Salterns Way, Lilliput, Poole, Dorset. BH14 8JR T: 01202 709971 F: 01202 700398 E: reception@salterns.co.uk W: www.salterns.co.uk

MDL COBB’S QUAY MARINA Manager: David Wilson Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset.

BH15 4EL T: 01202 674299 E: cobbsquay@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.cobbsquaymarina.co.uk

A CLASSIC WEEKEND THE annual Birdham Pool Boat Festival will be held on 7 - 8 September. It is usually held on the first weekend in September, but the tides were too high this year so it has been put back a

week. Visiting classic boats are entitled to two nights free berthing as long as they dress their boat overall.

Call Birdham Pool Marina on 01243 512310 for more details.

MDL SHAMROCK QUAY Manager: Jonathan Walcroft William Street, Northam, Southampton Hampshire.

SO14 5QL T: 023 8022 9461 E: shamrockquay@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.shamrockquay.co.uk

PREMIER MARINAS SWANWICK Swanwick (on the Hamble) Southampton, Hants. SO31 1ZL T: 01489 884081 F: 01489 579073 E: swanwick@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com New dry stack for boats up to 11 metres

MDL SAXON WHARF Manager: Jonathan Walcroft Lower York Street, Northam,Southampton.

SO14 5QF T: 023 8033 9490 E: saxonwharf@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.saxonwharf.co.uk

TOWN QUAY MARINA Manager: Brian Akerman Management Office Town Quay, Southampton.

SO14 2AQ T: 02380 234397 F: 02380 235302 E: lbancroft@abports.co.uk W: www.townquay.com

LYMINGTON YACHT HAVEN Manager: Rupert Wagstaff Kings Saltern Road Lymington, Hampshire SO41 3QD T: 01590 677071 E: lymington@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com BUCKLER’S HARD YACHT HARBOUR Harbour Master: Wendy Stowe Harbour Master’s Office Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour Beaulieu Hampshire SO42 7XB T: 01590 616200 E: river@beaulieu.co.uk W: www.beaulieuriver.co.uk HAVEN QUAY, LYMINGTON Manager: Ali Neal Mill Lane, Lymington Hampshire, SO41 9AZ T: 01590 677072 E: havenquay@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com DEACONS MARINA Manager/Contact name: Rachael Foster Bursledon Bridge, Southampton SO31 8AZ T 023 80 402253 E: berths@deaconsmarina.co.uk W: www.deaconsmarina.co.uk MDL HYTHE MARINA VILLAGE Manager: Frank Gelder The Lock Building, Shamrock Way Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire.

SO45 6DY T: 023 8020 7073 E: hythe@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.hythemarinavillage.co.uk MDL OCEAN VILLAGE MARINA Manager: Scott Farquharson Marina Office, 2 Channel Way Southampton, Hampshire.

SO14 3TG T: 023 8022 9385 E: oceanvillage@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.oceanvillagemarina.co.uk

MDL HAMBLE POINT MARINA Manager: Darren Brunt School Lane, Hamble, Southampton Hampshire. SO31 4NB T: 023 8045 2464 E: hamblepoint@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.hamblepointmarina.co.uk MDL PORT HAMBLE MARINA Manager: Darren Brunt Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton Hampshire. SO31 4QD T: 023 8045 274,1 E: porthamble@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.porthamblemarina.co.uk MDL MERCURY YACHT HARBOUR Manager: Darren Brunt Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire.

SO31 4HQ T: 023 8045 5994 E: mercury@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.mercuryyachtharbour.co.uk

HAMBLE YACHT SERVICES Port Hamble, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire SO31 4NN T: 02380 201501 E: info@hysgroup.co.uk www.hysgroup.co.uk Permanent and visitors’ berths HASLAR MARINA Manager: Ben Lippiett Haslar Road, Gosport, Hampshire.

PO12 1NU T: 023 9260 1201 F: 023 9260 2201 E: berths@haslarmarina.co.uk W: www.haslarmarina.co.uk PREMIER MARINAS GOSPORT Mumby Road , Gosport, Hampshire. PO12 1AH T: 023 9252 4811 F: 023 9258 9541 E: gosport@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

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LARGS REGATTA FESTIVAL TAKES A NEW COURSE A NEW YEAR, A NEW FOX’S SIGNIFICANT investment in the Fox’s Marina and Boatyard site and facilities is taking place in 2019 with the redevelopment of the waterfront alongside the marina.

The all new, two-storey, pavilion style building will provide office accommodation on the first floor with views overlooking the marina, whilst the ground floor will provide new marina facilities for berth holders

and visitors, which will include the yacht club, new showers and toilets, a harbour master’s office and a staff room for Fox’s employees.

In addition to the work on shore, dredging of the marina basin and entrance channel is now underway, which will be followed by the replacement of ‘A’ pontoon and all finger pontoons along with a new marina bridge for access to ‘C’ and ‘D’ pontoons.

CAFE OPENS AT NEYLANDS

FOLLOWING on from the survey of 2018 competitors the Largs Regatta Festival have made some improvements to their popular end of summer regatta.

The 2019 event will take place from 23 – 25 August at Largs Yacht Haven with racing being run over Saturday and Sunday in the Clyde Estuary. The traditional Round Cumbraes Race will be enhanced with a pre round the buoys race followed by round the islands creating a more meaningful day of racing.

Largs Sailing Club and Fairlie Yacht Club run the racing jointly. Scotts Largs, the on site restaurant and bar at the 700 berth marina, continue as shore side sponsors with an action packed live music programme in the planning.

On water sponsors, Saturn Sails, continue to support both the dinghy and keelboat racing and will open the festival with their legendary sail loft party on the Friday evening.

ROYAL CLARENCE MARINA The Bridgehead, Weevil Lane, Gosport, Hampshire.

PO12 1AX T: 023 9252 3523 F: 023 9252 3523 E: info@royalclarencemarina.org W: www.royalclarencemarina.org PREMIER MARINAS PORT SOLENT South Lockside, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO6 4TJ T: 023 9221 0765 F: 023 9232 4241 E: portsolent@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com PREMIER MARINAS SOUTHSEA Fort Cumberland Road Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO4 9RJ T: 023 9282 2719 F: 023 9282 2220 E: southsea@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

A new café has opened at Neyland Yacht Haven in Pembrokeshire serving freshly made food and drink seven days a week.

Run by Anna and Phil, Manillas Cafe was named after their youngest daughter whose love of meringue and vanilla was vocalised as “Manilla”! The cafe opened its doors in late-January after several months of hard work fitting out the new eatery.

Large windows give panoramic views over Neyland Yacht Haven and the Cleddau Estuary, with the

interior finished in a quirky, art deco feel to create a comfortable space for marina visitors and local residents alike. Outside, the decking area has had a winter scrub and is ready for the warm weather to return.

Owners Anna and Phil are wellknown in the local area after running Manillas Tearoom just outside Neyland town. Now, from their new marina location, they hope to be able to serve delicious, homemade food for hungry boaters. www.facebook.com/ neylandmarina / 01646 400679

GUNWHARF QUAYS MARINA Manager: Carl Jarmaine Marina Manager Gunwharf Quays Marina office.

Gunwharf Quays.

Portsmouth.

Hampshire PO1 3TZ T: 02392 836732 E: marina@gunwharf-quays.com W: www.gunwharf-quays.com/marina

ISLE OF WIGHT

COWES YACHT HAVEN Manager: Katy Ednay Boat Yard Manager: Finn Kirkpatrick Vectis Yard, High Street, Cowes, PO31 7BD T: 01983 299975 F: 01983 200332 E: berthing@cowesyachthaven.com W: www.cowesyachthaven.com VHF: Channel 80

“We have listened to our customers who asked for two days full on racing instead of spreading over three days,” said Festival Chair, Carolyn Elder. “We have altered both the racing and social programme to take account of feedback and can promise all our visitors a very social, fun filled and

exciting weekend both on and off the water.” Following on from Largs Regatta Festival Weekend, Largs Sailing Club will be running a mid week evening dinghy series and the famous Scottish Two Handed Race will be held on 31 August run by Fairlie Yacht Club. largsregattafestival.com

EAST COWES MARINA Manager: Mike Townshend Britannia Way, East Cowes Isle of Wight. PO32 6UB T: 01983 293983 F: 01983 299276 E: berths@eastcowesmarina.co.uk W: www.eastcowesmarina.co.uk

PREMIER MARINAS CHICHESTER Birdham (Chichester Harbour) West Sussex. PO20 7EJ T: 01243 512731 E: chichester@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com SMALL BOATS WELCOME

COWES HARBOUR SHEPARDS MARINA Manager - Jock Rafferty Medina Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7HT T: 01983 297821 E: shepards.chc@cowes.co.uk W: cowesharbourshepardsmarina.co.uk

LITTLEHAMPTON MARINA Berthing Manager: Darren Humphries Ferry Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DS T: 01903 713553 F: 01903 732264 E: sales@littlehamptonmarina.co.uk www.littlehamptonmarina.co.uk

ISLAND HARBOUR MARINA Manager: Darren Cooke Mill Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2LA T: 01983 539994 E: info@island-harbour. co.uk W :www.island-harbour.co.uk BEMBRIDGE HARBOUR Manager/Contact - Gordon Wight The Duver, St Helens, PO33 1YB T: 01983 872828 E : mail@bembridgeharbour.co.uk W : www.bembridgeharbour.co.uk

SOUTH EAST

MDL NORTHNEY MARINA Manager: Debbie Burns Northney Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NH T: 023 9246 6321 E: northney@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.northneymarina.co.uk MDL SPARKES MARINA Manager: Debbie Burns 38 Wittering Road, Hayling Island Hampshire. PO11 9SR T: 023 9246 3572 E: sparkes@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.sparkesmarina.co.uk BIRDHAM POOL MARINA Birdham, Chichester, W Sussex. PO20 7BG T: 01243 512310 E: info@birdhampool.co.uk W: www.birdhampool.co.uk

LITTLEHAMPTON YACHT CLUB (LYC) Rope House, Rope Walk Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 5DH Office: Fiona Boyce: 01903 713 996 Berthing Master: Bill Kellett T: 01903 732 926 F: 01903 725 911 E: fiona@littlehamptonyachtclub.co.uk W: www.littlehamptonyachtclub.co.uk PREMIER MARINAS BRIGHTON West Jetty, Brighton, East Sussex. BN2 5UP T: 01273 819919 F: 01273 675082 E: brighton@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com PREMIER MARINAS EASTBOURNE Sovereign Harbour, North Lockside, Pacific Drive, Eastbourne. BN23 5BJ T: 01323 470099 F: 01323 470077 sovereignharbour@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com SMALL BOATS WELCOME NEWHAVEN MARINA Manager/Contact: Russell Levett Address: Newhaven Marina, The Yacht Harbour, Fort Road, Newhaven, BN9 9BY T: +44 (0)1273 513 881 E: info@newhavenmarina.co.uk W: www.newhavenmarina.co.uk

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KENT

GILLINGHAM MARINA 173 Pier Road, Gillingham, Kent. ME7 1UB T: 01634 280022 E: berthing@gillingham-marina.co.uk W: www.gillingham-marina.co.uk MDL CHATHAM MARITIME MARINA Manager: Alastair Hand The Lock Building, Leviathan Way Chatham Maritime, Kent. ME4 4LP T: 01634 899200 E: chatham@mdlmarinas.co.uk www.chathammaritimemarina.co.uk MEDWAY YACHT CLUB Contact: Sue Bannister Lower Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4XB T: 01634 718399 W: www.medwayyachtclub.com PORT OF DOVER MARINA Manager: Chris Windsor Address - Dover Marina, Crosswall Quay, Union Street, Dover, Kent, CT179BN T +44 (0) 1304 241 663 E marina@doverport.co.uk W www.doverport.co.uk/marina

SURREY

MDL PENTON HOOK MARINA Manager: Paul Hallas Staines Road, Chertsey, Surrey. KT16 8PY T: 01932 568681 E: pentonhook@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.pentonhookmarina.co.uk

BERKSHIRE

MDL WINDSOR MARINA Manager: Paul Hallas Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire. SL4 5TZ T: 01753 853911 E: windsor@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.windsormarina.co.uk MDL BRAY MARINA Manager: Paul Hallas Monkey Island Lane, Bray, Berkshire. SL6 2EB T: 01628 623654 E: bray@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.braymarina.co.uk

NORFOLK

ST OLAVES MARINA Contact: Tamsin Bromley/Mary Hall Beccles Road, St Olaves, Gt. Yarmouth NR31 9HX T: 01493 488500 E: enquiries@stolavesmarina.co.uk W: www.stolavesmarina.co.uk

SUFFOLK

MDL WOOLVERSTONE MARINA Manager: Kelly Sharman Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP9 1AS T: 01473 780206 E: woolverstone@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.woolverstonemarina.co.uk LOWESTOFT HAVEN MARINA Manager: Bob Beare Lowestoft Haven Marina (twin site), School Road and Hamilton Dock, Marina Office, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. NR33 9NB T: 01502 580300 F: 01502 581851 E: lowerstofthaven@abports.co.uk W: lowestofthavenmarina.co.uk FOX’S MARINA & BOATYARD Marina Manager: John Jonas Fox’s Marina, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8SA T: +44 1473 689111 E: foxs@foxsmarina.com W: www.foxsmarina.com

ESSEX

FAMBRIDGE YACHT HAVEN Manager: Danyal Adams Chelmsford, CM3 6LU T: 01621 740370 E: fambridge@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com

LONDON

CHELSEA HARBOUR MARINA Harbour Master: Colin Bullock Chelsea Harbour, London, SW10 0XF T: 07770 542783 E: harbourmaster@chelsea-harbour.co.uk W: chelseaharbourmarina.com

WALES

ABERYSTWYTH MARINA Manager: Jon Booth Y Lanfa Aberystwyth, Trefechan SY23 1AS T: 01970 611422 E: aber@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk CARDIFF MARINA Manager: Rob Freemantle Watkiss Way, Cardiff. CF11 0SY T: 02920 396078 F: 02920 345116 E: info@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk

MILFORD MARINA Manager or contact: Melanie Durney Milford Marina, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire SA73 3AF Tel: 01646 796518 E: enquiries@milfordmarina.com W: www.milfordmarina.com CONWY MARINA Conwy, LL32 8EP T: 01492 593000 E: Conwy@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com DEGANWY MARINA Manager – Jon Roberts Deganwy, Conwy, LL31 9DJ T: 01492 576888 E: Deganwy@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com PENARTH MARINA Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, F64 1TQ T: 02920 705021 E: penarthoffice@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com NEYLAND YACHT HAVEN Manager: James Cotton Brunel Quay, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1PY T: 01646 601601 E: neyland@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com PORT DINORWIC MARINA Marina Manager: James Kinsella Y Felinheli Gwynedd, LL56 4JN T:01248671500/01248 670176 E: portdinorwic@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk BURRY PORT MARINA Harbour Master: Robert Hockey The Harbour Office Burry Port Carmarthenshire T:01554 835 691 E: info@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk

N. IRELAND BANGOR MARINA Manager: Kevin Baird Bangor, Co. Down T: 02891 45329 W: www.quaymarinas.com

CARRICKFERGUS MARINA Harbour Master: Nigel Thompson 3 Quayside, CARRICKFERGUS BT38 8BJ T: 028 9336 6666 W: www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk

BRISTOL

PORTISHEAD MARINA Portishead, Bristol BS20 7DF T: 01275 841941 E: portisheadquays@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com

NEWCASTLE

ROYAL QUAYS MARINA North Shields, Tyneside NE29 6DU T: 0191 2728282 W: www.quaymarinas.com

CUMBRIA

WHITEHAVEN MARINA Manager: Simone Morgan Bulwark Quay, Whitehaven , CA28 7HS T: 01946 692435 E: enquiries@whitehavenmarina.co.uk W: www.whitehavenmarina.co.uk

SPAIN

MDL SANT CARLES MARINA Manager: Nicolas Gonzalez Ctra Poble Nou s/n, Apartat de Correus 192, 43540, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain T: (0034) 9777 45153 T (UK): 023 8045 0227 enquiries@santcarlesmarina.com W: www.santcarlesmarina.com

HOLLAND

JACHTHAVEN BIESBOSCH Manager: Renate Ilmer Nieuwe Jachthaven 54924 BA, Drimmelen, NL T: +31 (0)162 682249 E: info@jachthavenbiesbosch.nl W: www.jachthavenbiesbosch.nl

SCOTLAND

RHU MARINA Contact: Suzanne Bell Rhu, Helensburgh G84 8LH T: 01436 820238 E: rhumarina@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com

LARGS YACHT HAVEN Manager: Carolyn Elder Irvine Road, Largs, Ayrshire, KA30 8EZ T: 01475 675333 E: largs@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com TROON YACHT HAVEN Manager: Stephen Bennie The Harbour, Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 6DJ T: 01292 315553 E: troon@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com

ITALY

MDL MARINA DI STABIA Customer Service: Marika Somma Via Alcide de Gasperi 313, Castellammare di Stabia, Bay of Naples, 80053 Italy T: (0039) 0818 716871 E: marinadistabia@mdlmarinas. co.uk W: www.marinadistabia.com MARINARA Front Desk: Federica Civilla Via Marinara 11, Marina di Ravenna, 48122 Italy T: (0039) 0544 531644 E: info@marinara.it W: www.marinara.it

N CYPRUS

KARPAZ GATE MARINA Harbour Master: Deniz Akaltan PO Box 12, Yeni Erenköy, Iskele North Cyprus, Via Mersin 10, Turkey T: +90 533 833 7878 E: info@karpazbay.com W: www.karpazbay.com

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THE CHANGING FACE OF MARINAS Although we have been looking at how marinas have been changing, it is also interesting to consider how far they have come over several decades. Here we look at one celebrating 30 years, Brixham Marina.

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t was 30 years ago that the idea to build a marina in Brixham’s bustling fishing port was conceived. The plan was to realise the potential of the Devonshire town’s stunning coastline, picturesque housing and crystal-clear waters as a leisure destination.

“You could say Brixham had more to offer than it was giving,” says Andrew Millar, marina manager for the past 18 months. Andrew’s background was in cruise ships as a product and development manager. He has been around the world more than once and the first time that he saw Brixham he thought it looked like the Amalfi Coast.

“It is stunning here,” Andrew says, “but go back a few decades and you would have been in the centre of discussions about how to develop a marina while retaining the charm of this hidden gem.”

Originally conceived as a multimillion pound development, there was opposition to the scheme in Brixham and campaigners forced a public inquiry.

The development was eventually given the go-ahead, including a row of luxury apartments, but 12 months had been lost. Although the marina was soon trading, a weaker property market meant that the marina was put up for sale.

ENTER MDL MARINAS

MDL bought the marina in the early 1990s and reconfigured its development to include a fuel pontoon. Over time the marina was repositioned as one of the best leisure destinations on the South West coastline.

It is a short trip to MDL’s Torquay and Queen Anne’s Battery marinas where members can stay for free, or visitors pay a small fee, and Brixham is also part of MDL’s extended marina network covering Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK. “MDL continues to work closely with locals and charities in the area,” Andrew says. “We gave berths for life to the Sea Rangers who teach kids water skills, and to Glenville House, which was an orphanage for fisherman’s children who lost their parents at sea.

Now the building’s used as an activity centre. There is nothing like seeing kids experience the water for the first time, to hear all the giggling as they learn to control a canoe.”

The marina is home to 540 berths, eight tenants (including a sea school, restaurants, coffee house and shops) and brings in thousands of tourists a year to help support the local economy.

While the majority of visiting boats

“There is nothing like seeing kids experience the water for the rst time to hear all the giggling as they learn to control a canoe.”

Images: Brixham in Pictures

come from France, Spain and the south coast, the journeys that some berth holders make to be there is impressive; especially with Exeter airport only a 30-minute drive away.

A wave screen sits inside the harbour effectively creating a cul-de-sac to keep the boats safe from large swells and nasty weather. That is just shy of a breakwater that offers sun lounging for – at Andrew’s last count – 24 seals.

“They love it here too,” says Andrew, “in part helped by the fishermen who always have a bit extra to spare.”

BRILLIANT BRIXHAM

Brixham continues to be an excellent fishing port, having managed to retain its fleet of fishing boats. Produce is sold through the internationally known Brixham Fish Market and visitors can take an insider tour of the fish market.

The town also offers easy access to fine walking across Dartmoor, Agatha Christie’s house, the River Dart and ferry rides all over the harbour.

It is not all smooth sailing, however, as every April the tranquil town is invaded as Brixham hosts the annual Pirate Festival. This sees more than 30,000 people visit in full-on pirate costumes of beards, parrots, guns, muskets and sabres. Plus there are Red Coats and re-enactments of battles.

Find out more about Brixham Marina and how it is celebrating: www.mdlmarinas. co.uk/mdl-brixham-marina

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Here is a Trappist beer made in England – a timely Brexit backstop.

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ount Saint Bernard Abbey Tynt Meadow English Trappist® Ale became available last July after a five year development programme by the monks. It has come as a timely replacement for the established range of Trappist ales, which are mostly Belgian, as a backstop against a potential interruption of supply as our new relationship with the EU takes shape.

Trappist beers are brewed by monks, and Tynt Meadow, Leicestershire is where Mount St Bernard Abbey, a Cistercian Monastery of St Benedict, was founded in 1835. Cistercians have always been farmers and for the Mount St Bernard Abbey it was their only source of income.

But with farming in England becoming so difficult, especially when the price of milk increasingly fell below cost, in 2013 they decided it was no longer viable to continue. The new source they turned to was brewing.

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The abbey was rebuilt in 1844 and there is historical evidence that beer was brewed there in the 19th century, but the recipe was lost.

So, with a lot of help from brewing abbeys in Belgium and the International Trappist® Association, the Leicestershire monks set about recreating their Trappist-style ale. They followed the Belgian tradition of naming their beers after their location, hence their brand name Tynt Meadow.

The recipe is simple and entirely English: barley, hops and yeast. The brew is twice-fermented; the first fermentation taking place in the tank and the second in the bottle.

The result is mahogany-coloured with a subtle, warm red hue and a lasting beige head, and it is a meaty 7.4 per cent abv like most Belgian Trappist beers. The brewer’s notes say the beer is full-bodied, gently balancing the taste of dark chocolate, pepper and fig. It leaves a warm and dry finish on the palate.

Buy from www.BeerHawk.co.uk or from sales@ jamesclay.co.uk, £2.99 for a 330ml bottle, discounted to £2.49 each in a six bottle case (totalling £38.49).

Delivery is £4.99 or free if the total purchase is more than £50. Or visit the Abbey shop where other items made by the monks are sold.

The gin revolution continued apace during 2018, possibly to the point of saturation. Where to next for the craft enterprises behind them?

You must have seen them on the shelves at Christmas - a spate of ready-flavoured gins. There has been a huge array of new themed seasonal novelties of limited production, 20 per cent abv flavoured liqueurs, good for winter warmers or substitutes for dessert wine.

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