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With spring comes the start of the new season of boating, and there are many boat shows, regattas and festivals taking place up and down the country. Whether you are joining in the Sunbeam 95th anniversary celebrations at Itchenor Sailing Club, heading to Swanwick Marina for their trio of shows or heading inland for the UK’s biggest inland waterways event at Crick Marina, boaters are guaranteed an amazing line-up of boats, racing and entertainment.

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SUNBEAM CELEBRATIONS A special regatta weekend of racing and an anniversary party has been planned for the 95th birthday of the Solent Sunbeam class at Itchenor Sailing Club on 26 - 27 May. This classic, three-man keelboat, which was designed by Alfred Westmacott in 1923, has been continuously sailing in the Solent for 95 years and has its base at Itchenor Sailing Club. The very first Sunbeam, Dainty No. 1, is still actively raced today as are several boats that were built in the early 1920s. Alongside regular racing in Chichester harbour, Sunbeams race at Cowes Classic Week and Cowes Week. www.solentsunbeam.co.uk

ABBA tribute band ABBA Revival will take to the stage at Crick Boat Show on the Sunday night as part of the entertainment planned for Britain’s biggest inland waterways event. The 2018 Crick Boat Show, which takes place at Crick Marina, near Daventry in Northamptonshire, 26 - 28 May, is expected to attract more than 26,000 visitors. As well as being the canal world’s biggest marketplace, showcasing the inland waterways industry with 300 exhibitors, the show offers a great day out for all the family with dozens of boats to look round, free boat trips, live music, children’s activities, a real ale marquee and a variety of food and drink stalls. To celebrate ABBA Revival’s performance at this year’s event, the organisers are asking for anyone whose boat is named after an ABBA song to post a picture of their boat on the show’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/ CrickBoatShow/ by 11 May for the chance to win one of three pairs of adult tickets. For more information about the 2018 Crick Boat Show and to book tickets, camping pitches and moorings visit www.crickboatshow.com.

SURPRISING MOVE

According to a report in the New Zealand Herald a standoff over the location and design of the America’s Cup base between America’s Cup winners Team New Zealand and the government and Auckland Council has deepened. It follows the announcement of an ‘agreed’ plan between the council and government for the America’s Cup village on Auckland’s waterfront to which the Team New Zealand chief executive Grant Dalton expressed ‘surprise’. Discussions will continue, but the option of taking the Cup to Italy remains, as mentioned last year.

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British Marine has announced that Howard Pridding will be leaving in the summer after five-and-a-half years in the role of Chief Executive Officer. Howard, who has worked in a variety of roles at British Marine for more than 27 years, has decided to seek new opportunities. British Marine President, David Pougher, said: “Howard Pridding has been a loyal and respected servant of British Marine and our industry for over two-and-a-half decades and his breadth of skill and knowledge has often been relied upon to support, protect or promote our organisation and its members. We sincerely wish him well in all that he chooses to do in the future.”

FIVE STAR HOTEL

Southampton Harbour Hotel & Spa, which opened in October at Ocean Village Marina, has been awarded five-star status. This makes it Southampton’s only five star hotel. Mike Warren, managing director of Harbour Hotels, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have achieved this recognition from the AA in such a short period of time.”

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PREMIER Marinas has announced three spring shows are to take place at Swanwick Marina on the Hamble – including two at Easter. First up will be a general boat show that will run throughout the Easter weekend and will feature top sail and motor yachts from Premier’s nine big brand onsite brokerages. Running alongside this show, on the Saturday and Sunday, will be Premier’s annual Motorboat and RIB show featuring all types

of ‘stackable’ boats up to 11m, including a range of sportsboats, RIBs and fishing boats. Following this, the 18 – 20 May will see the return of the British Motor Yacht Show. This unique show is the result of a collaboration between Premier Marinas and luxury British motor yacht brands Fairline, Princess and Sunseeker. 2018 will mark the sixth year for the show, which has gained a reputation for presenting a stunning line-up of prestigious

motor yachts, which includes a world premiere this year. A ‘must visit’ for serious buyers, there is no better opportunity in the show calendar to avoid the crowds and get up close to these motor yachts. Alongside the yachts, visitors to the British Motor Yacht Show can view an impressive range of prestige cars including Tesla. There will also be high performance RIBS and yachting equipment manufacturers. Turn to page 44 for marina news.

On 1 April the Andrew Simpson Foundation will be opening a notfor-profit sailing and watersports centre based at Campione del Garda c/o Univela Sailing, the world-class sailing venue on the shores of Lake Garda in Italy. The centre will be the first ASF centre to open outside the UK and will act as a European hub aiming to attract sailing enthusiasts, beginners to experts, from far and wide. The centre will deliver the Foundation’s Charitable Community Sailing Programmes aimed at improving the lives of disadvantaged young people. www.aswc.co.uk

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ALL ABOARD By Jane Hyde

AS I sit and write this the country is preparing for yet another period of freezing weather. Although it does feel as if warmer temperatures will never arrive, the good news is that spring bulbs are appearing and boaters are preparing to take to the water for the new season. Another sure sign that spring is just around the corner is when we get inundated with information about boat shows and regattas. What could be better, apart from being on the water, than catching up with friends, looking around boats and enjoying the entertainment put on for all the family at these events. Premier Marinas have a number of shows planned including two at Easter followed by the British Motor Yacht Show in May. Also in May, at Itchenor Sailing Club there will be Sunbeam anniversary celebrations, while this year’s Crick Boat Show features an ABBA tribute band. I did say it is not all about the boats! Later in the summer is the annual Fambridge River Festival followed

by the Hayling Island Sailing Club Boardsports Festival in September. This is actually the Round Hayling Race with a makeover and will be well worth checking out. Take a look at our online events page to get the full rundown of events coming up around the country. Thank you for your responses to last month’s plastic pollution feature. It is great to hear that this is a topic that is close to your hearts too. You can read the letter sent in by Alan Williams below. Alan has an interesting point to make about how to deal with plastic; keep sending your thoughts in. One interesting way of dealing with plastic rubbish is upcycling and on page 27 we have been finding out about a way that rubbish is being used to create something beautiful. Send in photos of your upcycling projects! We might even feature them on our Photos of the Month page. Turn to page 23 and you will see this month’s photos which not only include 2017’s overall winner (pictured above) and March’s winner, but a photo we have published before. This time, though, we are asking for your help identifying the boat, which is also featured on this page. We would love to know your thoughts about its identity. Be sure to read our interview with the RYA’s new Director of Racing, Ian Walker, and if you have watched The Mercy there is another film about Donald Crowhurst being released and we have gone behind the scenes with the director, Simon Rumley. It is very interesting to find out how films based on the water are made, and hopefully it will add to your enjoyment of watching it! Enjoy the issue. Jane Hyde, Editor editor@allatsea.co.uk

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POWERING AHEAD ........ 15 KIT ...................................... 16 SHORESTYLE ................... 17 BOATING PEOPLE ........... 18 EXPERTS’ COLUMN ........ 19 CROWHURST ................... 21 PHOTO OF THE MONTH ...23 DOUGAL’S DIARY ...........25 HOLIDAYS ........................ 26 ART OF RECYCLING .......27 BOATING READS .............28 COMPETITION................. 30 FISHING ............................. 31 RYA .....................................33 CRUISING ABROAD ...... 34 QUIZ PAGE........................35 CHANGING MARINAS ...40 MARINA FOCUS ............. 42 MARINA GUIDE............... 44 MASTERCLASS ................47 IN THE DRINK.................. 50

HAYLING ISLAND WELCOMES YOU

IF you are thinking of joining a sailing club in 2018 you can go along and find out about the activities and events taking place at Hayling Island Sailing Club at their Open Day on 28 May. There is the added incentive of a waiver on joining fees for anyone taking out membership before 4 June, saving £350. You do not have to own a boat to be a member of HISC, which sits in a stunning position at the entrance to Chichester Harbour with access to the water at all states of the tide. In further club news, the annual Round

Hayling Race is having a makeover to transform it into the Hayling Island Sailing Club Boardsports Festival with greater reach and broader activities for all ages. The event is being opened up to include windsurfers, SUPs and a number of the canoe classes (OC1, OC2 and OC6). The aim is for the event to appeal to both experienced competitors who relish the thrill of this iconic long-distance race, while at the same time having activities for the less experienced who just want to get involved in fun-based activities.

Commenting on the plans, Andy Partington, Vice Commodore Sailing at HISC, said: “We are hoping to make this a ‘must-do’ event in the boardsports fixtures list. “By expanding the classes and introducing a fun day of activities on the Sunday we are hoping to attract families and teenagers to take part as well as new areas of the watersports community that we do not normally engage with.” Save the date in your diary for 22 - 23 September, Hayling Island Sailing Club. www.hisc.co.uk

READERS’ LETTERS PLASTIC POINT OF VIEW

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Dear AAS Great newspaper. We have boats hence reading your newspaper on a regular basis and as it happens we operate a plastic recycling company in Southampton. We have been in business for more than 30 years so we know a little bit about plastic recycling. I think the government and Theresa May are missing the point. It is all very well and it sounds good to put a 5p tax on carrier bags which did lead to the sales of carrier bags dropping, but the sale of bin liners increased because people previously used the carrier bags as bin liners. In order to reduce the plastic waste it should be dealt with at source. What we do is take waste plastic from skips - basically where you take your rubbish to the recycling centres - and we process it through our metal detectors, shredding machines, more metal detection, then granulation, cleaning and finally into a plastic pellet which then goes back into industry to make golf tees, rawl plugs, cores, pipes and so on. So it is effectively a closed loop system which means that the plastic should never get to the sea. Alan Williams Director, Associated Polymer Resources

Dear AAS The title of one of your photos in January’s Photo of the Month says that it is a J Class yacht taken in Cornwall. Unfortunately the subject yacht is not a J Class; no yachts built to the J Class rules were ever gaff rigged. Many famous yachts that were originally gaff rigged were modified to Bermudian Rig and had rating allowances to enable them to race with the J Class in the 1930s, for example, Britannia, Astra and Cambria. I believe the yacht in the photo to be the Fife design, Mariquita, built for the 19m class at Fairlie in 1911 and restored by Fairlie Restorations in 2003. Best regards Ken

AAS: Thank you for email Alan, and we would love to hear what other readers think. Do you agree with Alan? editor@allatsea.co.uk

AAS: Thanks for getting in touch Ken. We have been in touch with the J Class Association who confirmed the yacht is not a J Class. Is the yacht Mariquita as Ken suggests? We would love to hear your thoughts. editor@allatsea.co.uk

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ALL AT SEA MARCH 2018 Sir Ben Ainslie and Tony Langley at the helm. Image: Land Rover BAR/ Harry KH

NEW TEAM FOR SIR BEN FOLLOWING the news that Land Rover BAR have further strengthened their challenge for the 36th America’s Cup with the appointment of previous Cup winner Nick Holroyd as Chief Designer we can report that the team will be racing with Tony Langley’s British sailing team Gladiator. They will compete on the TP52 Racing circuit as Land Rover BAR Gladiator. The newly formed team made its racing debut at the SCYA Midwinter Regatta in San Diego last month where they finished first. Sir Ben Ainslie and Tony Langley led the team with Langley at the helm. Many of the crew that represented Land Rover BAR at the 35th America’s Cup competition in Bermuda last summer raced, including

Sailing Team Manager Jono Macbeth and the Olympic Finn gold medallist from Rio 2016, Giles Scott, fresh from his gold at the Miami World Cup. Land Rover BAR Team Principal and Skipper, Ben Ainslie, said: “With the return to monohull racing for the America’s Cup, the TP52 class provides a good opportunity and a competitive environment for us to get out racing and to retain some of our core sailing team alongside trying out new team members. “We are going into the events - and the TP52 Super Series - with our eyes open, we all appreciate just how tough the competition is. There are several experienced teams who have been

competing at this level for years - and we are also expecting some of the other America’s Cup Challengers to enter.” Land Rover BAR Gladiator will return to San Diego for the NOOD Regatta on 16 - 18 March. They will then go on to race in the 52 Super Series, which is the leading high performance monohull racing circuit. The opener takes place on 23 - 27 May in Sibenik, Croatia. Two events in the UK, the Round the Island Race (7 July) and Lendy Cowes Week (4 - 11 August), will offer the British team an opportunity to race in front of home fans. Sir Ben Ainslie has also been sharing his thoughts on the 36th America’s Cup Protocol. “The major change that

hit the headlines was the return to monohulls which we expected and we are comfortable with that transition - the key people in our sailing, design, engineering and support teams all have a great deal of relevant experience. “We then received the initial concept drawings. We know that we are going to be foiling again and that in the right conditions, this boat will be as quick or quicker than the AC50’s raced in the last Cup. This is important as the sport has gained a lot of new fans and this boat, delivered with a global circuit and high-quality free-to-air broadcast TV, will cement their interest in the America’s Cup and build on a very strong base.” There are some concerns, however: “The big thing about the new boat is the cost and the potential for some pretty massive wipeouts. The budget to design, build and race the new class could be huge if we are not all careful. There are also the commercial regulations for the event, which are a little ambiguous. Those are two key areas in which we need to have more information and better understanding. We have got a good relationship with the defender, Emirates Team New Zealand; over the next couple of months we hope to get full clarification.” Sir Ben concluded: “The Kiwis have a similar make-up to our team, in terms of the commercial structure. Like us they do not have an open cheque book or a wealthy individual behind the team paying all the bills. We are both in a similar situation. Once the class rule gets launched, or finalised, at the end of March we will have more clarification of the challenge ahead. There is still going to be a progression - probably through until Easter - before everything is settled in and people can say, ‘Right, this is the structure, the team, the budget, the strategy. We are off.” landroverbar.com

FESTIVAL RETURNS

THE annual Fambridge River Festival, to be held on 26 August, is a celebration of all things maritime on the East Coast and will feature a range of classic, historic and traditional boats. The free event, organised by Fambridge Yacht Haven on the River Crouch, is now in its fourth year. Already confirmed for the festival are the historic Dunkirk Little Ship Motor Torpedo Boat 102 which was involved in Operation Dynamo, Thames Sailing Barge Ironsides from 1900 and the beautiful 31ft Gravesend Bawley, Marigold. In addition to the rally of boats there will be family fun with games, a treasure hunt and the famous charity Rubber Duck Race. Plus, there will be a variety of marine exhibitions, demonstrations and visits from marine emergency services. A new addition for 2018 will be a Street Food Village serving food from around the world with a bar and live music. www.yachthavens.com

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ISOBEL ACES IT

IS IT THE END FOR OYSTER? OYSTER Yachts, based in Southampton, has gone into liquidation. The administration includes Oyster Marine Limited as well as Oyster Marine Holdings. David Tydeman, Oyster CEO, said: “It is with sincere regret that we advise that the company has been unable to secure financial support to enable it to

continue to trade at this time and it is looking at all opportunities available.” The company’s liquidation is thought to be linked to the 2015 keel loss and sinking of Polina Star III and the subsequent legal action. KPMG set a deadline of 2 March for any parties interested in acquiring

Oyster Yachts to come forward. The news of the liquidation came as a surprise to many as in January the company launched a new Oyster 745 model at the Dusseldorf boat show, and reported a “record” order book of £80m. A new flagship series, the Oyster 118, was also planned for this year.

TIME TO WIN YOUR SPOT THE 2018 ilovesailing calendar competition is now open, and this year there is a difference. Emma Slater, ilovesailing co-ordinator, said: “We have received some stunning images over the years, but this year we felt it was time to shake things up and give the calendar a new twist. We have introduced a Black and White theme and are asking entrants to submit black and

white sailing photos. We have also introduced the black duck for 2018 to compliment the theme.” Whether it is dinghy cruising or yacht racing, family days out or regattas, whatever kind of sailing you love, share your favourite sailing photos and each month two entrants will be picked to win a place on the 2019 ilovesailing calendar. As well as a spot on the calendar each winner

will win two tickets to the Southampton Boat Show for the official prize giving, a canvas print of their winning entry, a copy of the calendar, RYA goodies and the new ilovesailing rubber duck. All you have to do is post your favourite sailing photo(s) on to the ilovesailing Facebook page www.facebook.com/ ryailovesailing or email your entry to emma. slater@rya.org.uk.

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ISOBEL Ace, a 17-year-old from The Mumbles, completed her first rescue in the lifeboat last month. The volunteers of the Mumbles inshore lifeboat were called by Milford Haven Coastguard to assist in rescuing a man trapped by the fast incoming tide at the middle island. Isobel was first to the station and the boat was on the scene within five minutes. The man was cold and wet Image: Mary Pudney but otherwise unharmed. Lifeboat Operations Manager Tim Conway said: “Isobel is a real credit to our volunteer crew. She comes from a long line of family members who have served the charity. Her dad is also on the crew and both grandparents are keen fundraisers too. “Without our volunteer crew we simply cannot operate. Isobel has just passed her first phase of training which in total takes a year to complete.” Isobel is looking forward being part of the team at the Mumbles for years to come. www.rnli.org

COWES WEEK DOES THE DOUBLE THIS year’s Lendy Cowes Week will see the introduction of a new Double-handed class. Double-handed racing has become incredibly successful worldwide, both inshore and offshore, and this new class reflects the demand and interest. Entries are invited for boats with IRC ratings between 0.900 to 1.085. Racing will be held as part of the Black Group and courses will be about 3½ hours long with an interesting range of wind angles, but somewhat fewer legs than for the standard IRC classes. Laurence Mead, CWL Regatta Director, said: “We are very happy

HMS IN GIBRALTAR

After an initial delay of a couple of days before leaving Portsmouth for helicopter trials, the £3 billion aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Gibraltar last month for its first overseas port visit. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said: “As the Rock casts its shadow over the flight deck of our world-class aircraft carrier, Gibraltar rightfully marks HMS Queen Elizabeth’s first overseas stop as she refuels and takes on supplies before continuing her sea trials.”

D-DAY STORY

Southsea’s D-Day Museum is due to open in time for Easter with a new name, D-Day Story. After its £5 million refurbishment the museum will be exploring the story of the invasion with completely new displays about D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, told through the stories of those who took part. www.ddaymuseum.co.uk

PARALYMPICS

The International Paralympic Committee Governing Board has announced that sailing, along with Cerebal Palsy football, golf and powerchair football, has progressed to the next stage of the sports application process for Paris 2024 where they will join the 22 existing Paralympic sports. The IPC will decide which ones meet the technical requirements for the Games in September before a final decision on the 2024 Paralympic programme is announced in January 2019. Both Cerebal Palsy football and sailing were axed from the programme after Rio 2016.

VIRTUAL CHALLENGE

Tall Ships Adventures have partnered with sailing legend Sir Chay Blyth to launch their first digital fundraising campaign to support disadvantaged and disabled young people from all over the UK. They are aiming to virtually send one of their Challenger Yachts more than 28,000nm around the world, retracing the route of the Global Challenge for which the yachts were originally built. The yacht will sail one virtual nautical mile for every £1 donation. donatetoday.com/tallships-virtual-voyage

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to open up this new class to Lendy Cowes Week as it reflects a growing part of the sport and at CWL we want to offer the racing that sailors want. For some classes that is a bit more of a bias to windward/ leeward courses and for others a more ‘round the cans’ structure. “Welcoming the Double-handed boats is a natural evolution of the week and we look forward to seeing them on the water and at the social events which form such an important part of the Lendy Cowes Week experience.” Lendy Cowes Week 2018 takes place from the 4 - 11 August. www.lendycowesweek.co.uk

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SELVA DEALER FOR DEVON SELVA Marine got in touch to tell us about a new dealership for the Salcombe area. SW Marine Store can be found next to West End Garage on the main road into the town, and is ideal for those boaters filling up with fuel

before heading to town. Duncan and Emily will not only stock essential grab-and-go items, but will also offer a number of Selva powered small and medium sized craft, selected to be ideal for local Salcombe customers.

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Unit 2, who are trained bomb disposal experts, were called to the scene to make the device safe and take it to be destroyed. Bad weather meant it was unsafe to detonate the device, and the Royal Navy diver team guarded the ordnance overnight until calmer weather settled. It was detonated in the waters off the MOD’s Shoeburyness range. After examination, the device was confirmed as a 500kg tapered end shell measuring 1.5m in length.

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PSP Logistics, skippered by British sailor Matt Mitchell, has marked the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race’s first visit to Sanya in China by claiming a maiden win and fourth podium of the 2017-18 edition of the race. A huge crowd of supporters and well-wishers were gathered to cheer the team across the line and into port to start the celebrations. PSP Logistics overtook Qingdao for the lead in the final four days of the race. After 23 days of racing at sea, where teams battled the Doldrums, squalls and sweltering temperatures,

ROYAL SOUTHERN

The 2018 racing season at the Royal Southern Yacht Club has an exciting line-up of regattas for a wide spectrum of keelboats, as well as an extensive race programme for sportboats that runs from February to September including the J/70 UK National Championship. www.royal-southern.co.uk.

MARINE FINDS

ROYAL Navy bomb disposal experts detonated a 500kg Second World War bomb found in the River Thames. The historic ordnance was found in the George V Dock during pre-planned construction work near London City Airport. The discovery of the bomb led to the temporary closure of the airport, and caused some evacuations of nearby residents while the bomb was made safe and removed from the site. Royal Navy divers from the Portsmouth-based Southern Diving

A group of 10 promising sailors from across the UK have been announced as the winners of the RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards. Each of the regional and home country winners will be presented with their trophy by 49er World Champion and Rio Olympian Dylan Fletcher at the awards presentation taking place on 4 March at the RYA Dinghy Show. Created in 2014, the RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards recognise the outstanding achievement and performance of young people across the range of activities the RYA represents including sailing, windsurfing and powerboating. This year’s winners: Eastern: Daisy Collingridge London and South East: Scott Wilkinson Midlands: Imogen Wade North East: George Stewart North West: Sam Cooper Southern: Matilda Nicholls South West: Milly Jinks Wales: Hatty Morsley Northern Ireland: Sally Bell Scotland: Alistair Coombs

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it was Qingdao that became the second team to cross the finish line. However, it was Dare To Lead, which had a redress of 1 hour 24 minutes, that ultimately scooped second place. Although the home team, Sanya Serenity Coast, did not quite make the podium, they maintained their lead on top of the overall standings by claiming fourth place in a closely fought battle to the line. Race 8, which will see the teams head approximately 1,700nm to Qingdao started on 4 March. www.clipperroundtheworld.com

JOSE Irandir Cardoso, one of six men convicted of killing Sir Peter Blake in 2001, has been re-captured. Brazilian police arrested the man during a routine stop-and-search on a remote Amazon river island. He had been a fugitive for 16 years after escaping from prison in 2002. Peter Blake, one of the world’s best known sailors, was 53 when he was shot and killed by pirates in a night time robbery. The attackers got away with just an outboard motor and a few watches. Sir Peter’s killer, Ricardo Colares Tavares, was sentenced to 37 years in prison and Jose Cardoso was given 32 years. At the time of his death New Zealander Peter had been monitoring global warming and pollution on the Amazon for the United Nations. His long list of accomplishments included successive victories in the America’s Cup, the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race and holding the Jules Verne Trophy from 1994 to 1997.

The Marine Antiquities Scheme, the initiative created to improve knowledge of our underwater heritage through the recording of marine finds, is launching in Northern Ireland. The scheme aims to enhance awareness of Northern Ireland’s marine heritage by helping record archaeological finds in the marine environment. Finders can also submit information online. www.marinefinds.org.uk.

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Image: IWM The National Museum of the Royal Navy has launched a campaign to raise funds to help complete the restoration of the last surviving Second World War, D-Day LCT 7074. She will be displayed alongside the museum’s affiliate, the D-Day Story, Southsea, to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019. The scheme has received a generous first round grant of £4.7million from the National Lottery, however match funding is now required to unlock the funds and secure enough money to carry out the full restoration of the 200ft craft. www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/lct-7074

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National Historic Ships-UK have teamed up with Royal Museums Greenwich, the International Boat Building Training College Lowestoft, the Association of Bargemen and Hermitage River Projects to offer a weekend of learning in traditional ship-keeping skills at Cutty Sark. The masterclasses will be delivered by tutors and instructors from the IBTC and will take place in the dry berth of Cutty Sark and in the ship keepers workshop. 12 – 13 May / £250 info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk

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FIRST SAIL AID UK GRANTS SAIL Aid UK has announced the charity’s first three grants, totalling £15,000, to the Anguilla Sailing Association, the Virgin Islands Sloop Foundation and Adopt a Roof BVI. The overall objective of the Anguilla Sailing Association is to ‘preserve the art of sailing through youth and adult programmes accessible to all’, while the Virgin Islands Sloop Foundation is dedicated to preserving the traditional sailing heritage in the British Virgin Islands. Prior to Irma the Foundation had five traditional sloops that had been refurbished to a condition where they could be sailed and even raced. They were

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all severely damaged in the hurricanes with three of them sunk, and so the VI Sloop Foundation is now raising funds to salvage and repair them once more. Meanwhile, Adopt a Roof BVI was established to provide shelter for poor and vulnerable families in the BVI following the hurricanes. The roofs are constructed to the highest building code standards and to withstand future hurricane storms. Sail Aid UK was set up in the immediate aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and José that swept through the Leeward Islands leaving entire island communities devastated in September. www.sailaiduk.com/page/how-to-help

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THE 2018 FAST40+ season kicks off this April with 10 teams confirmed for the full season, and more for headline events. The international teams will take part in the six round FAST40+ Race Series, which includes the FAST40+ National Championship and the prestigious One Ton Cup. Racing is incredibly close. Last year, after six months of racing, it all came down to the last round of the series. Sir Keith Mills’ Invictus won the

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championship in the very last race. However, for 2018, there will be a new FAST40+ Circuit champion, as Invictus is taking a year out. The boat is up for sale, and Sir Keith Mills is looking at building a new FAST40+ for 2019. For more details of official FAST40+ brokerage and charter options visit www.fast40class.com. Go online to the All at Sea events page to see the 2018 FAST40+ class programme. www.allatsea.co.uk

Volvo Cork Week event organisers have announced a new deal for those who sign up before 31 March. A lucky five per cent of entries received by that date will be given a crew gear pack, which contains 10 branded Helly Hansen Crew tops personalised with the boat name and a skipper’s branded Helly Hansen Regatta jacket, also personalised. www.corkweek.ie

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VENTURING AHEAD WITH HELENA RECENT months have seen remarkable progress for the RS Venture Connect. It began with adoption by World Sailing into its para sailing programme, continued by winning two international marine industry awards and has been rounded off by one of the most successful sailing Paralympians coming on board to help establish the Class. The RS Venture’s plug & play para options mean the boat can be quickly configured to suit sailors with a wide range of disabilities,

making round-robin racing in supplied boats possible. Helena said: “The combination of the RS Venture, supplied boats and the stadium format is almost certain to attract top teams,” said Helena. “And at the other end the opportunity to create a pathway from training into racing could make a big difference to the sport, so I am excited to put some of my time into helping make it happen!” RSsailing.com / Helena@rssailing.com

Hovertravel is adding services to its early morning timetable, permanently operating more services for cross-Solent passengers at times when it is most needed. From 1 March there will be new services: 0630 and 0700 from Ryde and 0645 and 0715 from Southsea on every weekday. Hovertravel has added 20 crossings to its weekday timetable since December 2017 as a result of feedback from commuters, school children and their parents.

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According to ABP, in 2017 a record two million cruise passengers visited the Port of Southampton. They brought in around £2 billion to the region’s economy. ABP Southampton director, Alastair Welch, said: “2017 was a recordbreaking year for the Port of Southampton and 2018 looks set to be even busier.”

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FOILED BY CUP TRIO THE star-studded Australian Euroflex crew of Nathan Outteridge, Iain Jensen and Glenn Ashby showed their superiority by claiming victory in all seven races on Adelaide’s Outer Harbor – taking the maximum points in the first ever leg of the SuperFoiler Grand Prix. The America’s Cup trio, who have 24 world championships between them, were tested in the final race of the three-day regatta trailing iD Intranet (Brits Ed Powys and Paul Campbell-James along with Australian Fang Warren) for the second time in as many days. But ultimately the class of Euroflex emerged, as they leapfrogged their way to victory. Record Point had a difficult run at the regatta when a capsize was followed by Tom Clout going overboard in the final

race of the regatta. Clout, an experienced offshore sailor, was recovered and continued racing. Euroflex netted six points from the Grand Prix regatta with iD Intranet in second place with five heading into the second leg in Geelong where Euroflex continued their winning ways with another clean sweep. The teams then moved on to the Gold Coast where Paul Campbell-James showed that Euroflex is not invincible, with his iD Intranet taking race seven off the series leader Euroflex and ending their record of 21 race wins. Euroflex did, however, top the standings again and extended their lead over tech2. iD Intranet is in fifth overall after a disappointing result at Geelong. www.superfoiler.com

A ground-breaking Atlantic rowing team is celebrating an historic success after completing the 2017/18 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. In addition to facing all the daunting trials and tribulations expected when navigating 3,000 miles across the ocean in a 9m boat, Carbon Zerow, sponsored by Ocean Signal as Electrical Safety Equipment Partner, has also become the first carbon neutral team to row the Atlantic (subject to verification by The Carbon Trust). With a time of 45 days, 13 hours and 1 minute, the British-American team of Kyle Smith, James Lamb, Brian Kerr and Philip Van Benthem finished 15th and second in their class. They pledged to be carbon neutral for the challenge. They were committed to ensuring their project will result in

no net increase in the global emission of greenhouse gases with the aim of setting a precedent for future carbon neutral expeditions and inspiring people to make sustainable lifestyle choices. The rowers faced adversity from the start after losing some of the most essential pieces of equipment in the first four days of the expedition. They lost their freshwater maker almost immediately after setting off and had to spend hours each day hand-pumping fresh water. The crew also had to steer by hand in ferocious weather after one of their autohelms failed. Their batteries struggled to charge, their main satellite phone broke and their two centreboards, which provide stability in the rough seas, were broken off by the force of the ocean. www.carbonzerow.org www.oceansignal.com

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A Cornish sailing charity is calling for intrepid individuals prepared to spend 24 hours in a liferaft for charity. On 18 May, a team of brave volunteers will climb into an inflatable liferaft and be floated out into Falmouth Harbour. The day-long challenge aims to raise funds for Turn to Starboard, a sailing charity supporting Armed Forces personnel affected by military operations. The charity hopes to raise £2,000 as part of its Float-A-Boat campaign – aiming to achieve £100,000 during 2018 for a new training boat. To be part of the challenge, contact Neil Triggs on 01326 314262 or email neil@turntostarboard.co.uk. To donate to the challenge visit turntostarboard.co.uk.

A ‘ghost ship’ abandoned following a dramatic rescue in the Pacific in October 2017 provided a close encounter for a boat competing in the Volvo Ocean Race. In October 2017, two sailors from Hawaii and a dog were rescued by the US Navy from their cruising sail boat, Sea Nymph, 1,000 miles off the coast of Japan after drifting at sea for nearly five months in their damaged boat, and abandoning their vessel in the process. Four months later, Turn the Tide on Plastic had a close encounter with the abandoned boat, which remains afloat and adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Turn the Tide on Plastic skipper Dee Caffari said: “We sent up the drone for a closer inspection and to get some identification for the vessel. We collected

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AFTER the release of The Mercy last month chronicling the story of Donald Crowhurst’s disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race, here is a very different nautical themed film. In 1965 Robert Manry sailed his 13’ 6” boat, Tinkerbelle, across the Atlantic. By the time his 78-day odyssey ended in England, Manry was the guest of honour to a welcoming committee of 20,000 Britons and had become a hero to his countrymen - and to dreamers everywhere. This year is the centenary of Robert’s birth and, later this year, a documentary film will be released, Manry at Sea-In the Wake of a Dream, telling Robert’s story. Robert Manry’s book Tinkerbelle is available as an eBook. Turn to page 21 to read about the making of another film based on Donald Crowhurst’s story, entitled Crowhurst. robertmanryproject.com

some images and sent them back to race control and they confirmed the boat was the abandoned vessel, Sea Nymph. “We are grateful we saw her during the day as this could have been a very different story had we come across her at night. She was floating stern to us with no lights or signal being given out; there is no way we would have seen her. “I just hope now we have given authorities her position there is a chance for salvage or for scuttling her to prevent a far worse disaster in our oceans. We are asking you not to litter the oceans with plastic and here we have a whole yacht floating aimlessly in our oceans!” Watch a video of Sea Nymph on the All at Sea online news pages – www.allatsea.co.uk.

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The Transatlantic Race 2019 will start from Newport, Rhode Island on 25 June, 2019 and finish at the Royal Yacht Squadron’s iconic castle in Cowes. It will be the 31st race between Europe and the United States and is organised by the Royal Yacht Squadron, the New York Yacht Club, the Royal Ocean Racing Club and the Storm Trysail Club. transatlanticrace.org

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Love is in the air on The Mumbles lifeboat. Crew member Mark Jones was giving his girlfriend Donna Collier a guided tour of the Tamar Class lifeboat just before he went on his weekly exercise. Donna looked up to see Mark on blended knee proposing marriage. “Thankfully she said yes,” said Mark. “We have been together 13 years and I thought it was time we made it official.”

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INVASIVE SPECIES WEEK LAND Rover BAR have donated their first test boat T1, a foiling AC45 catamaran helmed by team principal and skipper Ben Ainslie, to the Classic Boat Museum in Cowes. The museum took delivery with a view to making the boat part of a display at the new museum in West Cowes, which is due to open in April. T1 was the first of five foiling catamarans to be launched by the team, in October 2014, and was used as a test boat for training sessions on the Solent in the buildup to the team’s campaign for the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda.

The boat originally raced under BAR colours during the America’s Cup World Series in 2012-13 and was used to break the Round the Island race record in 2013, before being modified by the team to fly on hydrofoils the following year. In May 2016, the team hosted a special guest on-board, the Duchess of Cambridge, who took the helm to ‘fly’ in the Solent. Land Rover BAR have a dedicated end of life programme to repurpose and recycle all the team’s test and race boats. Alongside donating T1 to the museum, one hull of T2’s platform is on display at the team’s HQ, within the interactive Tech Deck, and the

team are working with ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd and other partners to recycle/reuse the two final test boats, T3 and T4. James Stagg, Land Rover BAR Head of Operations, explained: “The launch of T1 was a real moment and milestone in the team’s campaign and getting her on the water, foiling and reliable was a result of a huge amount of effort from all of the team. The Royal Yacht Squadron is the Challenging Club of Land Rover BAR and Cowes is the home of the America’s Cup so for us it is really fitting that she will be on display, for all to enjoy at the new Classic Boat Museum.”

INVASIVE Species Week will be back from 23 - 29 March. Throughout the week, the RYA will be joining forces with The Green Blue to focus on a different theme each day. Invasive non-native species are those that have been transported outside of their natural range and can damage our environment, the economy, our health and the way we live. They can ‘hitchhike’ on the outside of vessels and in spaces within them, as well as on equipment and clothing. It is estimated that the threat to biodiversity from these invaders is second only to that of habitat loss. There are currently about 140 aquatic nonnative species in Britain. Many species thrive in both salt and fresh water, and their main means of spreading is via boat hulls or propellers, or within bilge or

engine cooling water systems. Campaign Manager for The Green Blue, Kate Fortnam, said: “It is important that boaters demonstrate that they are doing all they can to reduce the spread of invasive non-native species in order to help protect the environment and reduce potential damage to boat engines and props.” If you take part in outdoor activities on or around our coastal and inland waterways, following the three simple steps of Check, Clean, Dry can massively reduce the risk of spreading invasive aquatic species. For more information or to download your free copy of The Green Guide to Boating visit www.thegreenblue.org.uk. You can join in by following @CheckCleanDryGB or searching #InvasivesWeek.

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DINING FOR CHARITY HONDA FOLLOWING the devastation caused to the British Virgin Islands by Hurricane Irma, Ryde School Isle Of Wight is hosting a fundraising black tie dinner on 27 April. Island Michelin starred chef, Robert Thompson will be creating a Caribbean cuisine inspired themed dinner. Irma wreaked havoc back in September. Boats, cars, shipping containers and roofs cartwheeled huge distances, and trees were stripped of leaves and bark, broken and blown away. Wrecked boats were tossed ashore, dumped on the seabed or torn to pieces creating thousands of tonnes of storm debris. Six months on and the islands are coming back to life. The dinner will be an evening of celebration. Guest speaker, record-breaking disabled yachtsman, Geoff Holt MBE will be talking about his sailing adventures as a disabled yachtsman and sharing his very personal story about his close relationship with the British Virgin Islands and why they play such an important part in his life. Professional auctioneer Becky Ball will be at the helm to dispense lots, and prizes include Le Mans Legend Derek Bell MBE taking a passenger in his car to give them the thrill of their life on a hill climb at the famous Festival of Speed at Goodwood. There is also a Goodwood Aviation experience to the Needles and back, a yacht charter for four in the BVI, a Chilgrove Gin Experience overnight stay, a Land Rover BAR tour with Sir Ben Ainslie memorabilia and much more. There will also be a raffle, dancing and music. Do not miss the chance to be part of a great evening enjoying yourself while supporting the regeneration of the British Virgin Islands. You can book a table or attend individually. cle@rydeschool.net / 01983 617946

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Red Funnel has placed an order for a £10 million ro-ro freight ferry with Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird, which is currently building the polar research ship Sir David Attenborough for the British Antarctic Survey. The 74m ferry is scheduled for delivery in spring 2019.

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The Atlantic Ladies completed the 3,000 mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge breaking three records along the way despite capsizing twice in the final 24 hours. Sharon Magrath, Di Carrington and Elaine Theaker left the Canary Islands in December and arrived in Antigua 60 days later. Di, at 62, became the oldest woman to cross the ocean by rowing and they set a record for the fastest female trip across it. They are also the oldest female trio to cross the Atlantic, organisers say.

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Anna Blackwell, 24, and Kate Culverwell, 19, will be setting out on a record breaking, and world first, tandem kayak expedition from England to the Black Sea. The 4,000km adventure will start in April and is expected to take four months to complete to raise funds and awareness for Pancreatic Cancer Action. Pancreatic cancer is the UK’s fifth biggest cancer killer and has a five per cent survival rate, which is the lowest of any cancer. kayakingthecontinent.com

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SUCCESS at the Miami World Cup saw the British Sailing Team bring home five medals including four golds. Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell kicked off the team’s success with a win in the 49er fleet on the penultimate day of racing. Rio 2016 gold medallist Giles Scott dominated the action on his return to major competition to win the Finn class. He had taken a break from Finn racing after the Olympics to sail with Sir Ben Ainslie in the America’s Cup. From Miami Giles headed to San Diego to join Land Rover BAR in the TP52 regatta. Elsewhere Luke Patience and Chris Grube took the top spot in the men’s 470 and Alison Young was victorious in the Laser Radial.

Two-time world champion and current European champion Nick Thompson rounded off the medal haul with bronze in the Laser fleet. It is a timely boost for the British Sailing Team as it gears up to the biggest test of the year – the Hempel Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, this summer, which is the first opportunity for Olympic qualification. A successful regatta, British Sailing Team athletes also came close in three other classes: men’s RS:X competitor Tom Squires, 49er FX pair Sophie Ainsworth and Sophie Weguelin and women’s 470 duo Amy Seabright and Anna Carpenter finished fourth. The third leg of Sailing’s World Cup Series will be held in Hyères, France, in April.

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THE 2018 Extreme Sailing Series™ is ready to fly for the 12th consecutive year, with the announcement of a global tour that will visit eight major cities on three continents. The action kicks off over 14 - 17 March in Muscat, Oman and continues throughout the year until the grand finale in Los Cabos, Mexico at the end of November. The Series will return to the UK when Act 5 arrives at Cardiff over 24 – 27 August. Always a firm favourite with the public and the sailors due to the accessible waterfront stadium and close racing, this year is expected to be even more spectacular as Wales celebrates its Year of the Sea. Welsh Government Minister for

Culture, Tourism and Sport, Lord ElisThomas said: “2018 will be the seventh time for Cardiff Bay to experience the excitement of the Extreme Sailing Series. We are celebrating the Year of the Sea in Wales this year, which is a fantastic opportunity for Wales to make its mark as the UK’s top 21st century coastal destination. “Extreme Sailing Series provides Cardiff with a global position alongside other premium worldwide venues and gives us the opportunity to promote Cardiff Bay internationally as a world class sailing and watersports venue.” www.extremesailingseries.com Visit the All at Sea online events page to see the full list of events. www.allatsea.co.uk

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On the larger diesel engine front and aimed more at commercial or operations such as dive charter or angling boats is the new John Deere PowerTech 4045SFM85, an all new 4.5 litre turbo diesel with dual rating for light commercial and high speed governmental or leisure use. In the commercial specification at 275hp @ 2600rpm and for the high speed applications 315hp @ 2800rpm. The John Deere designers have spent time to ensure the engine is as easy to live with as possible by placing the fuel filter element on the front, and there is the option of left or right hand fitted oil filter to help with dual installations. The exhaust manifold is water cooled for quieter and cooler running for the benefit of passengers and crew while the heat exchanger has been made lower profile by 4.3cms giving greater air volume within the engine bay. Being a 4-cylinder engine it is lighter and more compact than a 5 or 6-cylinder version but will meet all Tier 2 standards for commercial and leisure applications and US Tier 3 standards. For elongated service life the engine uses wet liners to facilitate future rebuilds and ensure economic life costs and is the only 4-cylinder, 315hp ABS certified engine available anywhere. www.deere.co.uk/en/marine-engines

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Yanmar have brought out a sweet little inboard diesel turbo that is aimed squarely at the smaller boat market and as a donkey engine for yachts. The new unit is the world’s smallest common rail inboard diesel engine and is labelled the 3JH40, indicating that it is a 3-cylinder engine producing 40hp. As such, it brings the efficiency and performance advantages associated with the most recent electronically-managed CR fuel-injection technology to a whole range of smaller boat users in the leisure and small commercial operator sector. It is also a cracking engine for repowering a sailing yacht up to the 45ft calibre. Yanmar state that their new engine offers minimal fuel consumption and quiet operation with low emissions that exceed EPA Tier 3 and EU RCD Tier 2 regulations for virtually smoke and odour free running. The 1642cc engine weighs in at just 192kgs and can be linked to either manual controls or the Yanmar VC10 electronic control system. The three strong range of Yanmar J series engines now spans from 40hp through to 110hp to suit a wide variety of applications for sailing yachts and smaller motorboats. They will be especially useful for inland waterways fleet operators with their quiet, clean and economic running. www.yanmarmarine.eu

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Selva are about to announce an addition to their range, the Aruana, which is unusual in that it is a tiller steered 30hp outboard. Most makers only do a tiller 30hp to special order, but the Selva is available in both console or tiller steer direct from the dealer. By the time you read this they should already be available and it promises to be very competitively priced. The dealer network for Selva is ever expanding; they have just signed up the family owned South West Marine Store in Salcombe. SW Marine Store are based in the main petrol station at the top of town, and they will offer sales, service, support and storage as well as fuelling before you launch. www.selvamarine.com

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Here are two Survival Kits from ACR Electronics, which include the essential products needed to quickly abandon ship and alert the rescue authorities of an emergency. They include an ACR Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon or Personal Locator Beacon operating on the 406 MHz frequency. The kits also contain a variety of other devices, including distress lights and a whistle, to help rescuers. Mikele D’Arcangelo, Marketing Director for ACR Electronics, explained: “Our customers can put their trust in the ACR Survival Kits when time is short and no help is in sight. When considering the safety of your family and crew, we want to emphasize the importance

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of investment in premium equipment, particularly a properly-registered 406 MHz beacon developed to save lives.” EPIRB Survival Kit with GlobalFix Pro: €500 EPIRB Survival Kit with GlobalFix V4: €729 www.acrartex.com

Simrad Yachting has announced the new NSO evo3 navigation system, an integrated display solution for larger cruising and sportfishing boats that combines autopilot, radar, communications, fishfinding and more. Connect it to Simrad premium network modules and add GPS, autopilot, keypad controllers and other accessories to create a vessel-wide system. It includes a high-definition display with a touchscreen interface, that supports up to a six-panel, split-screen layout. NSO evo3 displays can also be purchased as part of a system kit. NSO evo3 16” System Kit: €7,199 NSO evo3 19” System Kit: €8,899 NSO evo3 24” System Kit: €10,899 NSO evo3 16” Display: €6,599 NSO evo3 19” Display: €8,299 NSO evo3 24” Display: €10,299 www.simrad-yachting.com

SAFETY LADDER

From Ocean Safety comes the KIM ladder range to meet the new ISO 15085 approval, which specifies design, construction and strength requirements of MOB and reboarding products. Designed for recovering a person who has fallen overboard, this simple to install ladder can be retro-fitted to yachts and is especially useful for shorthanded sailing, since it can be released by a person in the water from where it is fastened to a fitting point on the yacht’s handrail or toerail. The KIM Safety Ladder is available in lengths to fit a range of freeboard heights from 2.5m to 4.5m. While not in use it can be stored discreetly in a compact white PVC valise and can be fastened to the yacht with adjustable buckles. From £49.78 www.oceansafety.com

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The Cat S41 is a rugged smartphone with a large, powerful battery to keep you connected, no matter what challenges the day presents. A successor to the Cat S40, it is often used by customers who take part in recreational activities that put their phone under stress such as hiking, fishing and biking. It has a 5000mAh battery, providing up to 44 days standby time or up to 38 hours 3G talk time, and is powerful enough to charge other devices and accessories using its Battery Share functionality. The Cat S41 is built to survive repeated drop tests on to concrete from 1.8m, is waterproof tested up to 2m for as long as one hour and is able to withstand thermal shocks. The Cat S41 also has a camera that can be used underwater. £399 | www.bullitt-group.com

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SHORE STYLE HENRI LLOYD TRAVERSE JACKET

The Henri Lloyd Traverse Jacket, available in men’s and women’s sizes and styles, is made from a premium knitted fleece and combines warmth and style. It is ideal for cooler temperatures as a mid-layer or just a stylish onshore piece. The twoway stretch marl knits give low pilling properties while the fabric surface creates air pockets that trap air and retain body heat. The Traverse has a zipped chest pocket (on the arm for the women’s styles) with moulded zip pullers. Traverse Jacket / Marine, Light Grey / £99.90 Traverse Jacket Women’s / Marine, Light Grey / £99.90 www.henrilloyd.com

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Ideal for keelboat sailing, white water kayaking and general watersport use is Typhoon International’s Multisport 5 Back Entry drysuit. Fully breathable and completely waterproof, it has been designed with a hypercurve rear zip position for comfort and to be easier to put on. Latex neck and wrist seals with protective outer covers help to minimise water ingress and reinforced knee and seat pads, fabric socks and internal braces provide additional support and protection. £529.95 www.3Sisafety.com

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ZHIK SUPERWARM® X For 2018, Zhik have introduced two levels of Superwarm wetsuit, X and V, offering sailors a choice of features and insulation. The Zhik Superwarm® X means you can keep sailing in cold climates in a more lightweight all-weather wetsuit. Its hydrophobic outer shell deflects the spray, and a heat reflective layer in the middle keeps the warmth in. Next to your skin is the soft, quick drying HydroBase® thermal fleece. New

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BOATING PEOPLE Q&A WITH LIA DITTON WHO IS BIDDING TO BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN TO ROW SOLO ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC.

history as the first woman is a unique opportunity and a powerful tool to inspire and motivate generations of future role models.

WHERE WILL YOU START AND HOW LONG IS IT EXPECTED TO TAKE?

I will depart from Choshi, Japan, a small town NE of Tokyo, which describes itself as “a right arm of the earth which sticks out into the Pacific Ocean”. The voyage is expected to take four to six months.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES WILL BE? Image: Julian Winslow_ julianwinslow.com

LIA, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ROWING?

I learned to row before I could swim, but this was rowing to and from my parents’ 19ft boat rather than rowing as a sport. In 2010 I rowed the Atlantic with a partner. That is when I got serious about it.

IN APRIL 2019 YOU WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO ROW SOLO ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC AND BECOME THE FIRST WOMAN TO DO SO. WHY ARE YOU TAKING UP THIS INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE?

Rowing the North Pacific will be my fourteenth ocean crossing, my second without sails. Only two people have rowed solo across the North Pacific Ocean. Both were men. With the Kuroshio Current to navigate, typhoons and 5,500 miles between continents, the North Pacific is far more challenging to row than the Atlantic. To make

Sharks, storms and huge waves are what most people expect me to say, but I think the biggest challenge will be the monotony and motivation to row 12 - 16 hours day after day, week after week. My biggest fear is not typhoons, but the destruction of my own body.

TELL US ABOUT THE BOAT.

Naval architect Jim Antrim and I are currently designing the carbon boat I will row across the Pacific. The new design will be much lower profile than the YO! boat I have been using for training. To follow the design and build, sign up for my blog at www.rowliarow.com.

distress flare and my Spinlock Deckvest is kitted out with an Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 man overboard device for finding me via AIS. An Iridium GO! will enable me to send video bites, texts and Instagram updates via satellite.

ONLY TWO PEOPLE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ROWED SOLO ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS THE CASE? The 16 failed attempts fall into several categories underfunded, last minute, questionable departure point, boat design/weight and typhoon damage, which may just be bad luck or poor boat handling at the time.

TELL US ABOUT THE OCEAN RACES YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY COMPETED IN. In 2005 I was the youngest competitor and only woman to complete the Faraday Mill OSTAR (Plymouth to Newport, Rhode Island). I raced a very wet pocket rocket - a 34ft Shuttleworth trimaran. In 2006, I came second in France’s

prestigious single-handed transatlantic race Le Route du Rhum, a mildly terrifying downwind sleigh-ride from St. Malo to Guadeloupe. For the Transpac 2007, I crewed on a 60ft trimaran, which I captained back to San Diego and project managed for a year.

WHAT ELSE IS STILL ON YOUR SAILING ‘TO DO’ LIST?

I would like to do more of the big five: Fastnet, Newport Bermuda, Transpac, Sydney Hobart and Middle Sea Race. As my qualifying passage for the Route du Rhum I sailed to the Fastnet Rock and back, but it is not the same as being part of the race.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO OTHER WOMEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS? The more you sail, the more competent and confident you will become. Get on the boat by offering to assist, build trust and show what you can do.

WHICH SAILORS INSPIRE YOU (PAST OR PRESENT)?

With women now integrated into the Volvo Ocean Race, there are too many sailors to mention that inspire me. Join Lia’s community of Believers via Patreon www.patreon.com/RowLiaRow

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WILL YOU HAVE ANY SUPPORT OR RADIO COMMUNICATION?

My support team will be land based. I have a Yellowbrick tracker which I use every day in training (rowliarow.com/find-lia) and in case of emergency, Ocean Signal have got me covered. In my grab bag is an Ocean Signal rescueME EPIRB1, Ocean Signal’s rescueME EDF1 Electronic

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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.

THE BENEFITS OF DRY BERTHING YOUR BOAT OUT OF THE WATER

LEE POLLOCK, BOAT YARD MANAGER, EXPLAINS WHY DRY BERTHING COULD BE FOR YOU. THERE is nothing new about marinas offering dry sailing for racing yachts and dry stacking for small motorboats and RIBs. While you might be one of the many owners who prefer to keep their boat in the water so that it is always ready to sail away, you may be missing out on some key advantages that will help keep your boat in tip top condition.

It is generally better for a boat to be kept out of the water. Less frequent or no antifouling coupled with replacing the anodes less often are immediate money savers, plus the fact that there is no need to pay for that mid-season lift and scrub that many leisure cruisers like to have as the hull will be clean each time you use it. Meanwhile, you can keep a constant eye on the condition of the hull. Not only is it good for your boat, dry berthing is also secure, especially the dry stack for smaller boats which could otherwise be towed away by thieves from driveways, or driven away from a pontoon. As a result your insurance company may offer lower premiums. IS IT RIGHT FOR YOU? Looking at the pricing versus staying on a berth is only part of the equation – lower maintenance and prolonging the good condition of the vessel will also result in considerable savings. If you own a motor cruiser, for instance, but you are limited in the number of times you can get out on the water dry berthing is a good solution. The potential fuel saving can be significant, with no build-up of weed or fouling to slow it down. Not only

is performance improved but so is boat handling and there will be less mechanical wear with no prolonged exposure of engine parts to salt water. Similarly, a sailing cruiser that enters occasional races will be better prepared with a clean, faster hull. This also improves passage times in normal use. HOW DOES IT WORK? You will need a correctly fitting cradle for the boat to rest in. The yard or the boat manufacturer can usually provide one. If you like heading off in your RIB to the pub across the Solent at short notice in the summer evenings, marinas like Hamble Yacht Services only need one hour’s warning. Dry stacking also avoids the queues at public slipways on peak summer days. Typically the yard’s hoist (for larger yachts), crane or forklift will put your boat in the water the day before you want it, and you will find it tied up on a holding pontoon when you arrive. When you return to the dock it will be lifted, power-washed and returned to its stack or cradle. Most dry storage contract holders will plan ahead, but often one or two hours is enough notice. Hamble Yacht Services offers a 12-round-

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CROWHURST Last month the big budget The Mercy was released, but there is another film, out this month, that will also be exploring Donald Crowhurst’s tragic story. Simon Rumley, the director of Crowhurst, takes us behind the scenes of the making of this film. Words: Simon Rumley Images: Mike Riley

Justin Salinger plays Donald Crowhurst in the film

y now, it seems, everyone in the UK must have heard about the British inventor Donald Crowhurst who, in 1968, set off on the Golden Globe Race, sponsored by the Sunday Times, to sail non-stop, single-handedly around the world with disastrous and tragic consequences. There are two films that have highlighted this tale of British derringdo gone severely wrong: the big budget The Mercy starring Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, which was released last month, and, with less than a hint of an Oscar on the horizon, there is Crowhurst, a film I directed starring the excellent but not so famous Justin Salinger and Amy Loughton. It has generally been reported that my film Crowhurst was made as a reaction to The Mercy, but this is not the case. I was approached in the summer of 2014 to shoot Crowhurst when I was at the Cannes Film Festival. Foolishly I turned the project down and the Crowhurst producers started talking to a ‘named’ actor who wanted to direct his first feature and also star in the project. By the end of the year, though, things seemed to have fallen apart with the project. When it was announced that Colin Firth was to star in the, as then, untitled film I was literally kicking myself, rueing the day I had turned Crowhurst down. However, I received an email confirming that everything was on track and if I wanted to direct the film then it was mine. The one caveat was that the budget had been slashed dramatically but, never one to shirk away from a challenge, we started filming Crowhurst a few months later. It was not so much with a view to stealing The Mercy’s glory, but as an independent alternative to a glossier version of the same story, a version that would investigate the darkness of Crowhurst’s final hours and weeks.

MOVING INSIDE

were told there was no way this would happen by our nervous boat owner. For our budget we were running out of options until I had the seemingly not very genius idea of actually shooting at sea.

WATER CHALLENGE

Filming at Donald Crowhurst ‘s home

WHERE AND WHAT

The two largest challenges facing us was where to film Crowhurst and on what. Initially Mike Reilly, the producer, had found a craftsman who was going to completely rebuild/recreate Crowhurst’s boat, the Teignmouth Electron. But once our budget was cut, this idea withered and the hunt got going for a seaworthy Trimaran from 1968. We trawled yachting magazines and sailing forums and did find an almost identical one in France but would have had to purchase and then ship the boat from Europe which was impractical and too costly. Perseverance is a producer’s trademark, however, and Mike happened across an owner of a 1969 Trimaran in a Bristol yacht club. Not identical and 10ft shorter than Teignmouth Electron but close enough and, importantly, sparse enough for us to add the necessary elements to make it historically convincing.

We actually shot not in the sea but the Bristol Channel, which brought its own idiosyncratic challenges, mainly due to its ludicrously strong current which meant as soon as we thought we were ready to shoot a scene, the skipper would need to tack and we would have to wait another half hour to get back to where we wanted to film in the first place. In addition, it being the Bristol Channel, there was land everywhere we pointed the camera with the exception of a 30 degree gap towards the Celtic Sea. Of course, this was not going to work for Crowhurst’s story, but in the end we had no choice but to film every scene with land in the background and then use CGI to get rid of said land.

The bigger challenge, it turned out, was where to set Crowhurst’s production. Initially the idea was to film either in Malta or South Africa with probably a combination of filming on the high sea and in a water tank. But after our budget cut these alluring options went out the proverbial peephole. Mike had recently moved to

Bristol so it seemed logical that we base ourselves there. We discussed shooting all the exterior footage in Bristol harbour against a green screen, but the screen would have been the size of a few tennis courts and thus impractical. We also looked into lowering our trimaran into a disused mining pit full of water (basically a mini-reservoir) but

Most adults of a certain age remember the negative publicity that accompanied Kevin Costner’s Waterworld (1995), a film that went massively over budget due to shooting on the unpredictable, uncontrollable sea, so my idea was met with immediate concern. How would we get all our (small) 20 person crew onto the boat? Who would sail the boat? What about the weather? How could we control the Forces of Nature and Poseidon’s potential wrath? Basically would we become our own lowbudget Waterworld? The more I thought about it, however, the more it made sense and I was also keen to become a member of an elite club. Not Oscar winners, but directors who have filmed at sea or at least on a boat: Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski and Katherine Bigelow to name but a few! In the end we opted, by necessity, for a minimal crew: myself, the Director of Photography, his assistant, a boom op, the sound mixer and our Donald. In addition we needed a skipper and an assistant for him. Usually the sound mixer and skipper’s assistant would sit below deck whilst the rest of us would be above deck, hiding behind the camera. In addition, there was, at all times, a safety boat following us which consisted of two safety experts and either the producer or a member from production. Mike initially suggested we film at sea for two days and I upped this to three, but by the time we got to work it became apparent we would need four, and in the end was six.

For the interior scenes, where much of the film’s action takes place, we moored in Bristol harbour for 11 days and did pretty much what we had done ‘at sea’ but with the rest of the crew - hair, make-up, costume - by our side on dry land. In order to hide all the buildings and objects sailing by in the background, we had to stick misty opaque plastic over all the cabin windows and apart from the high level of noise, including police sirens, airplanes, traffic and a fair amount of crying babies, this part of the shoot went very well. The younger crew members (runners and assistants) became adept at gently rocking the boat whilst we were filming to give the impression that it was sailing and not moored in the Bristol docks.

FAMILY HOME

Whilst Crowhurst is very much about the sailor’s mental and physical journey, the other main location we needed was Donald’s home - where the emotional core of the film takes place. Donald playing with his children, Donald telling his wife he had entered the race, the family learning he was still alive when they had not heard from him for months. Mike was adamant that we would use Crowhurst’s actual family home. This seemed ambitious but, armed with his charming two-year-old daughter and the knowledge that Donald lived in Bridgewater, Mike ventured that way. A few pubs, questions and locals later, Mike turned up unannounced at Donald’s home. His family no longer live there but sold the property to a convivial couple of antique dealers. Tucked away down a hidden lane, it is really an idyll of British country garden charm, and it felt little changed from when the Crowhurst family lived there. It was strange shooting the intimate scenes between Donald and his wife, between Donald and his children, knowing that very similar scenes must have happened in those exact rooms. The days passed slowly but surely and I remember leaving after the final day’s filming, walking alone, meditating on what a unique experience it had been, feeling that Donald’s spirit had been watching over us happily, approving of our version of his story. www.simonrumley.com Crowhurst is released this month.

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STANDING STRAIGHT

The change from wood to aluminium as the material of choice for mast making was one of the great steps forward for sailing boats.

Making metal masts 1950s style. The standpipe is full of boiling caustic soda, and Cliff is about to immerse a length of aluminium into the mix so as to reduce the wall thickness. A dangerous task, so easier methods were found... Image: Cliff Norbury

driver for change. In the 1930s the National 12s and International 14s would lead the way, before the post war boom when they would be joined by Merlins, Cadets, GP14s and many more. Little wonder then that the Warsash based master dinghy builder, Jack Chippendale, would say of the leading dinghy designers Jack Holt and Ian Proctor, that if they kept on designing boats at this rate, “there won’t be enough spruce trees in the ground to make masts for them all”. MAST MATTERS This was a sentiment that chimed in strongly with the thinking of Ian Proctor, who believed that the mast should be doing a lot more to aid performance. If the mast could be allowed to bend in a controlled fashion, sails could be cut to match the new

...Like boiling the caustic soda in an old cast iron pig trough. Great attention was paid to health and safety in those days. Image: Cliff Norbury

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.

ehind this development, though, were some truly scary experiments on the Warsash shores of the Hamble River, but more on that later. Ever since early man found that paddling a dug-out canoe was hard labour, the race has been on to pretty much ‘get something for nothing’ and let the free winds do the hard work for us. The very first sailing boats, with nothing more than a rudimentary scrap of cloth as a sail, could do little more than run before the wind, but it is at the heart of all progress that mankind develops ways to make things better. For populations to be able to spread and for the first trading routes to be established, rigs had to become ever more efficient at powering a boat through the water, upwind and down. It is amazing just how much development did take place, given that it was conducted on the basis of ‘trial and error’, but these incredible ground-breaking sailors soon discovered that the height of the rig was a major factor in how well it could be made to work. WOODEN MASTS The problem was that the only material that was available for the making of a tall mast was tree wood. Ship builders then found that not all trees could be used for mast or spar making (interestingly, the basis for both words dates back to early terms for a rod or pole) as the layup of the grain within the wood altered the ability of the mast to withstand the loads that the sails would put upon it.

The completed wave screen at Haslar

By the early ‘50s everything had changed, with metal masts that could be bent in a controlled way - allowing Proctor and crew Cliff Norbury to win the National Championships. Image: Proctor family

Wood also had a number of other disadvantages, in that it was high maintenance, heavy and had to be kept rigidly in column. Much of the rigging in the sailing ships of yesteryear was there to keep the mast standing straight, whilst the job of the mast was ‘just’ to hold the sails aloft. Even in more recent times, be it with the towering rigs of the tea clippers or the first generation of racing yachts, this singular role for the mast was understood. As leisure craft joined the working boats, the total number of boats sailing around our coasts was increasing but the number needing masts was still relatively small, but this situation was about to change. As we moved into the 20th century, it would be the ever-rising popularity of the sailing dinghy that would be a major

A Merlin from 1946, showing a mast of the day. Heavy and high maintenance, they had to be kept dead straight else you ended up with kindling! Image: Ranelagh Sailing Club

Boiling lengths of aluminium was never going to be a viable commercial proposition - but by using carefully designed dies, extruded shaped sections such as this very early mast could be made in large quantities

characteristics, allowing the sailor to maximise the power from the rig. Lightweight metal masts had already made an appearance on the Fairey Firefly and were used in the 1948 Olympic regatta at Torquay, but these were simply sheets of aluminium formed around a wooden mandrel or core and then fastened, with these still needing a wooden top section. Ian’s idea was to use the readily available pre-formed aluminium tube to create a much simpler, but better, all metal mast. His problem was, however, that the tubes that were available had thick walls and were too heavy, a complete negative for Proctor who strongly held to one of his core beliefs that “weight aloft is a ticket to the back of the fleet”. Ian Proctor had a staunch supporter in his ideas, as fellow Hamble sailor Cliff Norbury knew a great deal about aluminium, having worked for the Hawker Aircraft Company. One of Cliff’s ‘specialist subjects’ was in chemical milling – the use of acid baths to remove unwanted mass from a piece of aluminium. THE EXPERIMENTS This pair, with the help of their wives, set up a series of experiments on the banks of the Hamble River, in which a length of old cast iron drainpipe was set upright, filled with caustic soda which was then brought to the boil by the simple addition of a small bonfire built around the base of the tube. The result was nearly a disaster for all concerned, as the reaction of aluminium with sodium hydroxide releases a large amount of hydrogen gas which could only vent upwards and outwards, creating a fountain of boiling and highly toxic liquid (suffice to say that no one was wearing protective clothing!). A better solution was then arrived at with an old pig trough that was again filled with acid and brought to the boil. Now the experiments could be conducted to see how long it took for the acid to eat away enough metal to make a lighter, yet still strong enough tube. Ian and Cliff starting out by making a mast for the smaller National 12 dinghy, before making one for their own Merlin Rocket. The results, even when using these very basic sections, were amazing and it would not be long before Ian and Cliff became National Champions, which was the best advertisement for their development. FACTORY PRODUCTION Clearly, though, the future in mast making lay elsewhere than with vats of boiling acid, and with the fundamental idea now proven, Ian would be able to successfully negotiate with an aluminium company for the creation of some shaped dies. Now the tube sections, no longer round but in a sail friendly aerofoil teardrop shape, could be extruded in industrial quantities, ready to be turned into masts. From their factory just off the A27 in Swanwick, Proctor Metal Masts would soon be shipping out masts for sailboats, ranging from the smallest to the largest, with a record of ongoing development, innovation – and success, that was second to none. For the next 50 plus years, Proctor Masts, then Selden (who took over the Proctor operation) would lead the market in aluminium spars and even today, where the class rules still insist on a metal spars, they remain the first choice for many. But increasingly in the performance driven world of competitive sailing, masts are now made in carbon fibre – but that is another story, for another month.

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BOATING HOLIDAYS EVERY MONTH WE BRING YOU A SELECTION OF SUPER OFFERS

SUNSAIL EXTENDS SEASON

Sunsail got in touch to let us know 81 new yachts will be joining their global fleet this year. A combination of Jeanneau monohulls and Leopard catamarans, 41 of the new yachts are going to the British Virgin Islands and 22 new yachts to Croatia. Sunsail has also extended the charter season in Antigua with the base remaining open until 31 July and more fleet will be added throughout 2018 following strong trading (bookings are up 32 per cent year to date). Antigua is known for its gentle trade winds, clear seas, turquoise waters, safe anchorages and hundreds of beaches. James Foot, UK Marketing Manager at Sunsail UK, told All at Sea: “We had great feedback from visitors, who have expressed a significant level of interest in destinations such as Croatia, the Seychelles, Thailand and the British Virgin Islands, which is making a tremendous comeback since we reopened our base on 9 December. It is fantastic to note that our customers are looking for adventurous new holiday options and are keen to travel further afield.”

FOILING IN GREECE

Ocean Elements is launching foiling this summer for both dinghy and windsurfing. How about dinghy foiling at Nautica Bay Hotel, Porto Heli, Greece? If you can handle a Laser, then try out the all-carbon ProVela F101 trimarans or the RS Aero adapted for use with glidefree foils. Their team of trained RYA foiling instructors will be happy to get you up and foiling in no time. They will be running a First Flight course, a two hour introductory foiling course, as

well as Sustained Flight, a two half-day foiling course. Or how about windsurf foiling at Surf Hotel and Xenia Apartments in Vassiliki? Aimed at the more experienced windsurfer, foiling gives you a real sense of weightlessness and speed. You could be effortlessly flying across the ocean at close to 30 knots. They have two types of dedicated foil boards for you to try out, the Foil 122 and the Foil 147. As with dinghy foiling, the RYA foiling windsurf instructors offer a First Flight and Sustained Flight course. www.oceanelements.co.uk

THE MOORINGS 5000

The Moorings has introduced its newest sailing catamaran to its fleet, The Moorings 5000. Available to book for summer 2018 charters in the Caribbean, The Moorings 5000 is a next-generation sail catamaran accommodating up to 11 guests. This newest member of The Moorings fleet comes with four spacious en-suite cabins, each with zoned air conditioning, as well as an elevated flybridge lounge area with cushioned seating, sunbed and shade awning. How about this new destination, Antigua. Prices start from £2,939, for seven nights, on a Moorings 42.3 three cabin monohull departing 6 May, including yacht damage waiver. www.moorings.co.uk/destinations/caribbean/antigua/antiguayacht-charter

PORT MONTENEGRO

Whether you want to learn to sail, hone your skills or simply enjoy sailing, the Porto Montenegro Yacht Club offers visitors a Stay & Sail package, suitable for all levels from beginner to advanced. Courses last from two to four days, with four to six hours a day spent on the water. Ideal for all sailing abilities, the location is sheltered within the fjord-like cliffs of the Boka Bay UNESCO World-Heritage site and offers good weather conditions all year round. While beginners are assured a tranquil setting to learn the ropes, the more experienced can harness the local winds and even venture to the Adriatic. The Porto Montenegro Yacht Club’s fleet has grown substantially over the years, and now has three types of sailing boats, from the Tofinou 9.5s and Blu26s to their new J70s. All courses are RYA certified and taught by licensed instructors. Back on land, visitors can enjoy a tour of the only Platinum awarded marina village in the world and indulge in retail therapy and the luxury amenities of Porto Montenegro marina village. Additionally, visitors can explore the Boka Bay, Kotor Old Town or further afield. pmycss@portomontenegro.com

WHERE DO YOU HOLIDAY?

Recent research by travel trade association ABTA has revealed the UK is set to be British holidaymakers’ destination of choice in 2018, as 66 per cent of the British population are already planning time away closer to home. Europe follows a close second with 63 per cent planning to visit and 14 per cent looking to travel to North America. 2017 was a popular year for UK breaks, with British adults taking an average of 2.1 UK holidays, up on the previous year.

PHOKAIA BEACH RESORT

If you are looking for somewhere to enjoy watersports this year, open from May is Phokaia Beach Resort, Mark Warner’s new resort in Turkey. The waterfront will offer a range of watersports: windsurfing, sailing, paddle sports, water skiing and wakeboarding and guests will receive tuition from the waterfront team. There are also three swimming pools, plus guests can use the floodlit tennis courts or explore the local area on road or mountain bikes. Prices start from £654 per person and will include flights, resort transfers, resort board, watersports, cycling and tennis. 0333 305 9795 / www.markwarner.co.uk/sun-holidays/turkey/phokaia

BVI YACHT CHARTERS

BVI Yacht Charters tell us they have two new yachts. FunShway is a new FP Saona 47, which is great for larger groups up to 11 guests. For two or four guests they have a fun, new Jeanneau 349 monohull available. www.bviyachtcharters.com

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THE ART OF RECYCLING Rikkie Carette has successfully combined a career in clearing our coastal waters with some incredible upcycling.

ward-winning businessman Rikkie Carette is making waves in the art world after successfully exhibiting his handmade sculptures at the Mall Gallery in London. Rikkie, who was invited to show at the Maritime Art Exhibition in January, has been making driftwoodbased sculptures for nearly 10 years, after becoming inspired to recycle the flotsam and other debris he found on and around Plymouth’s waterfront. His impressive sculptures, which include a 4ft fishing village made from driftwood, were a big hit at the London art show and he aims to show more in the future. Rikkie, who has artwork on display on Italian cruise ships, in surf shops and numerous private businesses, is modest about all the attention his work receives: “My sculptures are one-offs. They are a labour of love and all made from items I have sourced myself from the Plymouth shoreline. “I was initially shocked by the volume of ocean debris I came across during my work and felt I could make a strong statement upcycling the discarded rubbish into something which could be visually appreciated.”

Rikkie Carette upcycles rubbish into driftwood-based sculptures

COAST CLEANING

Rikkie was originally inspired to set up his own business Clean Coast Services, which specialises in providing a cleaning service for marine environments, after he noticed the waste and pollution around the Plymouth coastline. Rikkie’s first contract back in 2009 was at Mayflower Marina where Clean Coast Services were retained to help keep the water of the marina free of floating debris. Since those early days he and his team of five now look after a number of key clients across Devon and Cornwall. In 2015 he was awarded a Plymouth City Council ‘Our Star’ award for his outstanding work on clearing up marine areas around the city, including Tinside Pool and the Mayflower Steps. The recent UK ban on plastic microbeads (the ban on the manufacture of products containing microbeads will be followed by a ban on sales in July) has highlighted the need for a collective responsibility towards keeping our oceans clean and Rikkie has noticed an encouraging shift in attitudes to plastic use since he started his company. “There has definitely been a huge increase in both awareness and the way in which the problem of marine pollution is managed. Whether it is encouraging recycling, better waste disposal and education, I have seen a significant change in how the problem is tackled.”

“There has definitely been a huge increase in both awareness and the way in which the problem of marine pollution is managed.” the bits and bobs he retrieves from the sea is another fabulous achievement for this environmental champion!” With tourism in Plymouth predicted to sky rocket ahead of the Mayflower 400 celebrations in 2020 (the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower from Plymouth to Plymouth, Massachusetts), Rickie and his team will be instrumental in helping to maintain a clean and welcoming shoreline for city visitors and residents alike. Rikkie believes tackling pollution will be an ongoing enterprise for his company: “My role is to maintain a clean and safe coastline. Each spring I run workshops with groups of school children educating them about marine life and encouraging them to make their own art work from beach combing and beach cleans. I hope that through my work and upcycled sculptures I can throw a spotlight on ocean pollution and encourage more recycling to help protect our oceans for the future.”

TRASH TO ART

Rikkie keeps a daily record of everything Clean Coast Services remove from the water and presents his findings monthly. In 2017 Rikkie pulled out 150.6kg of plastic that was carried into Mayflower Marina by the tide. Charles Bush, MD of Mayflower Marina said: “We are very pleased and proud to be part of Clean Coast Services’ success story. The service that Rikkie and his team provide us with is very important for our business, both in maintaining the appearance of our marina, and in doing something positive to tackle marine litter. That Rikkie is able to create award winning sculptures from

www.mayflowermarina.co.uk www.cleancoastservices.net www.cleancoastsculptures.com ABOVE: A fishing village made by Rikkie for the Mall Gallery, London RIGHT: Rikkie’s model of the Mayflower ship

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Hardback: £24.99 Lonely Planet’s Atlas of Adventure is all about the great outdoors and the action-packed ways to explore it. This is a round-the-world encyclopedia featuring incredible outdoor experiences, from cycling and hiking to dune boarding and paragliding, from more than 150 countries. With advice from Lonely Planet’s travel experts, plus destinations and activities to suit all abilities, this is a great book for anyone searching for international adventures. For water lovers there is sea kayaking off the coast of British Colombia in Canada and surfing and diving in the blue waters off Sri Lanka, to name just two.

THE SKIPPER’S POCKETBOOK BASIL MOSENTHAL SARA HOPKINSON

The launch and recovery of boats from ships is a vast subject and one that has not previously been examined in detail. Practice drills rarely provide a realistic simulation of emergencies. In this book Dag Pike sets out good practice and explains in clear language the techniques and systems that can improve manoeuvres. The book reviews the equipment available and assesses both its benefits and its potential drawbacks.

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Jimmy Cornell has sailed more than 200,000 miles on all the oceans of the world, including three circumnavigations and voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic. His bestselling guide to sailing around the world, World Cruising Routes, has helped many aspirational voyagers turn their dreams into reality and follow in his footsteps. Here, in its extensively revised edition, is its partner covering all the land-based essentials for cruisers. Included are attractions, climate information, ports of entry, local laws, marinas, cruising guides and much more.

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WIN A LOWRANCE 2 HOOK FISHFINDER WORTH £778.80 Lowrance, a world-leading brand in fishing electronics since 1957, is giving away one of the new HOOK2 series of fishfinders, the Hook2-5 TripleShot, to the lucky winner of this competition. At the heart of the world’s easiest-touse HOOK2 fishfinder series is Lowrance Autotuning sonar - a new, game-changing solution that actively corrects sonar settings for the clearest underwater view. Now, anglers can spend more time fishing and less time making manual adjustments to their sonar settings. HOOK2 is not only easy-to-use, it is also a powerful performer on the water. Anglers can cover more water in less time with 2X wider sonar coverage with new Lowrance wide-angle Broadband Sounder™ and CHIRP sonar - providing more sonar coverage than most fishfinders on the market today. SideScan and DownScan Imaging™ complete the HOOK2 sonar arsenal, ensuring anglers can view life-like images of fish-holding structure to both sides and below the boat. “With HOOK2, our goal was to capture the spirit of the Lowrance customer who values enhanced sonar and imaging, simple controls and clear displays – all at an extremely competitive price,” said Leif Ottosson, CEO, Navico. “From Autotuning sonar settings, wide-angle sonar with double the coverage of most fishfinders and the easiest-to-use, push-button design, HOOK2 combines powerful performance and simplicity into a fishfinder every angler will love.”

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A GREAT CATCH arch is a time of transition in the shing word when we are coming to the end of the cold water sh species season but the summer species are not yet in evidence Simon verett shares his tips for getting the best results

he main focus for the coming month will be the well conditioned pollack, found on wrecks and rough ground with the bigger fish coming from deep water in the middle of the English Channel and Irish Sea. Pollack are an obliging fish that once located can be caught fairly easily on artificial lures. The most productive method is to use a rubber eel, such as a Red Gill, Eddystone Eel or Sidewinder on a long, flowing trace, at least 4m, fished from a boom weighted with sufficient lead to maintain good feel all the way to the bottom, then work the eel at a steady retrieve rate up to about midwater. Use a longer trace in faster tides.

S I Stop the boat about 50 yards uptide of the mark, let the gear down to the bottom in a fast but controlled run and just touch the bottom, then immediately put the reel into gear and start winding at a steady rate, counting the turns of the reel handle as you do so. On smaller structures 20 turns is probably far enough off the bottom, then drop back down and repeat the retrieve until the drift is completed or you hook a fish. On taller wrecks and pinnacles of rock you might retrieve as much as 45 turns before dropping back down, working the water column to find the level the fish are taking at.

“ hornback rays will make an appearance further east in the hames estuary and throughout the sse rivers and the Bristol hannel” Pollack hit the lure hard so you must have the drag on your reel set to allow line to be pulled off just before the rod reaches its full arc of 90-degrees of bend. This will cushion the take and prevent you from being broken by the sudden lunge from a pollack, even a fish of about 6lbs or 8lbs can break 20lb line such is the sudden shock loading they generate when they power dive. H H I Inshore the plaice will be starting to show up in numbers over the shingle banks, such as The Skerries, or throughout Lyme Bay and all along the sandy shingle coasts of Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex and Kent. For plaice, again fish on the drift with a

size 1 hook on an 18-inch trace baited with ragworm and just tipped with a thin (5mm) strip of squid the length of your finger. The trace should be adorned with many black and green beads, or a small bladed spoon kept hard on the bottom as added attractors. Thornback rays will make an appearance further east in the Thames estuary and throughout the Essex rivers and the Bristol Channel. For the thornbacks, peeler crab or large prawns are good in the estuaries while a half fillet of mackerel, or the head and guts, is good in more open water. Use a 4/0 sized hook fished on a 3-foot trace of 40lb mono again keep it hard on the bottom, but rays are best fished for from an anchored boat.

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WALKER TAKES OVER THE HELM Meet Ian Walker, double Olympic medallist, Volvo Ocean Race-winning skipper and new Director of RYA Racing.

n October 2017, Walker took up the baton at the RYA from John Derbyshire, who retired after 32 years’ involvement with the RYA, including 16 years in the Director of Racing role. Walker has enjoyed an impressive and multi-faceted career in the sport, winning two Olympic silver medals in 1996 and 2000, as well as coaching Shirley Robertson, Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb to Yngling gold at Athens 2004. Among a host of inshore and offshore racing successes, Walker has been involved with two America’s Cup campaigns prior to winning the 2014/15 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing. Walker is passionate about supporting young people through the sport of sailing, acting as a trustee of the John Merricks Sailing Trust set up in memory of his 470 crew. As a father of two sailing daughters, Walker is adamant the sport should remain fun first and foremost. As Director of Racing, Walker oversees the RYA’s World Class Programme and talent pathways, from grassroots racing to Olympic competition, as well as the broader remit of racing participation in all forms in the UK. Since taking up the role, Walker has watched young sailors in action at the RYA Eric Twiname Youth and Junior Team Racing Championships, met clubs across the country at regional Affiliate conferences as well as joining the British Sailing Team on a visit to the Tokyo 2020 sailing venue.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE SWAPPING LIFE ON THE WATER FOR THE HELM OF RYA RACING?

This will be a considerable change for me, having spent more than 25 years racing boats all over the world, and I admit I am suffering from a few nerves. I have an awful lot to live up to, and I am hoping that these nerves cannot be worse than the first race of the Olympic Games! I would like to thank John Derbyshire for his amazing service to the RYA and sailing in the UK over the past 32 years. I must also thank him personally, not only

for holding the reins much longer than he had anticipated, but also for making our handover as smooth as possible.

WHAT DOES YOUR ROLE ENTAIL AS DIRECTOR OF RACING?

Well there is certainly a lot to take on board. I oversee everything in the department, which spans Olympic sailing, the Youth and Junior pathway, technical and racing services, keelboat sailing, people development, operations, communications, marketing and sponsorship. I will not even start to list the stakeholders that are involved! It will take me some time to get anywhere near John’s level of knowledge and expertise, and I could not have even contemplated this role if there had not been such a strong team in place to help me.

WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS FOR YOUTH SAILING AND RACING?

As a father of two teenage daughters who sail, and as an ex-RYA Youth Squad sailor (30 years ago), I am particularly interested in the development of young sailors. The level of coaching and RYA support given to our young sailors today is extraordinary. While I believe winning is important and coaching is critical to improving performance, I also strongly believe sailing must remain fun. This is crucial in the early, formative years but I think we sometimes lose sight of that at senior and club level too.

competition increasing, the task of winning medals is only going to get harder. Tough decisions will have to be made and we will have to innovate and adapt to be able to develop and support our potential medal-winning sailors. I have every confidence in our new Olympic Performance Manager, Mark Robinson, as we focus on Tokyo 2020.

HOW IMPORTANT IS MEDAL WINNING? Winning medals is indeed crucial for maintaining current levels of support and inspiring the next generation of sailors, but it is not the only thing I am interested in. As the backbone of sailing in the UK, we must also look after clubs and classes and, of course, our remarkable volunteers. Sailing as a sport has so much to offer to so many people if we can make it more affordable and accessible.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR YOUR OWN SAILING?

I intend to put the fun back into my own sailing by racing at Warsash Sailing Club, and I hope to meet as many RYA members as possible at events in the coming year. Please bear with me while I get to grips with my new role. I must also thank in advance all the hard-working staff at RYA House, who are going to have to work even harder in the next few months to help get me up to speed. See you on the water!

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CRUISING THE CONTINENT Mike Fox and his wife Carol are seasoned sailors, having enjoyed sailing and yacht ownership for the last 30 years. After taking early retirement in 2017, the dynamic duo decided to set sail on board their Wauquiez 40 Pilot Saloon with their pet budgie, Snowy, and cross the Channel to enjoy a spot of cruising on the continent.

ike and Carol made use of the Passeport Escales scheme, which is a free visitor berthing scheme available to MDL Freedom Berthing members that provides access to 138 marinas across the UK, France and Spain. Mike explains: “After carrying out extensive sea trials in late spring, we waited for a weather window to cross the English Channel from Cobb’s Quay, our home marina in Poole. Once the strong winds and fog had passed, we completed the trip across to Cherbourg in about 10 hours.

there was never any question about the willingness to help and make life easy for visiting boat crews. The Passeport Escales system is well-tried and tested in France, and with dozens of participating marinas, it is so much easier than filling in forms at each one. “Unfortunately stormy weather kept us in Cherbourg and after our two free nights, we paid for our berth, but at a much lower rate than July and August would have been. We made the most of the chance to visit local markets, bakeries, shops and restaurants and we had a very enjoyable and relaxing stay, in spite of the weather.

“As we moved further south, we visited many more marinas under the Passeport Escales scheme and found the standard to be universally high” “We had visited Cherbourg some 25 years earlier, but even for a first-timer, it could not have been easier. As we approached the marina, a harbourmaster in a dory came out to greet us in English and to find out how long we were planning to stay and the length of our boat. We were led to a berth, where other visitors helped us to tie up. With a cheery wave, the harbourmaster departed, leaving us to adjust our lines, plug ourselves into the mains electricity and celebrate our first crossing of the year. “After an hour or so, I popped along to the Capitainniare (the Harbour Office, sometimes known as the Bureau de Port) and handed over my Passeport Escales Card before using my best schoolboy French to request a berth for two nights. The lady on reception asked a few questions and then handed us a receipt for two free nights, along with a goody bag with security codes for the shower and toilet facilities, the free WiFi, a map of the town and details of events and offers. The Harbour Office has lounge facilities with TVs providing local news and weather, along with printed forecasts in both French and English.

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“This experience was to be repeated time after time at the other marinas we visited. The level of English varied, but

“Once the bad weather passed, we topped up the water tanks from the taps on the pontoon and cruised on down to Guernsey. Having left the EU, here we had to fill out forms and obtain Customs clearance. We stayed one night before heading on to Lezardrieux in Northern Brittany. “This is one of our favourite harbours in the region – we have been coming here for 23 years and know the staff well - and once again, we were greeted by the harbourmaster, led to a berth and settled in. On showing the Passeport Escales card we were provided with a free berth, along with the passcodes for the facilities and then left to our own devices. Daily weather and tidal details were posted in English and French behind the sill.

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“From here we travelled to Roscoff, a completely new harbour for us, and the first of many on this trip. We were certainly not disappointed; the scenery was great, dolphins visited us and our route planning preparation paid off again. “We were met on arrival, and with a through-tide in the marina, the harbourmaster’s help into our berth was much appreciated. Other boat crews

also took lines to ensure it was a smooth arrival and we passed the favour on to the next few yachts that arrived. The facilities in Roscoff are superb; being a new marina, it has all the usual facilities, plus launderette, chandlers, cafe and restaurant on site, plus a free bus service to Roscoff in season. “As we moved further south, we visited many more marinas under the Passeport Escales scheme and found the standard to be universally high, facilities very good, and if we arrived at peak times, we were usually greeted by the harbourmaster. We never had any issue with the card and it certainly helped to keep costs down. There were no harbours or ports we would not go back to, and in fact, some could become firm favourites. “We reached the Gulf de Morbihan and off lying islands fairly quickly and spent an idyllic month in the area, before journeying north again and heading to Brixham for a family celebration in August, before cruising back over the Channel to Brittany and Normandy for a few more weeks.

WOULD WE DO IT AGAIN?

“Overall, we travelled almost 1,200 miles in three-and-a-half months and visited dozens of harbours, marinas and anchorages. There were a few bad spells of weather, but these were forecast well in advance, so we were able to hole up in carefully selected ports of refuge, with better shelter and access to shops. “The Passeport Escales scheme worked really well for us and is a valuable part of our MDL member benefits package. It helped us with around 60 free nights and with so many French marinas on the scheme, there was plenty of choice. We certainly made good use of it and will definitely be doing it all again!” www.mdlmarinas.co.uk/freedom

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 Prepare the boat well in advance and before each trip  Plan your route carefully, checking harbour approach details and have a contingency port in mind just in case of bad weather or any other issues  Keep a close check on the weather forecast  Be mindful of the English Channel tides  Take a relaxed approach – it is a holiday and not a route march; although the weather does not have to be perfect to move, just good enough  Head south before the peak season in July and August  Visit the islands early as they get busier later and at weekends  Visit mainland marinas in peak season as they tend to be quieter

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THE CHANGING FACE OF MARINAS Every month we bring you news of developments taking place in our marinas. How do you provide a safe and inclusive environment for families, comprising boaters and non-boaters, in a busy and commercial environment? This is the challenge that marina owners and operators are facing as their sites grow and develop to become desirable hotspots for all types of visitors.

arinas are no longer simply a place to store your boat or to visit on a sunny weekend. They are now popular places to go for a drink or dinner with a view, for a walk by the sea, for non-boating families to enjoy and for boat owners to bring their family and friends to taste the boating lifestyle. So today’s marinas are tasked with providing far more than just a place to tie up a boat. They are now required to provide a safe environment for a widening scope of marina visitors while still being a working boatyard, to increase site security while still being open and welcoming and to provide facilities for all generations without impairing their core business.

DIVERSIFYING THEIR APPEAL

Yacht Havens Group Ltd, who own and operate nine marina locations around the UK and the Netherlands, has been diversifying in order to widen their appeal for a number of years. Through their experience, they have learned it is not always the high cost or high profile investments that customers have appreciated the most. “Over the past few years, we have invested significantly in a new patio decking that overlooks the marina, installing new picnic benches with scenic views, extending the footpath network adjacent to the waterfront and installing new signage throughout the marina,” explained Neyland Yacht Haven director James Cotton.

“However, it is our new bike hire service that customers have really welcomed. This service has allowed berth holders and their families to enjoy the marina and the stunning surrounding area, as well as providing our marina team with another opportunity to provide added value.” The diversification of what marinas are now providing is a consistent theme across many of Yacht Havens’ locations. Neyland Yacht Haven have also installed two self-catering, eco-friendly floating cabins to market themselves to a new audience, while Fambridge Yacht Haven in Essex has gone one step further by building a children’s playground on-site. The new playpark, inspired by the success of the Splashpark & Adventure Playground installed at Jachthaven Biesbosch in 2016, will provide a new shoreside facility for boating families and serve as an attraction that will greatly benefit the on-site café and pub.

THE SMALL TOUCHES

But marinas need to look beyond the marine industry to understand how else to improve the service they provide to all generations of visitors. Inspired by holiday companies such as Centre Parcs and other luxury resorts overseas, Lymington Yacht Haven have undertaken an overhaul of their open spaces including their boatyard, car parks and entrances. Marina director Rupert Wagstaff explained the need to take inspiration from other successful industries: “We wanted to improve security and ambience

in order to make the Yacht Haven more welcoming and ensure customers feel safe, both day and night. Holiday resorts have a range of wonderful, subtle features that make their sites feel completely safe, 24/7. “We have therefore installed a host of new soft features such as new bridgehead mood lighting, increased lighting at the entrances to the Yacht Haven both shoreside and afloat, stronger spotlights around the car park areas and a range of new landscaping features to improve the visual impression. “Although simple upgrades, we strongly believe that these small touches ensure our Yacht Haven is a safe environment for everyone to enjoy, regardless of whether you are visiting by boat or by foot.”

WHAT NEXT?

With marina expansions becoming increasingly rare and complex, marinas will continue to diversify their services, providing new offerings to new markets, exploring alternative revenue streams and utilising as much of their land as possible. Furthermore, along with the rest of the marine industry, marinas will be required to play their part in ensuring the next generation of boaters are catered for. If marinas continually develop to become safe, open and friendly locations for families to enjoy, then future generations will spend their youth in a marine environment. www.yachthavens.com

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THE CHANGING FACE OF MARINAS Every month we bring you the latest news from around our shores. This month we turn our attention to how the internet has changed our on board life. With people’s ever-growing thirst for knowledge and communication and our reluctance to lea e the o ce and gadgets behind, i i in marinas is now e ected. Most full ser ice marinas are now o ering free i i access to berth holders and isiting boaters.

ifionboard specialises in bringing the internet to boats, motorhomes and rural locations. David Walker, who heads up the business, has spent more than 35 years in telecommunications and mobile communications and brings a wealth of experience to this marketplace. We asked him about the problems and solutions in obtaining a good internet service on your boat.

INTERNET ON A YACHT

Connecting to the internet whilst on board can be a problem but, if solved, allows similar speeds that are enjoyed at home or the office. What are your options?  Mobile phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot  A 3G-4G dongle  Mifi (Mobile personal router)  3G-4G router  Wi-Fi booster/extender All of these have pluses and minuses. The first thing you need to decide is what your internet requirements are. You may wish to use the internet for some or all of the following: weather, local information, banking, emails, surfing, Facetime and so on. Other factors to consider are the number of devices that will be used on board, if printing and/or network storage is required and also whether the internet is required to enable a business to be run smoothly from the comfort of the boat.

THE SOLUTIONS

Mobile phone - Most people have a mobile phone and most Smartphones such as the iPhone and Android have the ability to make a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five devices. Advantages  Readily available  Secure

Disadvantages  Requires a good signal (not always available inside the boat)  Only five devices supported, with limited local access  Very heavy on battery usage (needs to be plugged in for prolonged use)  Requires a high data package and tethering enabled. Some providers such as BT Mobile do not allow tethering The Smartphone with a personal hotspot works well for a single user requiring the internet on other devices on an ad-hoc basis. The main disadvantage on a boat is that the antenna system in the phone does not really work very well as fitting an external antenna on modern phones is not possible. Mobile network providers have reasonable data packages available and this may work for some. Dongles - This is a mobile device that plugs into an USB port on a computer and it is designed to give a single device access to the internet. Advantages  Simple  Low cost Disadvantages  Single device, has to have an USB port and support the driver software  Requires a good signal (not always available inside the boat)  Requires a separate mobile data contract The dongle was the only mobile broadband device for many years and does provide excellent service on single devices such as a laptop. The main disadvantage is the lack of external antenna. Whilst some newer devices do support an external aerial, the main solution seems to be putting these devices in a jam jar on the end of a pole with

a USB extension lead. I understand it works, but this is hardly an elegant solution and cannot be used with iPads, tablets and so on which do not have an USB port. Personal Router (MiFi) - A personal router or MiFi is a dedicated mobile broadband device that gives Wi-Fi access to five or 10 devices. Some have external antennae ports, which make them ideal for use on boats where the internet is required for multiple devices. Advantages  Simple and low cost  Multiple devices (five or 10 users)  External antenna port (check that the device has this)  Will support AppleTV and Chromecast for catch-up TV and films  High speed data 3G up to 20MB and 4G up to 100MB  Portable so can be used off the boat  High capacity battery Disadvantages  Requires a separate mobile data contract For most users the Mifi will provide the ideal solution, but make sure that it has an external antenna port, otherwise it is no better than a mobile phone. The external antenna will do two things:  Allow the system to be used inside  Boost the 3G or 4G signal Wifionboard provide Mifi which provides support for 10 devices and have a range of antennae available with the top-of-the-range 6dB unit giving coverage almost everywhere on the mobile network, especially if the unit is unlocked and multiple network SIM cards are used. 3G or 4G Router - The main difference between the Mifi and a router is the number of devices it supports; this will

generally be between 16 to 32. The other differences are the type of devices the network will support such as wired and wireless printers, network storage (a hard drive for music, movies, photos etc). Some routers also support ‘voice calling’ allowing a standard telephone to be plugged into it, allowing voice calls to use the same antenna (this will not boost the phone signal to your mobile phone). The voice port can also be used as a VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), which could allow you to have a ‘fixed line number’ on the boat. This can be very helpful for business owners running a business from the boat. A router will also allow smart TVs to be connected via a cable. Advantages  Simple and low cost  Multiple devices (32 users)  External antenna port (check that the device has this)  Will support AppleTV and Chromecast for catch-up TV and films  Cable connection to printers, network storage and smart TVs  High speed data 3G up to 20MB and 4G up to 100MB downloads Disadvantages  Requires a separate mobile data contract The 3G/4G router is the best solution to accessing the internet on board your boat and with the right data contract it can provide a broadband service comparable to a fixed-line broadband. Wifionboard even supply these routers to rural locations where the broadband service is too slow to support iPlayer and other streaming services. Contracts for mobile data start from 15GB to 160GB per month and are available from £20 per month and prepaid SIMs are available for seasonal use with a reasonable start-up cost.

Wi-Fi Boosters/Extender - These systems consist of two parts, an external Wi-Fi antenna and a router that is inside the boat. A Wi-Fi booster/extender is ideal for marina berths where the marina has a good Wi-Fi service but getting the signal inside the boat is a problem; however consideration must also be made as to the broadband service speed connecting the marina and the number of boats using this service. In simple terms this means that if the broadband is slow (from the marina) then the internet service on board your boat will also be slow, and it will get slower the more users connect simultaneously. Having said all that, Wifionboard have many happy customers using this system in marinas that have good land or satellite broadband connections. Advantages 16 or 32 devices  Supports printers/network devices  Up to two mile range from marina hotspot Disadvantages  Only as good as the host network  Less secure as most networks are open  Requires Wi-Fi to be present Wifionboard sell Wi-Fi boosters mainly to customers that just need email and general surfing, unless the marina has a high-speed broadband link. When on the move the system requires Wi-Fi to be available to connect to; many pubs and coffee bars now provide this along with services such as BT Wi-Fi but this must be within range of the system. Wifionboard do sell combined Wi-Fi Boosters and 3G/4G systems to provide the best of both worlds. wifionboard.co.uk

MARINA FOCUS

GILLINGHAM MARINA Situated on the Medway’s south bank, Gillingham Marina is the most downstream of the river’s marinas, ideal for both local cruising and extended journeys to the East Coast and beyond. THE marina has been family run since it first opened in 1972, and over the years has been improved and developed, including new workshops and chandlery, but has never lost its friendly atmosphere. Awarded for the ‘one stop boating experience’ they provide, the marina also offers an industrial sized boat hoist and boat repair facility, chandlery, refuelling, marina bar and restaurant.

As a Transeurope marina they offer significant berthing discounts when visiting member marinas in England, the Netherlands, Ireland, France, Spain and the Canary Islands. A Five Gold Anchor marina for more than 20 years it is surrounded by a unique landscape of gardens and trees. They pride themselves on being a secure, independent and friendly marina, catering for the more discerning yachtsmen on the River Medway.

BERTHING

The marina can hold up to 480 berths in both the locked and tidal basins, max length 20m and max depth 2.2m. These berths include pontoon, finger berthing and a high security area for safe and secure berthing. There are two boats hoists of 65T & 20T capacity. Fuel is available from the floating pontoon just outside the lock and gas can be obtained from the marina office. Electricity is available and free of charge for daytime attended use and water is also available to all berths.

ACCESS

The marina is situated five miles from the M2 with central London being about one hour drive away and is adjacent

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Gillingham Marina 173 Pier Road Gillingham Kent ME7 1UB Tel: (01634) 280022 Workshop: (01634) 281333 Chandlery: (01634) 283008 www.gillingham-marina.co.uk berthing@gillingham-marina.co.uk

to the Medway Towns Northern link road, which provides easy access to the marina. Gillingham Railway Station is a five minute drive away offering connection to high speed trains to London, the Kent coast and Eurostar services. Access to berths for the locked basin is approximately 4.5 hours either side of high water. Call CH 80 “Gillingham Marina Lock” on approach (No28 buoy) and the duty lock keeper will assist. The tidal basin offers access 2.5 hours either side. The channel to Gillingham is well buoyed and it is best to stick to the channel; the Medway does have a series of marsh islands and mudflats which are obviously best to avoid. The lower part of the Medway has commercial traffic so attention should be paid to shipping movements.

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FACILITIES

In the chandlery they stock an extensive range of anchors, chains, deck fittings, engine spares, water pumps and hardware, together with an array of below deck items including books, charts, cookers, heaters, cool boxes and electrical and plumbing accessories. A large selection of boats and outboards are also available in the chandlery. If they cannot be found on the website call 01634 283008 to speak to a member of staff who can ship items via mail order. The marina’s on-site brokerage company, Clarke & Carter, is also based in the chandlery. Catering for both leisure and commercial craft, Gillingham Marina has a workshop where they operate a

CRUISING

For the yachtsman, the Medway Estuary offers excellent cruising in the lower reaches, with many secluded anchorages, perfect for lunch stops. The river is navigable by quite large vessels for around 13 miles from its mouth at Sheerness to Rochester. For boats with shallow draught the possibilities are even greater; further up past Allington Lock, the river winds through delightful countryside to Maidstone and Tonbridge. From the Medway itself, there is the wider cruising area of the East Coast and its rivers, while Holland is 130 miles away. St Katherine’s Dock in London is another favourite destination for a weekend cruise or base to explore London and the upper Thames towards Teddington.

LOCAL EATERIES

There is certainly no shortage of places to eat and drink locally, whether it is fine dining, pub grub or something a bit

more exotic that takes your fancy. The Quarterdeck Bar at the marina, Topes Restaurant Rochester and Meridian Spice Rainham are all good eating venues. There are various bars/pubs and restaurants in Rochester, a short taxi ride from the marina. A small Tesco is within a two minute walk of the marina for the essentials with a large Asda with self-service petrol station a few minutes walk away. The bus stop immediately outside the marina takes you to Chatham bus station, and the office will call a taxi for visiting yachtsman.

THINGS TO DO

Chatham Historic Dockyard is a must see with all its maritime history and celebrates its 400 year anniversary in 2018. The Ropery, Historic Ships and maritime museum and much more are situated on the site of the former royal/ naval dockyard (thedockyard.co.uk). Enjoy Historic Rochester with its

Norman castle and the breathtaking views from the top of one of the tallest keeps in the country. A short walk from the castle is the stunning Rochester Cathedral, founded in 604 (the second oldest in England). It is a place treasured by Charles Dickens, who lived in the area as a child and returned as a successful author. The Saxon Shore Way path, which is part of the 160 miles between Gravesend to Hastings, passes through Gillingham. The stunning estuary views along the riverside path from lower Gillingham are great to walk. (www.medway.gov. uk/pdf/walking_the_saxon_shore_way_ through_medway.pdf)

yacht repair and refit facility and have developed a reputation for quality workmanship and high standards of customer service. All work is carried out in-house by skilled craftsmen, including trained shipwrights, painters and engineers. In 2000 the repair operation moved into new buildings, comprising 18,000 square feet of purpose built heated workshops, including two climatecontrolled paint spraying booths. They can now accommodate vessels of up to 85ft and 65 tons undercover. Additional services include three shower blocks, laundry room, free WiFi, water and electricity to all berths, 24 hour security, fully licensed bar and restaurant, children’s playground and a leisure centre offering discounts to visitors and annual berth holders.

RECOMMENDATIONS ichard horter, enture rincess , isitor from en eet Motorboat acht lub “It is a very nice marina, quiet and peaceful. The entrance is protected by a boom and is easy even at maximum flood/ebb. Facilities are good and the staff are very friendly. Big chandlery, also a large, working boatyard.” ndy te hens, wanti, tidal berth holder from shford “This is our second year and we could not be happier with it. Excellent, well maintained facilities, together with a friendly, knowledgeable and dedicated staff team.” ose mith, ingfisher, tidal berth holder, rays sse “Lovely friendly people, fantastic bar and restaurant, made to feel very welcome, the carvery was excellent as usual, keep up the good work.”

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MARINA GUIDE MARCH 2018

SOUTH COAST

SOUTH WEST

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: Russ Levett Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset. DT5 1DX T: 08454 30 2012 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 - Mr Robin Culpan Lake Yard Marina, Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset. BH15 4DT T - 01202 6745313 E: office@lakeyard.com W -www.lakeyard.co.uk

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: Andrew Millar 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 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: Anne Bland Address: Bursledon Bridge, Southampton SO31 8AZ T 023 80 402253 F: 023 80 405665 E: admin@deaconsmarina.com www.deaconsmarina.com MDL HYTHE MARINA VILLAGE Manager: Matthew Leigh 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: Debbie Burns Marina Office, 2 Channel Way Southampton, Hampshire. SO14 3TG T: 023 8022 9385 E: oceanvillage@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.oceanvillagemarina.co.uk

KEEPING DRY THIS SEASON THE new 120-boat dry stack facility at Portland Marina is nearing completion and will be fully operational in time for Easter. Suitable for boats up to 9.9m long, there are spaces designed for RIBs and boats with cabins. The dry stack service includes unlimited launches through the year, and at £432 per

metre for an annual berth, it is cheaper than keeping the boat in the water. Berths are available from 1 April, and the facility will be officially opened at the Portland Marina Open Day on 5 May. For more details get in touch with Portland Marina on 01305 866190 or www.deanreddyhoff.co.uk/dry-stack

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: Lex Bancroft Management Office Town Quay, Southampton. SO14 2AQ T: 02380 234397 F: 02380 235302 E: lbancroft@abports.co.uk W: www.townquay.com

MDL HAMBLE POINT MARINA Manager: Nic Parton 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: Nic Parton 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: Nic Parton 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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SHOW COMES TO PORTSMOUTH

ALL’S NEW AT BIRDHAM POOL THE twelfth annual Portsmouth Harbour Multihull Show will take place at Haslar Marina in Gosport on 1 - 3 June. This free event is a great opportunity to compare new catamarans and trimarans and to talk in detail to owners, builders and importers. There will be 15 cruising and performance multihulls available to view, including the

new Dazcat 1295 and boats from Nautitech Bavaria, Lagoon, Dragonfly, Rapier, Broadblue and more. There is plenty of free parking on site, and Haslar Marina is also easily accessible by train via Portsmouth Harbour station. www.portsmouthmultihullshow.com

ST LUCIA MARINA GETS FACELIFT MARIGOT Bay Resort and Marina in Saint Lucia has opened its new Hurricane Hole Bar and Restaurant. This marina accommodates some of the biggest superyachts in the world, offering them a safe harbour and a luxury resort, which is open year round. The marina has 42 berths and 20 mooring buoys, with berthing for yachts up to 280ft in length and up to 20ft drafts. Other marina upgrades include the expansion to the Rum Cave dining patio, which now extends into the marina and the brand new over-water gazebo pavilion, which is ideal for wedding ceremonies.

Marigot Bay is historically known as a ‘hurricane hole’ – a widely recognised safe haven to shelter large boats from storms – inspiring the restaurant’s name. Visitors can enjoy a selection of international dishes and finger food, as well as traditional regional favourites with a modern interpretation and Caribbean flair. The resort has 124 guest rooms and suites, two infinity pools, a swim-up bar, a Rum Cave, the Auriga Spa and multiple dining options. Resort View Rooms are from £274 per room per night on a B&B basis based on two adults sharing. www.marigotbayresort.com

BIRDHAM Pool has started renovating its facilities, which will be ready for the summer season, alongside the other enhancements made over the past two years such as a new marina office, summerhouse, sun deck, marina trade centre and 30T crane and boat transporter. They will be built to mirror the new facilities at its sister marina, Royal Clarence. Having facilities and a new marina office on

the water’s edge will be a great improvement for customers. Birdham are also on track to complete 28 new berths for the start of April. Over half are already reserved and, with views across the harbour all the way to Goodwood Race Course, the rest are expected to fill up pretty quickly. The channel between the lock and the crane is being dredged, so it can be utilised by larger craft. Marina Office: 01243 512310

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

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

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

SHEPARDS WHARF MARINA Manager – Jock Rafferty Medina Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight , PO31 7HT T: 01983 297821 F: 01983 294814 E: shepards.chc@cowes.co.uk W: www.shepardswharfmarina.co.uk

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

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

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

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

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

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The Lock Keeper’s Inn was a popular rest spot at January’s London Boat Show

The new canal and narrowboats feature centred around a typical canalside pub, the Lock Keeper’s Inn, was a hit at this year’s London Boat Show, with reportedly more than 3,000 visiting the site on the Saturday alone. The Inn featured, appropriately, Meantime Pale Ale on draught, a very nice citrusy ale brewed at Greenwich just a mile or two from the show. To cruise the canals you need a narrowboat. But if you currently have a seaworthy motor cruiser and feel that boating should be all at salty sea, a trip up the river Thames can be quite an eye opener into the wonders of our navigable inland waterways. A couple of years ago I was boating up the Thames with a world-renowned NZ sailor whose international racing goes back to the heyday of the One Ton Cup. As we approached Henley-onThames he remarked: “I have been sailing in salt water for more than 50 years and I never knew this way of boating existed.”

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along with full instructions on how to make it. Recognising its commercial potential now gin is so popular, Jonnie and Suzy saw it as their duty to the firm and the town to recreate it. Mr Hobbs Henley Gin was launched last May and is refreshingly traditional and honest. It has a limited range of botanicals, just six including the essential juniper, selected because they were available in the local meadows. An unusual one that caught my eye is marshmallow. To me that meant a squidgy sweet treat, but it seems the leaf and root make a herbal remedy for coughs and internal digestive ailments dating back 2,000 years. Just how many glasses of Mr Hobbs are needed to activate this health benefit is as yet unknown. Perhaps more important is its 45 per cent abv (versus the 37.5 of standard brands), which lets the flavour come through.

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Heading upstream, the Thames is tidal to Teddington Lock, then there are 35 locks to get to Oxford, a practical upper limit, though smaller boats can get as far as Lechlade, virtually the source. You will find history, towns and beautiful countryside aplenty and easy-to-access pubs and restaurants in the ancient towns ashore. Overnight mooring spaces are available riverside and boats can be left longer at marinas like MDL at Penton Hook, Windsor and Bray if you take a break during your passage. The Thames has lots to offer visitors including plenty of moorings to extend your visit

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Henley is probably the best known Thames town thanks to its famous rowing regatta. Hobbs of Henley is well known for tripper boats and hire craft and was at the January Boat Show with their own stand for the first time exhibiting both these and its new gin. The business was founded in 1870 by Harry Hobbs. He was publican of the Ship Hotel and was also known as a bon viveur on the water, often seen, so the story goes, sipping his homemade gin. The business is now run by the founder’s 5 7 1 great-great-great-grandson Jonnie who, with his 8 2 5 1 7 4 wife Suzy, is responsible for the new gin initiative. 9 8 4 Harry’s gin recipe, ignored for nigh on 150 years, 6 3 was retrieved from the firm’s archives in the back 1 5 of an old framed photograph of Mr Hobbs himself, Salcombe Gin could also be found at London’s show 7

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At £36 per 75cl bottle, more or less the regulation price for premium high-strength gins these days, it is distributed around Henley or can be bought at the Hobbs of Henley boatyard or online at www.mrhobbsgin.co.uk. Salcombe Gin was also at the show, guesting on a boat charter stand, a fruity 44 per cent gin covered in our August 2017 issue. They confirmed to me that the distillery is doing well and they will be repeating their special gin and food hamper offer for this year’s regatta over 11 - 18 August. Plan ahead for a west country cruise to include this gin too. www.salcombegin.com.

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Crossword W A R M T B U L A S S T I R E A C L C O N E S T C E D G E R N T A R T L P E I E L D

ANSWERS TO PUZZLES

H S A A U M O R N L N E A R T M S E A O I B A S M J E E T W C I T A N D

Answer: CUDDY

B L E L N I N G S I S O N E B E D R A T I F V I C E R R E M

Battleships

Where the Buoys Are

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2 5

1 6

5 3

4 3

4 1

Wordwheel Nine letter word(s): ARBORETUM

2 1

Word Ladder KISS - kits - kite - bite bile - tile - till - TELL (Other solutions may be possible)

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