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Working to bring back sailing World Sailing, the international federation for the sport of sailing recognised by the International Olympic Committee, has kick-started their campaign for sailing to be reinstated at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028 after its bid for Paris 2024 reinstatement failed. The governing body has outlined a set of strategic priorities to support the growth of the sport by 2023: ● Increase worldwide participation to 45 nations on six continents. ● Increase youth participation (below the age of 30) to 20 per cent of total athletes. ● Grow the number of female participants to 30 per cent and, ultimately, to achieve gender parity. The growth of Para sailing today is increasing at an unprecedented pace. David Graham, CEO of World Sailing, explained: “Over the past five years, the number of nations with Para sailors participating in international Para sailing competitions has increased by 30 per cent. Our international Para sailing athletes are some of the most accomplished sailors in the world who are inspiring the next generation.”

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A private buyer has purchased the smallest of the three Solent Forts off the coast of the Isle of Wight. The undeveloped Horse Sand Fort was sold to a UK buyer, who is looking to develop the former sea defence for a leisure use, for £715,000. Mike Clare, who founded the Dreams bed company, put all three of his forts up for sale in 2019. The businessman had transformed two of the other forts, No Man’s Fort and Spitbank Fort, into luxury hotels, but they were officially closed to guests in 2020. There was an end of November deadline for bids for No Man’s Fort, which was marketed for £4.25million but dropped to £3.6million. The third Spitbank Fort, marketed for £4m, is also available for purchase.

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The Solent Sea Forts were built due to the threat of a possible French invasion. They were commissioned by the Prime Minister, Lord Henry Palmerston, to protect Portsmouth Harbour. However, they were never used for their intended purpose and became known locally as Palmerston’s Follies.

SHOW MOVES TO JUNE Premier Marinas Swanwick has announced that The British Motor Yacht Show 2022 will now run from 15 - 19 June 2022. This change of date comes in response to aligning with the marina’s current redevelopment, which will be in its final stages. Graham Bristowe, Premier’s Swanwick Marina general manager, explained further: “Following discussions with our show partners - Fairline, Princess and Sunseeker - we believe that moving the show into June gives visitors the

The International Paralympic Committee has yet to confirm the bid process for LA28, however World Sailing is proactively launching its campaign to galvanize support and build on the growth of Para sailing. The 2028 Summer Paralympic Games, known as LA28, will be the first held in the United States since 1996, when Para sailing made its debut at the Atlanta Paralympic Games as a demonstration sport. Para sailing was a successful Paralympic sport for five consecutive Games from Sydney 2000 to Rio 2016. However, in 2015 it was announced that the sport was being dropped from Tokyo 2020, along with seven-a-side football, in favour of badminton and taekwondo. Hannah Stodel, born missing her lower right arm, is a four-time Paralympian and said: “For me, sailing deserves to be back in the Paralympics - it is truly an inclusive sport that allows anyone to leave their disability on the dock and experience freedom. There is no greater privilege than representing your country at the Paralympic Games, and I will keep fighting to see those opportunities back for the young sailors coming up through the ranks.”

opportunity to see our flagship marina in a new phase – the new Sales Pavilion will be in place and the boat show can be a relaxed and celebratory occasion. We will return to our traditional May dates in 2023.” Now in its ninth year, the June show is set to feature a fantastic line-up of top British brands, Fairline, Princess and Sunseeker, plus a carefully curated selection of world leading overseas motorboat brands. www.britishmotoryachtshow.com

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will be resuming its 2019-20 edition in March after receiving a Special Event Permit from the Philippines. Preventative Covid-19 controls will be in place to mitigate risk to race crew, staff and the Philippines community and to ensure the safe and successful restart of the race. These will involve a quarantine and testing programme on arrival in the country, whilst staying in the Subic Bay Metropolitan Area and during the remainder of the circumnavigation. The 11 strong fleet of Clipper 70 ocean racing yachts had raced more than 20,000nm since setting off from London, but have been at Subic Bay Yacht Club

since March 2020, when the sailing event was suspended in the Philippines due to the pandemic. The new permission will enable organisers and crews to return to the country and the yachts. Clipper Race Team co-founder, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston said: “We could not be happier that the Philippines has recognised the Clipper Race as a special sporting event and we are very grateful for their support in allowing us to return to the country next year. “This will have been the longest edition in our 25 year history. We appreciate it has been a long wait for our race crew competing in the outstanding stages of this circumnavigation. We are looking forward to

getting back to our yachts in Subic Bay and continuing the Clipper 2019-20 Race.” Unfortunately, due to government restrictions, Chinese host ports Sanya and Zhuhai are unable to secure the required permission to allow their cities to host the Clipper Race as planned. The Qingdao Organising Committee is still exploring options for its stopover in the sailing city of Qingdao. Once the fleet departs the Philippines, the sailors’ next big challenge will be tackling the mighty North Pacific Ocean, which is known as ‘the big one’. The teams will be racing towards Seattle and are expected to arrive in the US city in mid-April 2022. ww.clipperroundtheworld.com

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The COP26 Climate Change Conference was understandably well reported in the news. It is now clear that net zero emissions will not be achieved globally by 2050, but as Nicola Sturgeon said, this decade is “the most important in human history” and while the Conference focused on what countries need to do, we as individuals must also do our own bit. This can include a greener Christmas, and there are some handy festive tips to help in this month’s Green Blue column, plus we have put together another Christmas gift guide on page 14 which includes ‘green’ gifts. It is packed with tips and present ideas for the boater(s) in your life. Back on the subject of the environment, over on page 29 we hear from the Ocean Conservation Trust’s Nicola Bridge as she considers the impact of the changing climate on our oceans. Furthermore, in Changing Face of Marinas this month we have been chatting to MDL Marinas about its commitment to sustainability, and how it is focusing on the prevention of environmental issues through education and innovative eco initiatives. Perhaps you are going electric in 2022? There are more and more electric boats coming on to the market, which is great for consumers. Check out the newly launched fully electric Spirit 30 on page 8, which is a great looking yacht. Perhaps going electric is your resolution for the new year, but what other changes are you planning? Taking a training course, taking up a new watersport or perhaps simply getting out on your boat more often? For some people it might be a complete lifestyle change, as Charly Hewett and her partner Edd did this year. They have started a new boating business, and you can find out all about it in Shootin’ The Breeze. Let us know what you are planning for 2022! For some people the new year is going to be extremely busy as it has been announced that the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will be resuming its 2019-20 edition in March. It has been

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a long wait, but I am sure all the teams are eager to resume racing – from the Philippines – and we will be bringing you all the race news as usual. Still hoping for a return is the sport of sailing to the Paralympic Games after World Sailing kickstarted their campaign for sailing to be reinstated at the Paralympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028. After featuring in five Games, sailing was dropped for Tokyo 2020. In a positive move World Sailing has outlined a number of priorities to help grow the sport worldwide, which in turn it is hoped will help in its bid to return to the Paralympic Games. Although we do not have a venue or dates confirmed yet, another global event has released a much anticipated up-date. The Protocol of the 37th America’s Cup has been announced, which sets the foundations and rules of participation for all teams. There is an overall aim to be less expensive and more inclusive in the hope of attracting more teams. Along with the Youth event, there will now also be an America’s Cup Women’s Regatta, which we look forward to following. That, though, is some way off and so for now, I will leave you to enjoy the paper. We will see you in 2022! Image: UK Crown Copyright 2021

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Premier Marinas is running a competition to spread some festive cheer amongst its local communities with dazzling winter illuminations at each of its marinas – and they are calling on the boating community to help. The competition will run across nine of Premier’s marinas including Brighton, Chichester, Southsea, Port Solent, Gosport, Hamble, Swanwick, Noss on Dart and Falmouth. Berth holders at these marinas are being asked to

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News about travel in 2022, plus great get-aways for the new year.

MDL Marinas discusses its commitment to sustainability through education and eco initiatives.

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POWER TALK ............................... 13

A YEAR IN REVIEW .................... 22

A round-up of the latest power news including Vetus’ new bow thrusters.

A look back at what the RYA has been up to over the past year - both on and off the water.

LOMO COMPETITION ................. 37 Win a prize bundle of boating goodies courtesy of Lomo Watersports.

MASTERCLASS ........................... 37

CHRISTMAS KIT BAG .................. 14 Packed with gift ideas for the boater(s) in your life.

PAINTER OF THE SEA................. 16 David Henshall looks at the life and works of ‘the man who painted the sea’, JWM Turner.

WILL’S STORY.............................. 18 The inspirational story of Will Sears, aged 15, and his amazing Tall Ships Youth Trust journey.

Powerboat handling in heavy weather.

ALL AT SEA QUIZ ....................... 23 While it is cold and dark outside, it is a great time to try your hand at this month’s puzzles.

IN THE DRINK.............................. 38 A CLASS ACT ............................. 28

RINGING BELLS AT SEA ............ 25 As the festive seasons approaches, we celebrate the tradition of bells at sea with David Henshall.

As Christmas approaches, here are some festive drink ideas.

Herbert Taylor is an unsung hero who had an influential career based on underwater war.

TURNING THE TIDE .................... 29 HOT TOPIC................................... 26

Top tips for being a sustainable Santa.

This month’s Hot Topic helps boaters make the most of their batteries with tips that will optimise performance and extend their lifespan.

PHOTO OF THE MONTH ............ 20

SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE ............. 26

Did you take great photos whilst afloat this year? Send them in like these readers did!

With Charly Hewett who used the lockdown period to launch a new boating business with partner Edd.

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submit pictures of their best light displays to be in with the chance of winning a luxury Christmas gin hamper and other festive goodies. Pictures of entries will be posted for everyone to see on Premier’s Facebook and Instagram social media platforms. All At Sea will be judging the overall ‘Grand Prize Boat Display’! The closing date for light display photographs to be submitted is 15 December at midday. premiermarinas.com / bit.ly/3CwiaQk

The fine balancing act that exists between the ocean and climate change.

MARINA FOCUS .......................... 30 This month Devon’s Noss on Dart Marina is under the spotlight.

MARINA GUIDE ........................... 32 The latest news from around the UK’s marinas, plus your regional marina guide.

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AMERICA’S CUP LATEST

Protocol for Cup revealed Render of the hydrogen chase boat. Image: America’s Cup

The Crew Nationality Rule will require 100 per cent of the race crew for each competitor to either be a passport holder of the country of the team’s yacht club as of 17 March 2021 or to have been physically present in that country (or, acting on behalf of such yacht club in Auckland, the venue of the AC36 Events) for 18 months of the previous three years prior to 17 March 2021. As an exception to this requirement, there will be a discretionary provision allowing a quota of non-nationals on the race crew for competitors from ‘Emerging Nations’. As part of the ongoing drive for innovation and new clean technology in the America’s Cup, it is now a mandated obligation of all teams to build and operate two hydrogen powered foiling chase boats for their campaign (subject to proof of concept).

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The Protocol of the 37th America’s Cup has been released by the Defender, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record – Royal Yacht Squadron Ltd and their representative team INEOS Britannia. The Protocol sets the foundations and rules of participation for all teams in the 37th America’s Cup and records the items of mutual consent under the America’s Cup Deed of Gift agreed between the Defender and the Challenger of Record. INEOS Britannia CEO and team principal Sir Ben Ainslie said: “As Challenger of Record, INEOS Britannia has sought with the Defender, ETNZ, to make the next America’s Cup less expensive and more inclusive. “The Protocol this time around will see reduced team operating costs without compromising any of the technical development which the Cup is so famous for. There is an opportunity for change, so for AC37 we will see the first Women’s America’s Cup Regatta and we also welcome back the Youth America’s Cup.” With a view to opening doors and the continued drive to increase the global audience of the America’s Cup and the sport of sailing, a condition of entry to competitors is they agree to be part of a potential behind-the-scenes documentary series.

Cost reduction has also been a key consideration in the development of the AC37 Protocol including: ● Teams are only permitted to build one new AC75; ● Limitations on the quantity of foils and componentry that can be built for the AC75s; ● Introduction of the multipurpose One Design AC40 class which teams will be able to convert and use for testing, component development and Match Race training; ● AC40 class will then be converted back to the measured One Design AC40 class for use in the new America’s Cup Women’s Regatta and America’s Cup Youth events. These events have been developed to create new accelerated inclusive pathways into the America’s Cup for the growing talent pool of female and youth sailors; ● Race crew on board the AC75 reduced from 11 to 8 sailors; ● Shared team recon; ● The AC75 class of boat will be maintained for the next two events. There will be up to three Preliminary Regattas, the first two raced in AC40s, the last one at the Match venue in AC75s. The Challenger Selection Series and the America’s Cup Match will be held in 2024, with the Match Venue and approximate event dates to be announced by 31 March 2022.

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It is hoped showcasing proven hydrogen technology in the marine sector will help create a game-changing pathway for the wider industry and lead to a significant reduction in its carbon footprint. www.americascup.com Key dates: ● T1 December 2021: Entries for Challengers Open ● T31 March 2022: Defender to announce Match Venue and approximate event dates ● T17 June 2022: New competitors may sail Version 1 AC75’s for 20 sailing days ● 31 July 2022: Entry Period Closes ● 17 September 2022: Competitors may sail an AC75 Yacht ● 30 November 2022: ACE to announce race schedule for the Match

Render of the AC40. Image: America’s Cup

CALL FOR NEW ZEALAND REGATTA This month a special meeting will be held at Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron after a number of members called for a meeting to discuss the motion “…that the America’s Cup be defended in the waters adjacent to the City of Auckland”. As we know, Team New Zealand have been considering America’s Cup venues outside New Zealand with an announcement set to be made by 31 March.

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Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron commodore Aaron Young said: “Team New Zealand needs to secure the necessary funding with local and government support to hold this event in Auckland. Unless this happens we need to consider offshore venues. “Currently, we do not have a viable New Zealand venue proposition, and as a result ETNZ are in discussions with other potential

locations. It would be an unprecedented achievement to win the America’s Cup three times in a row, and taking the defence overseas – while not our preferred choice – may well offer the best chance for us to do so. “So while we absolutely understand and support the sentiment of the petition and their desire to ‘have the event in New Zealand’, the answer is not that simple.”

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AMERICAN MAGIC SUPPORTS GOALS American Magic has yet to reveal the club they will represent for AC37. However, in response to receiving the AC37 Protocol Doug DeVos, co-founder and team principal of American Magic, said: “Our team plan is to compete at AC37, and as part of that process we continue to learn as much about the next event as we can. The big-picture goals outlined in this Protocol, in terms of helping the America’s Cup gain teams, raise visibility, improve racing, create more diversity, include female sailors and increase sustainability, are goals that American Magic absolutely supports. “There is a lot about the documents that we like already, but all together this is roughly 200 pages of info, and we are still digging into it. We are also keeping an open mind about some of the more ambitious aspects of the plan put forward by ETNZ and INEOS.” American Magic has been developing new design concepts and tools following an announcement shortly after the 36th America’s Cup Match in Auckland that the AC75 foiling monohull would remain as the racing platform for the next Cup. The Protocol and Class Rule confirmed that continuity, and the US team will continue implementing its

strategic plan. AC37 in 2024 will be the first America’s Cup since AC32 in 2007 where the class of boat will remain largely the same for consecutive events. Scott Ferguson, American Magic’s design coordinator and a two-time Cup winner said: “We had been given a heads up by ETNZ and INEOS on most of the anticipated changes in the AC75 Class Rule, so there are no huge surprises. However, this is the first time we have seen the actual rule text. “The first order of business is checking it against the AC36 version of the rule, and then really digging into the new wording. The designers will review the aspects of the Rule related to their individual areas of expertise, and work will begin to explore the revised design space.” In terms of how these Class Rule changes will impact the Cup, Scott said that the racing conducted in Auckland clearly influenced how the rule was tweaked: “One of the shortcomings of the AC75 Class [during AC36] was racing in light air. The rule changes have addressed this by expanding the foil span box by 12.5 per cent and reducing the weight of the boat by about 11 per cent. Both changes are key to improving light air performance.”

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Patriot racing against Te Rehutai of Emirates Team New Zealand. Image: American Magic / Sailing Energy

SIR BEN MOVES OUT…

Vernon-Jackson, said: “They are now paying a rent, and quite a high rent, because they are no longer fulfilling the requirements of the deal that brought them to Portsmouth.”

With Sir Ben Ainslie’s INEOS Britannia designers now based at Brackley with Mercedes-AMG F1, the team is no longer using its £12m purpose-built Portsmouth base, which has been partly sublet - to SubSea Craft and Nexus IFA, financial advisers.

YOUR THOUGHTS… “I think it is a great shame that they are considering, not continuing with their Portsmouth operation. It is in the central Solent where thousands of yachtsmen, as well as shore-based fans, can watch their preparation, Portsmouth and Gosport both being well placed for viewing. Plus having taken a prime piece of real estate to build the INEOS base in Portsmouth, the very least they can do is use it, otherwise, it is taking up a premium spot that could be well used for other activities and development.” Martin Watson Share your thoughts: www.facebook.com/ allatseanewspaper or editor@allatsea.co.uk

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Billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is funding the British challenge for the 37th America’s Cup, also owns a third of the F1 team. Sir Ben said: “We want to emphasise that whilst the design team is currently not based at Camber there has not been a decision yet where the team’s sailing operations will be based, and Portsmouth is still firmly on the list of potential locations.” City leaders in Portsmouth say people will be ‘disappointed’ with the move. BAR Technologies and the 1851 Trust remain based in the Camber building, but in a deal with the city council there was no rent to pay for 10 years, but only if the building’s main use was for the America’s Cup. The News Portsmouth reported that the Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Gerald

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MDL Marinas has announced that Maritime UK South West will be partnering with its Green Tech Boat Show for the second year. Returning to MDL’s Queen Anne’s Battery Marina over 16 - 18 June 2022, the Green Tech Boat Show is a dedicated platform for the marine industry to highlight its green products and technologies, allowing consumers to understand the sustainable

options available to them. At the last event, Maritime UK SW hosted a Clean Maritime Summit, which was attended by Maritime Minister, Roberts Courts MP. The summit showcased innovation in clean marine technologies. Building on the successful partnership, MDL is collaborating with Maritime UK SW to introduce a new trade aspect to the

Green Tech Boat Show on the Friday, which will include an innovation hub. “The innovation hub is designed to get marine business together to explore the different ways that the industry can reduce its carbon emissions and achieve net zero,” said Tim Mayer, MDL’s sales and marketing director. “Decarbonisation is not something that can be achieved without cooperation and market demand. For example, for the electric boating market to develop, there needs to be an electric charging network in place before we will see consumer demand for electric craft.” Sheldon Ryan, Maritime UK SW’s coordinator, said: “The show’s aims align wholeheartedly with our organisation’s. We are working to create a Clean Maritime Road Map, establishing local charging and e-propulsion ecosystems to build a clean marine environment – this is in everyone’s best interest and the Green Tech Boat Show is at the forefront of this.” www.mdlmarinas.co.uk/boat-shows

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Spirit Yachts has announced the launch of its new Spirit 30, a fully electric 9.15m craft. Responding to demand for a smaller Spirit design, the first Spirit 30 has been handed over to her owner in the UK and will be on display at the Düsseldorf boat show in January.

Spirit Yachts CEO and head of design, Sean McMillan said: “The Spirit 30 is the ideal yacht for coastal or lake sailing, or competitive racing. She has all the style and beauty of the larger Spirits, with the funfactor of a fast and easy to handle day sailor.” It is the first Spirit hull to have flax lay-up and bio resin incorporated into its build. Spirit Yachts managing director and head of production, Mike Taylor explained: “Not only is the Spirit 30 a joy to sail, but she is also the most sustainable Spirit yacht to date. After several tests, we used flax fabric and bio resin on the non-structural elements of the hull, which have been very successful. “The electric drive system is easy to operate and delivers simple, near-silent manoeuvring. We are continuing our drive to

lower the carbon footprint of all our yachts and as such the hull materials and the electric drive system on the Spirit 30 are now standard options for all Spirits.” The fully electric Spirit 30 has a Torqeedo Cruise 4.0 FP electric drive system powered by lithium ion batteries and a Torqeedo 650W battery charger, giving a range of around 16nm at 5 knots. Increased range can be achieved with additional battery capacity. Sean concluded: “There are now two iterations of the Spirit 30 design. The first version is the recently launched classic day sailor version, with a large cockpit and no interior living space. This original design has been progressed into a second version, which incorporates a small ‘cuddy’ berth and simple amenities for a weekend on the water.”

SOLUTIONS NEEDED RIGHT NOW

The drive to tackle climate change needs to start with solutions that are available here and now, argues Ben Richardson, CEO of greentech company SulNOx Group PLC. One of the key aims of the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow was to get the world to agree to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. However, that 2050 target has already slipped. India has pledged to make its emissions net zero, but not until 2070. China says it will be carbon neutral by 2060. That is two of the world’s top polluters who will not be making major inroads on climate action for years to come.

Even if the target had been achieved, that is still almost 30 years away. 30 years during which industry and transport will still lean heavily on fossil fuels. Ben said: “A lot of the focus at COP26 has been on these kinds of pledges and deals that promise to achieve X by Y. However, the stark takeaway, after days of meetings and talks, is that fossil fuels will continue to dominate our energy requirements in the immediate future with certain further damage to the environment. “In a recent report, the International Energy Agency stated that the world’s

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Pathway To Zero The RYA has further confirmed its commitment to cutting carbon emissions by signing the revised United Nations Sports for Climate Action declaration. The RYA initially joined the United Nations Sports for Climate Action in February 2020 as a signatory under the original goals, in line with the Paris agreement target of a 1.5C maximum global temperature rise. The updated targets come as a response to the recent scientific consensus that the world needs to halve emissions by 2030 and achieve overall net-zero before 2050. By adopting these revised targets, the RYA has officially entered the Race to Zero, a coalition of leading net zero initiatives, representing 733 cities, 31 regions, 3,067 businesses, 173 of the biggest investors and 622 Higher Education Institutions. The UN Sports for Climate Action aims to position sports as an industry that sets the pace for climate action with the following five central principles: 1. Undertake systematic efforts to promote greater environmental responsibility; 2. Reduce overall climate impact; 3. Educate for climate action;

4. Promote sustainable and responsible consumption; 5. Advocate for climate action through communication. Since originally signing the declaration, the RYA has taken immediate action to reduce its environmental impact alongside the development and publication of both the RYA Sustainability Strategy and the RYA Carbon Pathway to Zero Report. Phil Horton, RYA environmental and sustainability manager, said: “The targets are ambitious. However, as the governing body for boating, we recognise that we have a responsibility to lead the way with this initiative and to be a sustainability ambassador for the industry, a role that we take very seriously.”

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NEWS NEWS SNAPS SNAPS WELL DONE AMELIA!

Amelia Luck has passed out as the first ever woman qualified to take command of a Fowey RNLI lifeboat in the station’s 160 year history. 21-year-old Amelia passed out as helm on the station’s D class inshore lifeboat, Olive Three. There are just five female helms in the South West and 53 nationwide. Being part of the lifeboat crew is a family tradition too. Dad Adam Luck, was chair of the Fowey lifeboat committee and is now a Deputy Launching Authority at Fowey station and brother Oli is the latest member of the Luck family to volunteer as crew.

DAME AWARDS

This year’s overall DAME Award winner is Volvo Penta with its Assisted Docking System, while Garmin claimed top honours in the Marine Electronics and Marine Related Software category for its Surround View Camera System. British Marine CEO, Lesley Robinson, said: “The DAME Awards is the most prestigious competition of its type globally. British Marine member companies have consistently featured among the winners throughout its 30-year history and it is great to see Volvo Penta and Garmin continue that trend.”

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Congratulations to the following competition winners from the October issue of All at Sea: Robert Kemp, from Orkney, won the Spinnaker Dumas watch. Rachel Evans, from East Sussex, Rosemary Hearn, from Hampshire, and Richard Russell-Grant, from West Mersea, won a copy of Pacific Carrier War. Thank you to everyone who entered, and you can find this month’s competitions on pages 8, 12 and 37.

OYSTER SALES The Oyster 595 has launched with 16 yachts already sold pre-launch. Filling a key gap in the bluewater cruiser market and featuring many design features gleaned from Oyster’s larger yachts, the Oyster 595 is well-proportioned and versatile. Designed for fast and exhilarating sailing, Oyster Yachts say the 595 can be handled with ease by two people thanks to its retractable bow and stern thrusters and hydraulic push-button in-mast furling. The flexible layout sleeps eight and can be configured to provide an optional crew cabin if required. Externally, there are flush aft and foredecks, wide walkways with concealed lines and high guard rails. There is also space

to socialise around the centre cockpit and helm position, which can be protected by a sprayhood and optional bimini. Customers can select from multiple interior layouts, and a choice of solid wood, interior colour schemes and finishing options, making it one of the most customisable 60ft yachts on the market. Furthermore, the Oyster 595 features the yacht builder’s new connectivity and technology systems. This includes the latest navigation, entertainment and communication systems, all controlled at the touch of a button through Oyster’s proprietary app, Oyster Command System™. oysteryachts.com

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Youth Ambassadors

Teens and young adults who are keen to inspire other young people to get on the water can apply to become the next #boatgen youth ambassador. #boatgen, a not-for-profit sailing initiative which aims to get children and teens on the water, was launched this year by boatfolk in partnership with sailing charity, Andrew Simpson Foundation. Tim Long, who was the youngest person to sail around Britain at 15-years-old, is a boatgen ambassador and is hoping to inspire other people his age. Tim said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be

a boatgen ambassador and am excited to share my experiences with peers and encourage them to try out the sport that I am so passionate about. I love the feeling of freedom and self-reliance that comes with being on the water and I think that every young person should have an opportunity to experience that too.” boatgen is looking for ambassadors aged 16 - 24, though can be flexible for the right person. Applications are open until the 4 January 2022. www.boatfolk.co.uk/boatgen/boatgenambassador-scheme

THE NAME GAME Last month we discussed unusual and amusing boat names, and have had a few names sent in by readers… Stephen sent in Knotorious, which we think is a great name. Rod Newnham also got in touch to say: “My craft was named DILEMMA when purchased in April, but I just could not feel comfortable being in a dilemma, so renamed her UP SPIRITS. Splicers was also on my shortlist. Ex-Royal Navy personnel serving prior to 31 July, 1970 will know...!” Rod Chadwick also got in touch to say: “The number of dinghies that are named is probably in the minority, but for my first International Moth I stuck on an appropriate industrial tile instead. A number of years

ago Christine and I were in Perth visiting friends and we were all invited to partake in a club yacht race. One had its very large name WAFWOM displayed along the hull. I assumed it was some sort of Australian creature, but it was simply an Oz acronym for ‘What A F****ing Waste Of Money! Thanks to everyone who wrote in with boat name ideas.

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KATIE HEADS TO BOATLIFE Katie McCabe on board her boat. Image: Tom Hurley / www.devondigital.co.uk

Yachtswoman Katie McCabe has been announced as the first guest speaker at BoatLife Live, which takes place from 17 - 20 February, at the NEC, in the heart of the Midlands. The 14-year-old, who grew up on boats, found her 26ft project boat Falanda in 2019 and restored her, along with the help of dad David, who is a wooden boat builder. Earlier this year, Katie embarked on a 14,000-mile odyssey to become the youngest person to sail solo around Britain. Now, the YJA award-winning solo sailor will be joining the Live Stage, entertaining visitors with an account of her seven-week voyage in which, to break the record, Katie sailed anti-clockwise around Britain back to where she started in Topsham, Devon. The Live Stage will be hosted by Olympic Silver medallist, offshore sailor and commentator, Mark Covell. He will be joined by Katie and other guests in an ‘on the sofa with’ style. Also lined-up is the Atlantic Flyers team talking about all things rowing and sharing stories from their Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, as well as The Seagrass Project who will discuss their conservation work. In addition, an Influencer panel, including Two Crew and a Cockapoo and Kelly the Kite Surfing Sailor, will talk about their connection to the water. www.boatlifeevents.com

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BoatLife is a new show coming to the Midlands in February. Do you remember going to boat shows at the NEC in years gone by? We would love to know if you are thinking of going to this new event and whether you think a boat show is needed in the Midlands. Post a comment at the All at Sea Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ allatseanewspaper) or send us an email at editor@allatsea.co.uk.

RYA DINGHY & WATERSPORTS SHOW Tickets are on sale for the new-look RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show, presented by Suzuki, at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre (26 - 27 February). It will be a weekend of dinghy cruising, racing, windsurfing, wingsurfing and foiling, paddleboarding and kayaking, with hands-on experiences, demos, talks and exhibitors offering everything you need to get afloat. New for 2022 is the Watersports Zone featuring the latest kit and gear, rigging demos, foiling features and ‘have a go’ experiences. For families that love being active outdoors, the show promises a great day out with plenty to entertain all ages including simulators, an activity pool, eSailing, competitions and the famous treasure hunt. Visitors can snap up the show deals, whilst browsing the exhibitors including clothing brands, clubs and training centres, holiday companies, plus class associations and boat builders with

dinghies ranging from beautiful classics to the latest in cutting-edge design. “For 70 years the show has proudly hosted some of the greatest names in the industry and for 2022 we are busy planning a full range of expert speakers across three stages. We are welcoming back some much-loved dinghy sailing favourites alongside watersports

coaches, medallists and more,” said RYA shows and promotions manager Celia Edgington. Advance tickets are £11 for RYA members and £13.50 for non-members. Children go free and weekend tickets are also available. www.rya.org.uk/events/dinghy-show/ tickets

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Team wealth management firm Saltus has raised £15,037 for the Tall Ships Youth Trust. More than 30 staff walked over 600 miles, combined, through the New Forest to raise funds for the Portsmouth-based charity which helps young people expand their horizons through life-changing adventures at sea. The money will be used to fund a five-day transformational voyage for 12 young people. Saltus has chosen Tall Ships Youth Trust to be its ‘charity of the year’ and is planning further fundraising initiatives. You can read an inspiring story by one of the Trust’s participants on page 18. www.justgiving.com/team/ saltusTallShips

FAIRLINE FINED

Fairline Yachts has been fined after a worker suffered serious crushing injuries to his hand during a lifting operation. The incident occurred in 2018 during the lifting of a storage cage at the company’s manufacturing facility at Nene Valley Business Park, Oundle. As there was no goods lift an overhead crane was used. As the cage was lifted it began to tip and fall, trapping the employee’s hand against a boat trolleys. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found that the lifting operation was not properly planned by a competent person, appropriately supervised or carried out in a safe manner. After pleading guilty, Fairline Yachts was fined £230,000 and ordered to pay costs of £7,410.

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With the end of another year drawing to a close, what a year it has been, with the ups and downs of viral interventions disrupting everyone’s lives and the delivery and supply chains. However, news is filtering through that things are picking back up again with the squeeze on supply starting to ease, at last. Vetus have announced the launch of the Bow Pro Boosted 300 series of bow thrusters, with 300mm tunnels for craft up to 30m/100ft calibre. The new thrusters have the benefit of proven, maintenance free, brushless motors and the proprietary motor controller. The three new models offer 285, 300 and 320kgf thrusters, all within the same 300mm tunnel installation and bridging the gap from 24v to 48v systems. The latest Boosted models charge the thruster batteries using the Vetus 3-stage charging process, which enables connection to a 24v supply that will optimally charge the 48v battery bank keeping it at peak performance. Installation is simple and compatible with existing docking systems with the added benefit of extended run times without overheating, so tricky manoeuvring in heavy weather is reliable with the units able to keep running for longer periods, making life on board easier.

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In a parallel to the automotive industry, hybrid systems, diesel/electric, are being employed in the marine world. I find it ironic that the Victorians had electric boats while trains were diesel/electric 50 years ago, yet we think it is new technology and the saviour of the planet! Fischer Panda have a hybrid drive suitable for repower or new installation that uses one of

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FLYING THE FLAG More positive news from the innovative diesel outboard maker Cox Marine, based in Shoreham. To overcome the global supply issues felt across the industry they have introduced their own power trim and tilt unit, built in Shoreham. Following new capital input

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VIRTUAL GIFTS

Rather than giving a physical gift there has been a growing trend of giving virtual gifts instead. This is great for the friend who ‘has everything’. It might be a monetary charity donation or it could be buying a gift that will directly benefit someone or a service connected to a charity. Some examples from the RNLI… Fuel a lifeboat (£10, £20), Crew sea gloves (£25), Crew wellies (£55) or Crew pager (£115) shop.rnli.org/pages/virtual-gifts

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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.

JWM Turner is not only one of our greatest painters, but is the creator of some of our best-loved seascapes.

The famous portrait of J M W Turner as a young man. Image: Janusz Pienkowski / Shutterstock

he South Coast and the Solent of the 1820s were very different places to today. The near constant threat of an attack by the French had seen the area heavily militarised and defended, but with the overwhelming victory at Trafalgar just two decades earlier and then the final and decisive vanquishing of Napoleon at Waterloo, at long last the area started to be the focal point for more peaceful activities, such as the growing pastime of yachting. This was still very much an elite sport, with the criteria for membership at the yacht club at Cowes being for a gentleman owning a vessel of more than 10 tons. Then, in 1820, the Prince Regent became King George IV, with his patronage allowing the elevated name change to ‘Royal Yacht Club’ (it became the Squadron in 1833) and in 1826, with organised yacht racing now established, the club would be laying down the rules that we still use today, such as starboard tack holding right of way over port tack.

Art of sailing

With the fleet full of both royalty and the leading personages of the day, the summer races were a draw for huge

Rotterdam Ferry-Boat, by JWM William Turner, 1833. Image: Everett Collection / Shutterstock

crowds, with reports on events appearing in the growing number of newspapers that were feeding the near insatiable demand for popular information. However, the one thing that was missing was any form of pictorial representation of the action. There were, of course, pictures of boats afloat, with the Dutch being the masters of this form of painting. The paintings were invariably quite stylised, dark and brooding, under heavy skies, with commercial craft or warships heeling before a stiff breeze that had kicked up an impossibly short sea state. They might well be dramatic and full of artistic significance, but as a record of sailing, they did little to inform the public of what it was really like. The other problem was that even if a more realistic painting had been made, this was before the time of public galleries. Instead, anything that today would be considered as ‘fine art’ would be in the hands of the rich patrons who commissioned the paintings for their luxurious houses. There was almost nothing at this point in the way of art for the growing population of working people, but this was a population that was being liberated by easier travel and better education. The time was ripe for someone to step into the growing void and become not only a painter for the people, but one who had a lifelong love of the water.

Early promise

Joseph Mallord William Turner - JMW Turner - was born in London’s Covent Garden in 1775 to parents who were just about middle class, for his father was a barber and wig maker whilst his mother came from a family of butchers. From an early age the young Turner showed artistic promise, with pictures and drawings sold from his father’s shop. With some pride, the elder Turner proudly proclaimed that “my son is going to be a painter”. Such were his skills that by the age of 14 Turner was enrolled into the Royal Academy where, despite an interest in architecture, he was advised to focus on his painting. Turner also enjoyed travel, though he

Often referred to as the nation’s favourite painting, Turner used a good deal of artistic licence when he painted the old warhorse from Trafalgar being towed to the breakers yard by a steam tug. This is far more than just a stunning painting, but it is also allegorical for the changes that were sweeping through the country at the time. Image: National Gallery

“The time was ripe for someone to step into the growing void and become not only a painter for the people, but one who had a lifelong love of the water.” was rarely without his sketch books, as his questing eye took in all the sights of weather, light and everyday activity. As well as looking to it for inspiration, Turner loved the water, probably after he had been sent to stay with various relatives at Margate and on the Thames as his mother battled increasingly serious bouts of mental ill health. Turner’s big breakthrough came in 1796 when, as a mere 21-year-old, his first major

work in oils was displayed at the Royal Academy. The work, titled ‘Fishermen at Sea’ is a wonderful study of two fishing boats working in the western Solent on a moonlit night, with the Needles as a backdrop. Even allowing for artistic licence, from the angle of the background the scene would be set somewhere between Hurst Castle and the Shingles sand bank, so the tumultuous sea state is perfectly realistic in this instance.

Not without criticism

This one painting did much to help cement his reputation, not only as an artist of note, but as a man who could match the Dutch masters in the depiction of a sea scene. Even so, Turner’s work was not without its critics, a situation that was not helped by his use of paints that had a relatively short life once on the canvas. Comments that the colours in his

ALL AT SEA DECEMBER 2021 paintings faded too quickly fell on deaf ears with the artist, as he was more concerned with how they looked on the brush, rather than how much they remained into the future. There would be further controversy over his one Royal Commission, after King George IV tasked Turner with creating a huge picture (12ft x 8ft 6in) for the state reception room in St. James Palace. The subject was the Battle of Trafalgar, and Turner filled the canvas with all the action, the desperation and despair of that fateful day. Yet, at the same time, rather than choosing a moment in time, he ignored the chronology and instead created an image that brought together a number of the key events. Nelson does not even figure in the painting, although his famous signal to the fleet is still flying on the main mast on Victory. Rather than a realistic depiction of an event in the battle, Turner’s painting is far more of an allegory about the action and the part it had come to play in the increasingly nationalist psyche of the time. Despite the undoubted power of the painting, at the time it attracted a good deal of criticism for not only failing to portray an actual event, but for its inclusion of the dead and the dying, an inclusion that Turner had made to show that the final victory had come at a very high cost in terms of human life. Despite the negative comments, Turner was now rubbing shoulders with the great names of the time, which in 1827 saw him visiting the Solent. In the days before the construction of the Military Hospital at Netley, the most conspicuous building on Southampton Water was Netley Castle, with records showing that he went ashore there, before moving a short distance inland to sketch at the remains of Netley Abbey.

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, by JWM Turner, 1835. Image: Everett Collection / Shutterstock

height Turner, who had never married, started to cohabit with a widow in Chelsea. His private life was something of an open scandal, as it is believed that he had already fathered two daughters with another widow, but now, seeking a peaceful separation from the public life he had created, he lived a second and more reclusive life as ‘Admiral Booth’. It was in the modest house of Mrs Booth that he would live and ultimately die in 1851, possibly of cholera. A major and very public scandal was avoided when his body was recovered from the Booth house, so that it could lay in state at the Royal Academy before he was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Love of seascapes

From there he continued on to Cowes, where he was a guest at East Cowes Castle, and it was during this visit that Turner made some 70 sketches and pencil drawings of the action taking place in the Royal Yacht Club regatta. Two of these would result in finished oil paintings, showing scenes that we could recognise today. One is of the fleet preparing to go afloat on the River Medina, the other shows the regatta fleet beating to windward in a breeze. Although his paintings covered a huge range of subjects, Turner would increase his reputation for seascapes as he travelled around our coasts, from Wales and the far South West to the North East of England, producing paintings that were both informative and artistic. Again, some of his work would attract scorn from art critics, such as Turner’s use of golden colours in the amazingly coloured skies that featured in his paintings. Once again though, Turner could point to art mimicking life, for after the volcano on Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted, the ash in the sky resulted in spectacular sunsets. From the detail and perspectives used in his paintings, Turner must have spent a fair time afloat making his preliminary sketches, but we know he would have been happy with this as one of his pleasures, when not working, was sailing his boat on the Thames. There is also the dramatic story of how Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a vessel, so that he could see the effects of a stormy sea first hand, but sadly there is little in the way of evidence that this was anything other than a mix of bravado or self-promotion from the artist.

Eccentric painter

Events such as this could also have been part of a growing trend in Turner’s work that many thought to be signs of his descent into eccentricity. Turner had been focusing on light, shade and movement and wanted to create almost a new

Incredible legacy

Cowes Regatta - Yachting at Cowes was just getting into its stride when Turner came and stayed on the Isle of Wight. Although he did much of his painting ashore, he also spent a lot of time out afloat making sketches that capture the energy and action at the start of a yacht race. With grateful thanks to the Indianapolis Museum of Art

genre of painting, where the traditional two-dimensional image, frozen in time, suddenly becomes a swirling blend of colour that owed little to classical representation, but instead conveyed a sense of motion and action. Again, the critics of the day questioned these works, but in France the painters who would go on to launch the Impressionist movement, such as Claude Monet, were keen followers of his work. As Turner’s style of painting developed further, even in his favoured seascapes, we can see today that his work represents some of the earliest examples of abstract art. Back home around London, Turner’s behaviour was seen as becoming ever more eccentric. Despite his wealth and his ability to move around in high society, he retained his Cockney accent and would often greet people with hands that were grimed with oil paint. Nor was it just in his paintings that Turner would defy convention, for with the values of Victorian morality at their Despite personal wealth and connections to the high society of the day, Turner lived out his final years with a fake identity. The Victorian morals would have been offended were it widely known that he was living as man and wife, whilst not married. Image: Morphart Creation / Shutterstock

A measure of the breadth of Turner’s prolific output can be seen in that after his death, he left more than 550 major oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours and in excess of 30,000 sketches and pencilled drawings. In his Will he had asked that his paintings be shown together, hoping that room be made for his work in the National Gallery in London, which had opened in 1824. Despite Turner’s express wishes, his work has become fragmented. Turner did leave us one major legacy, which is not just on display in the National Gallery, but in survey after survey comes top as the UK’s favourite painting. That is, of course, the wonderful study of The Fighting Temeraire, the old warship being towed by a steam tug to the breakers yard. HMS Temeraire had a special place in the hearts of the British people, for when Nelson’s Victory looked as if she might have been overwhelmed by the French, it was Temeraire that sailed in and added her 98-gun broadsides to the action. Built from the wood of ‘5,000 English oak trees’, the Temeraire would have represented to Turner everything that was happening in Victorian Britain. A state-of-the-art ship in 1805, 33 years later she was obsolete and on her way to Rotherhithe to be scrapped. No matter that Turner exercised considerable artistic licence in this iconic painting, it is a great record of not just our maritime heritage, but our love of Turner as the man who painted the sea. It is fitting that The Fighting Temeraire ends this extended diary entry as it will be re-appearing very soon in another All at Sea special, the Power, but not the glory, which looks at the development of the tug and the role they have played afloat, past, present and future.

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WILL’S STORY

This is the inspirational story of Will Sears, aged 15, and his Tall Ships Youth Trust journey.

was 13 and things were going great. I was getting on well at school and loving my dinghy sailing. It was Easter and I went on holiday to France with my family. That is where life changed forever. I had a haemorrhagic stroke, totally out of the blue, and was rushed to hospital. From there it was like I fell down a deep, dark hole. I was repatriated to Great Ormond Street Hospital where I was diagnosed with Cavernous Malformations in my brain. These funny raspberry-shaped things had bled and caused damage Will plans to share what he has learnt with others

I was assigned a specialist nurse and she worked really hard to get people to consider my return to sailing. First, she approached the sailing club and, with some convincing, I was allowed back on my boat. I had always dreamed that I would be able to sail something bigger, but we were convinced that dream was over. No one was going to consider someone with a brain injury and epilepsy, or so I thought.

Being normal

Three months after brain surgery Will was able to return to the Trust

to my brain and epilepsy. Even worse, I needed brain surgery.

Life changing

Things were grim, my whole life changed. Everyone was stressing and I was told there were so many things I would not be able to do: swim, cycle and, even worse, sail. I was devastated. I spent about three months recovering from the bleed and getting used to all the epilepsy drugs. It was the new normal. I could not get over not being able to sail and my world was very dark.

Mum approached Tall Ships Youth Trust and shared my story. This was really difficult for me because I feel that I am often judged on my diagnosis rather than my ability, and that sucks. But they did not. They heard me and, after working with my medical team, they took a chance. This was life changing. On the day I arrived I expected people to faff around me, make a fuss (like people tend to do) and be all stressy about me doing stuff. But honestly, from the moment they arrived they talked to me, not my parents, and welcomed me just like anyone else. It was so good to feel normal and part of the team. I had a blast! It was so much fun and I learnt so much. I left the week-long adventure with my RYA Competent Crew qualification, a whole new positive view on life and the offer of coming back as a Watch Leader. Not only did they believe in my ability, they thought I was good enough to support others. It was like going from darkness into light and it gave me a new purpose.

Another five-day break on TSYT’s 55ft ketch was just the motivation I needed to get back on my feet after surgery. Tall Ships Youth Trust gave me a direction when I thought my life was pretty rubbish. They believe in me and I cannot wait to share what I have learnt with others. Sailing is the freedom from my challenges and TSYT empowers me to ‘sea beyond my horizon’. Tall Ships Youth Trust is a youth development sail training charity which works with young people aged 12 - 25, with a particular focus on supporting those from disadvantaged backgrounds. You can find out more about donating at www.tallships.org.

Freedom at sea

I went on to have brain surgery at Great Ormond Street and my TSYT family sent messages of support and checked in throughout. Three months later I was well enough to come back.

Will achieved his RYA Competent Crew qualification

THE GREEN BLUE

A Green Christmas The Green Blue share some top tips for being a sustainable Santa... Kate Fortnam, The Green Blue Campaign Manager

hristmas is often a time of excess and indulgence, with traditionally the only thing being green are the Brussel sprouts and the twinkling Christmas tree. However, if there is anything that many of us have learnt over the past 18 months, it is that the best things can often cost our pockets minimally, so why not lower the cost to the planet this Christmas too? When purchasing gifts, it is a good idea to keep an eye out for third party certification to determine if a product is environmentally friendly. Some symbols to look out for include: Fairtrade, Soil Association (organic), Rainforest Alliance, Cruelty Free, Vegan Society, Forest Stewardship Council and Palm Oil Free.

The gift that is practical and environmentally friendly...

The gift of making memories with loved ones with an experience day...

Keep on giving

Re-usable BPA free bottles and bamboo food containers are the gifts that keep on giving. Batch cooking meals is more environmentally friendly, and reusable containers are perfect for storing any on board culinary delights. Remember to check out the free app ‘Refill’, which pinpoints your local refill water stations as well as cafes that offer discounts if you bring your own bottle. You could also give the gift of knowledge this Christmas with RYA training books, great for when getting out on the water in winter is not an option and which your loved one will be able to re-read over and over. Remember, second hand bookshops are also great for finding hidden gems or previously forgotten titles.

All wrapped up

Once you have purchased your gifts, remember to choose a recyclable wrapping paper. Want to know if your wrapping paper can be recycled or not? Use the scrunch test. Simply scrunch up the paper in your hands and then let it go. If the paper stays scrunched up, then it can be recycled but if it unfolds then it probably contains nonrecyclable elements. If your wrapping paper contains glitter or foil, it cannot be recycled. You can find a full range of products and services on The Green Blue Business Directory that will aid you in finding a great gift for the boater in your life – or maybe just a green treat for yourself!

Making memories

Give the gift of experience, a memory is not just for Christmas! Purchasing an experience voucher, going on an exciting day out together or booking an RYA training course can give hours of fun and will not get thrown out with the wrapping paper on Boxing Day.

Shop local

Another top tip is to shop local. Reduce your presents’ miles and emissions by visiting your local boat jumble or car boot sale for great finds. Look out for memorabilia, trinkets, decorative maps and equipment. You can also search on local Facebook groups to find sellers near you.

Gift of membership

Or how about purchasing an RYA Individual Membership? Your loved one would be joining a worldwide community of more than 100,000 people and would enjoy exclusive member benefits too. Annual memberships make a thoughtful gift for any age. You could, for example, help support the vital conservation of seabirds and marine life by purchasing an annual membership from the RSPB or local Wildlife Trust.

The gift of membership to a charity like the RSPB...

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PHOTO OF THE MONTH

Send in your photos and you could be in a future issue of All At Sea. Send your entries, with a caption, to editor@allatsea.co.uk. David Law has sent in this moody shot of Parkstone Yacht Club.

“Crossing the Channel on an oily mid-summer’s evening.” Thanks to Jane Wright for sending this lovely photo in.

A sign of things to come? A cold winter’s night at Brighton Marina sent in by Angela Haggard.

A quiet day out on the Exe estuary in a Gull dinghy. At the helm is Marcia Fletcher with crew Dawn O’Connor. This photo was sent in by Marcia. Redwings racing in the Solent. Thanks to Wendy Davies for this photo.

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“Our boat sailing into the sunset.” Jacci and Simon Gooding on board Selene.

Solitude in Saye Bay, Alderney. This beautiful picture was taken by Rod Jones.

David Bagshaw sent in this photo, taken one bright afternoon at anchor by Padstow.

PHOTO OF THE MONTH

Taken back in 2019, here is HMS Queen Elizabeth returning home. Thanks to Nigel and Debbie Padbury.

What a beautiful place to sail. This Devon photo was sent in by Terry. Thanks to Huw Williams for this stunning shot taken at Dell Quay.

Thanks to Sean Coomber for this photo taken at Queenborough in Kent.

‘Gentle One’ in more ways than one, with tranquil memories of warmer times in August at the RNSYC Marina, Lowestoft. Photo sent in by John Soanes.

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A YEAR IN REVIEW Loretta Spridgeon, head of communications at the RYA, looks back at 2021. The highlights, successes, challenges and changes. volunteers come together and work tirelessly to ensure that all members can continue to sail. Sadly, a small number of recognised training centres ceased trading due to the impact of the pandemic and Brexit. However, we have continued to receive positive feedback from the majority of centres as more and more training activity has been able to resume. We have also seen an increase in demand for eLearning with many more centres now offering RYA online courses. Despite the challenges, the overall number of recognised training centres has remained relatively stable across 58 countries.

Planning ahead

very year typically has defining moments, and 2021 will be remembered for the Covid pandemic and its profound impact on our social and sporting activities. The many cancelled events and limitations on training during the pandemic, combined with the postponed Olympic Games and Brexit complications, presented major challenges for the British Sailing Team. Nevertheless the team won medals at the vast majority of international regattas that did take place and, against all odds, Tokyo 2020 proved to be the most successful Olympics for our sailors since Beijing 2008. The dedication, resilience and adaptability of racing sailors has really shone through this year. The 15 British Sailing Team athletes selected to represent Team GB in Tokyo, and the small army of support staff behind them, showed true determination and fortitude to top the Tokyo 2020 sailing medal table - three golds, one silver and one bronze - making them the most successful national Olympic sailing team of all time. Furthermore, Hannah Mills is now not only the world’s greatest female Olympic sailor, she is also the most successful Welsh female Olympian of all time.

Windfoiling masterclass

The summer of 2021 also saw the British Sailing Team’s windfoilers give a masterclass in the Olympics’ newest discipline at the very first iQFOiL World Championships in Switzerland. Matt Barton brought home silver in the men’s fleet, while Islay Watson and Saskia Sills took silver and bronze respectively in the women’s fleet. And in the under-21 category, Finn Hawkins was crowned the first ever world champion. Meanwhile, off the water, the team’s Kiteboard Mixed Relay athletes won the Biggest Turnaround or Breakthrough in High Performance Sport category at UK Sport’s prestigious PLx awards. And with success breeding success, the RYA has been able to establish one of the best sport development programmes in the world, with a clear and direct link between Olympic success and the clubs and schools at the very ‘grassroots’ of sailing.

Now, as we hopefully emerge successfully from the pandemic, we must

focus on making sure we do all we can to create the opportunities for members of all communities to enjoy the mental and physical health benefits of getting afloat. Our new Chief Executive, Sara Sutcliffe MBE, and her dedicated team of staff are now focused on developing our postpandemic strategic plan, looking beyond the traditional four-year cycle. Sara’s appointment brings an exciting new dimension to the Association and will greatly assist the RYA’s strategy to support all participants and stakeholders in boating and the marine leisure sector in the years ahead. As we head towards another busy year in 2022 we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members, volunteers, clubs and training centres for their continued support and dedication. www.rya.org.uk

Some 2021 highlights… January

August

The eSailing GBR National Championship got underway

Team GB sailors topped the charts at Tokyo 2020 RYA shared plan to achieve carbon zero by 2050

February The RYA has training centres across 58 countries!

Sailing has a positive impact on our health and wellbeing

The online experience

As the world continues to change and evolve, so has the need for the RYA to quickly respond and adapt to support its members and the wider boating community. The global pandemic has accelerated trends in how we behave, how our members access the services and experiences we provide and how we communicate. As we spend more and more time connected to digital devices, our ‘online experience’ becomes ever more influential. With this in mind, 2021 saw the launch of our new website, underpinning our commitment to putting membership at the heart of our operations across the whole of the RYA. We introduced a new engagement journey for members who join to get an International Certificate of Competence and we have started to refresh our member communications, whilst shining a light on our work towards greater inclusivity and sustainability.

Policy discussions

Our public affairs specialists have also continued to work behind the scenes on non-Covid related issues to ensure that legislators and other authorities understand, and take account of, recreational boating activity. Of these issues, Brexit continues to pose a number of unique challenges and a comprehensive guide has been produced for RYA members to answer queries

OnBoard is the RYA’s children’s sailing and windsurfing programme

on VAT, buying and selling boats and cruising abroad post-Brexit. Additionally, we have continued to play an important role in tackling and influencing policy on issues such as marine environment sustainability. Over the past year we have begun to fully integrate sustainability into our everyday working practices with the launch of a new strategy ‘Pathways to Zero: A Vision for a Sustainable UK Recreational Boating Sector’. The strategy outlines the key sustainability objectives and actions that the RYA will seek to achieve over the coming 10 years. Our continued involvement in the European Boating Association has also seen our team and committee members discussing policy in several areas of sustainability – including underwater noise, air quality and means of propulsion. Our collaboration with industry partners such as the MCA, MAIB and RNLI has seen the RYA once again play a leading role in the development of boating safety education and solutions in 2021. We have worked closely with our partners throughout the lockdowns and have continued to do so as restrictions have eased, to ensure that boaters can return to activities on the water as quickly and safely as possible.

Working together

More than eight million people are now taking part in watersports, which presents us as a national governing body with a massive opportunity and during a year like no other, we have witnessed phenomenal innovation at boating venues across the country. Sailability groups from around the UK have also taken the opportunity to regroup, restart and rebuild as restrictions have eased. This year more than ever before, we have seen our club

First virtual Sailability Conference proved a huge success Launch of RYA Dinghy Cruising Trails series Port Dinorwic Sailing Club / Clwb Hwylio Y Felinheli crowned RYA and Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year 2021

March Sailors across the globe tuned into the virtual RYA Dinghy Show Hampshire sailor crowned national RYA eSailing winter club champion RYA launched equality and diversity strategy Virtual RYA B&G Cruising Conference a great success RYA reaffirms commitment to UN Global Compact

June New WINGsurfing training scheme launched New conscious consumer category added to Uni Sailing Sustainability Challenge

July Champions crowned at inaugural Hyde Sails under-19 match racing test event Maritime Minister takes to the water at RYA Training Centre Dani Rowe named RYA Yachtmaster of the Year Hannah Mills named as Team GB flagbearer

September Bumper attendance at Regional Youth Championships Sailability Keelboat League got back on the water Gimson and Burnet won European Nacra 17 title RYA back at the Southampton Boat Show, alongside the new Green Blue stand Cumpsty claims Marlow Ropes Women’s Match Racing Championship crown

October Tickets went on sale for the new-look RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show presented by Suzuki Oxford Zoomers won Team15 Champions Cup Rutland and Royal Hospital School crowned 2021 Eric Twiname Team Racing Champions 2021 GBR eSailing Nations Cup Team revealed

November Britain won two silver medals at the iQFOiL European Championships First ever hybrid AGM attracts bumper attendees online and in person Volunteer Award winners revealed Affiliated clubs conference got underway with a series of events across the country and virtual evening

The RYA covers all forms of boating, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, windsurfing, inland cruising and narrowboats and personal watercraft.

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OFF WATCH SUDOKU Place a number (from 1 to 9 inclusive) into each square in such a way that every digit appears once in each horizontal row, each vertical column and each box of nine squares.

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Ringing Bells at Sea

The festive season is never easy for a sailing writer, as the majority of interesting topics do not easily allow for being given a Christmas makeover. But be it ringing in the New Year, or decorations on an Xmas card, bells are very much a part of the seasonal celebrations. Timekeeping for the watches aboard quickly became a crucial aspect of life afloat, with the ship’s bell being at the heart of naval routine. Image: Igor Sokolov / Shutterstock

s well as festive bells, the bells will be ringing out across the water, for as we look back in time, there is one part of a ship that has survived from the days of the late Middle Ages, right through to the very latest high technology ships of today, with almost nothing in the way of a change. In our modern digital age it may seem something of an anachronism that modern vessels still have to have a ‘Ship’s Bell’, but there is now so much history and tradition linked to bells afloat that it is all but unthinkable that this centuries old link would be broken. The history of bells is a fascinating topic that stretches back more than 5,000 years to a Neolithic culture in Northern China, whose pottery clapper bells are accepted as being the oldest known examples. Advances in technology were already driving developments and just a 1,000 years later the first metal bells started appearing across Asia. The ancient Greeks were known to use bells, but it was the Romans who started the practice of announcing a particular time with the ringing of a bell, such as when the people were being called for the hour of bathing. With the rise of Christianity across Europe, bells, who some thought represented the voice of God, quickly became associated with the summons to prayer, a factor that Pink Floyd described perfectly in their song ‘Time’: ‘Far away across the field, The tolling of the iron bell, Call the faithful to their knees’

Even in the calm of a foggy day, the bell buoy will still ring out its warning to approaching sailors. Image: Dan Hanscom / Shutterstock

by a 30-minute hourglass, where the sand ran from one globe to another (a giant egg timer!). The youngest boy sailors aboard had the task of manning the hourglass, and at the conclusion of each half hour they would ring a bell, starting with one ring, or ‘bell’, at the first half hour and ending with eight rings/ bells at the end of a normal four hour period of duty or ‘watch’. The practice of ringing eight bells at the end of a watch gave rise to the notion that when a sailor had died, his ‘eight bells’ had been rung, an expression that continues through to today. If the four hour watches were to continue through the day, those who had the late night watches would always be on duty then, so in the late afternoon and early evening two short, two hour ‘Dog Watches’ were introduced. This ensured that as the days rolled on, everyone did all of the seven watch periods equally.

On watch

Bell traditions

Time keeping, though, was still a very basic function, mainly driven by sunrise, midday and sunset. This might have been okay ashore, but out at sea, the growing complexity of ships, that were regularly making ever longer voyages, meant that a new level of organisation was needed. Crews needed to be divided into different squads that could keep the boat sailing across the 24-hour period, and in time the watch system was developed, where those sailors not on duty could be resting. This required a better system of time keeping though, which would be driven

As the notion of the King’s Navy became more organised into the Royal Navy, a new wealth of tradition would arise, whereby the name of the ship was inscribed on the face of the bell, and even if the name of the ship changed, which could often happen when ships were taken as prizes, the name on the bell would stay the same. Another tradition was that it was one of the roles of the cook to maintain the bell and keep it clean. One had to hope that he did a good job as another tradition was that if a member of the ship’s crew had a child to be baptized, then this

would be done on board, with the bell inverted and filled with water and used as the font. The name of the child was then inscribed on the inside of the bell, before the blessed water was tipped over the side to mingle with the sea. The oldest recorded instance of a ship’s bell takes us back to the early 1400s and the building of the Grace Dieu, Henry V’s flagship and one of the largest and most advanced ships of the time. Sadly, the Grace Dieu did not have a happy time in commission with the Navy and ended up sinking in the upper reaches of the Hamble River after being struck by lightning, with her bell either being lost or recovered and then lost. What is more certain is that a bell recovered from the wreck of a Portuguese warship in the Arabian Sea has been dated to 1498, and since then the collection of ships’ bells gives us a wonderful timeline of nautical development. In 1546, even after the King’s ships had become known as the Royal Navy, the traditions of before would be further entrenched, though there was a later change to the ringing of the bell on British warships following the Nore mutiny in 1797. On 12 May that year, the ringing of five bells in the first dog watch had been the signal for mutineers to seize their ships, so the Navy ensured that this signal would never be repeated. After the fourth bell, for this one watch only, at 1830, the bell is only rung once.

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There was one other primary function of the ship’s bell, in that when rung, it gave a sound signal that would carry well across the water, so in foggy conditions the ship’s bell was rung, much in the way of a foghorn, to alert other ships

of their presence. It was found that the sharp, clear tones carried well across the water, which were a further assistance to sailors as the system of buoyage was developed around our coasts (watch out for an upcoming Dougal’s Dairy special on buoyage). In dangerous areas, it made a great deal of sense to hang a large bell on the top of a buoy, as even a slight ripple on the water would make the buoy rock, which caused the bell to sound out a warning. By the 1800s ‘bell buoys’ had appeared around our coast, with the early versions just having a clapper, similar to a church bell, whilst later versions employed a heavy metal ball in a tube that would roll across and strike the bell. However, as anyone who has been afloat in poor visibility knows all too well, sound can be very deceiving, both in terms of direction and distance. This brought about one further development, with underwater bells appearing in the early 1900s. Not only does the sound travel further through water than through air, but an early ‘high-tech’ navigation aid was a simple hydrophone which could detect an underwater bell from up to 10 miles away. Keeping to the underwater theme, it may come as something of a surprise that even the cramped and enclosed confines of our nuclear submarines come complete with a ship’s bell, though today this will be rung purely for ceremonial purposes. We may not know where they are when at sea, but wherever they are, as 2021 becomes 2022, we can be certain that the new year will be welcomed in by the ring of ships’ bells. I do not have a bell to ring, but to all the readers of Dougal’s Diary, can I instead wish you all the very best Season’s Greetings.

All ship’s bells carry a great deal of history, but none more so than this bell. It was originally on the HMS Hood, an 1891 ‘Pre-Dreadnought’ battleship.By the time war was declared in 1914, she was obsolete, so was scuttled in the southern entrance to Portland Harbour to stop German submarines from gaining entrance. Sadly, Admiral Hood was killed at Jutland, so his widow presented this bell to the new HMS Hood that was launched in 1918 - the ‘Pride of the Royal Navy’. After the Hood was sunk by the Bismark on 24 May 1941, the bell lay 2,800m down on the sea bed, before being recovered in 2015. Image: David Henshall

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HOT TOPIC

We discuss important topics with marine industry experts who share their opinions and top tips to help you get the most from your boating.

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BATTERY MAINTENANCE TIPS AND TRICKS

Exide Technologies helps boaters make the most of their batteries with tips that will optimise performance and extend their lifespan.

arine and leisure batteries are designed for boats, mobile homes and caravans, so they are often used seasonally or occasionally. However, batteries can degrade when left unused for extended periods. All batteries self-discharge when at rest, which can permanently reduce their lifespan and energy storage capability. Following the tips outlined here will help keep batteries in optimal condition for use as well as maximise their lifespan.

Take charge of battery lifespan

To prevent batteries from degrading, it is recommended that you recharge them fully before leaving them to rest for any extended time. Batteries are not an inert material like steel or plastic – they have chemical components that change over time, even when not in use. This natural degradation can be slowed or prevented through periodic maintenance. Always ensure your battery is properly charged. Marine and leisure batteries are not designed for total discharges, and in fact this reduces their lifespan and energy storage capability. To avoid this, these batteries should always be recharged when OCV falls below 12.5V.

When a battery is deeply discharged, an external charger will be needed to restore its energy. Solar panels alone cannot supply the strong currents needed for charge recovery. Repeated use of batteries that are insufficiently recharged can reduce their energy storage capability and lifespan. A good recharging protocol combines periodic voltage checks with the use of a reliable charger that can fully recharge the battery. A battery tender can be a good alternative to a charger, as it ensures that overcharging does not occur. During periods when not in use, always remember to disconnect the battery or make use of the disconnector switch if present. This ensures electric appliances do not continue to draw energy when not needed, and is particularly important for extended periods of disuse.

Supporting life on board

Choosing a supply battery is different from choosing a starter battery. It is based not on the vessel but on how the on board power supply will be used – how much electrical energy will be consumed and how long you will be away from a recharging point. It is vital to choose the right battery for your

needs. Having insufficient stored energy is inconvenient at best, and life-threatening in the case of a boat without access to its navigation and communication systems.

Smart stock management

Batteries are best stored in a cool (0–25°C), dry, well-ventilated environment free from sparks and frost. If you have a stock of batteries, use a suitable system such as FIFO (first-in, first-out), to minimise the time that any battery spends in storage. It is important to check voltage

Battery maintenance tips

● Check voltage periodically to assess state of charge; ● Avoid sparks and ensure good ventilation during and after charging; ● Check for damage or loose connections – tighten if necessary to prevent loss of voltage; ● Clean terminals and connectors to prevent current drainage; ● Check electrolyte level for water consumption, and top up as required; ● Disconnect the battery in case of prolonged periods with no use.

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periodically, especially for flooded batteries. Battery self-discharge is influenced by room temperature. The warmer the storage space, the faster the self-discharge, and therefore the more frequently recharging is required. At the other end of the scale, conventional lead-acid batteries are sensitive to sub-zero temperatures when deeply discharged. In this state, the electrolyte can freeze, ruining the battery. For this reason, it is strongly recommended that conventional lead-acid

Shootin’ the Breeze We catch up with Charly Hewett who, with her partner Edd, turned lockdown into a positive by converting their sailing dream into reality. a fantastic future career in sailing. I worked aboard other sail training vessels too, trying to get a feel for different craft types and rigs. I then found the niche of marine conservation when I started working with Edd, who skippered Silurian, a 60ft research vessel which belongs to the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust. Since then, we have sailed many oceans as a team. Our most recent job, and career highlight, was running Skip Novak’s famous 74ft polar expedition vessel Pelagic Australis in the Southern Ocean. We were based out of the Falklands and undertook trips such as supporting BBC film crews making David Attenborough documentaries, mountaineers who replicated Shackleton’s famous crossing of South Georgia and explorers in Antarctica.

Q Ho old ere you got into sailing?

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I was first introduced to sailing at 12 through my local Sea Cadets. Edd, on the other hand, was inspired to ‘drive boats for a living’ as a teenager at the Southampton Boat Show!

Tell us about your careers prior to the pandemic.

My career started in the Royal Navy at 18. I was a trainee warfare officer and trained aboard HMS Bulwark. It did not work out (I was deemed “too quiet for the warfare branch”), but thankfully I found my voice in my next job aboard the Sea Cadet’s Tall Ship T.S Royalist. That is where I was funded through my RYA qualifications and they set me up for

What is your favourite place to sail in the world?

it seemed like an obvious way to make the most of our time in lockdown. Now, coming out the other side of the pandemic, we still intend to have great sailing adventures, but funded by teaching online instead of chartering our home.

Charly and Edd have sailed in stunning locations

We have seen a lot of incredible places, all over the world, but quite honestly, it is the west coast of Scotland. Even in Antarctica, we were always talking about the beauty and wilderness of the Hebrides.

What made you take the step into starting your own business?

We always wanted to run our own business, but when Covid hit and we lost all our work, it forced our hand to make that jump sooner rather than later. We had already bought our boat, Mipha, with the idea of taking guests and people who wanted to learn to sail on adventurous charters around the North Atlantic. However, it was not possible to set up a business like this during the pandemic, so we started to look at other options. We noticed there was an opportunity to make a difference in the field of online sailing tuition so, being enthusiastic instructors,

What boat do you own?

We have a Van de Stadt Tyrant 42, launched 1980 and she is beautiful. So seaworthy and sails like a dream. I would honestly choose her again, although maybe 10ft longer!

Tell us about your greatest boating inspirations.

I feel like I missed my era. I am into all things Golden Globe and Whitbread, so the likes of Robin Knox-Johnston, Tracy Edwards and, of course, Skip Novak. I am also a big supporter of my ex-colleague, Kirsten Neushfer who is competing in the Golden Globe 2022.

Q Edd and Charly with their boat Mipha

Tell us about Ardent Training?

Ardent Training is an RYA training centre, specialising in online theory courses. We looked at existing online courses and identified areas that could be modernised and improved. Every one of our lessons is available in multiple formats, adapted to every learning style. We have video lessons for those that want them, and also text and diagrams for those who do not. Our courses are designed to be interactive and can be taken alone and at your own pace, or with frequent discussions with both instructors and students using our ‘communities’ features. We still have more to implement, but we are really focused on catering for every individual that signs up to provide them with the ultimate learning experience.

Q The couple have seen incredible wildlife on their travels

batteries be fully recharged before resting over winter. Batteries at rest should be kept clean, and not just for appearance’s sake. Dust, oil and moisture can accumulate on a battery to form a conductive layer that drains small current from the positive pole to the negative. Over time, this contributes significantly to self-discharge, decreasing battery power. Keeping the top of batteries clean helps minimise this current. www.exidegroup.com

Is there anything else you would like to share with All at Sea’s readers?

I would encourage anyone to learn more about the wildlife in the water. Seeing whales and dolphins (even in our regular old UK waters) has really enriched my passion for sailing and made me so aware of the importance of protecting our environment! Storing your boat indoors will help protect it from the elements www.ardent-training.com

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SAIL AWAY Boats Added For 2022

Sunsail returns to the Abacos, Bahamas For travellers looking for blissed-out sailing, bays and beaches, Sunsail has announced the return of its charter operations to the Abacos, Bahamas for the 2022 charter season. Two years on from the devastation of Hurricane Dorian, the islands and cays of the Abacos have returned to form, and Sunsail will resume offering charter holidays departing in August 2022. Scattered like jewels over the ocean just southeast of Florida in the Caribbean, The Bahamas offers line of sight sailing, 700 islands and a variety of islands, cays, beaches, towns, bars and restaurants to explore. Warm, gentle trade winds and sheltered waters make it a great choice for families and novice sailors. A typical cruising itinerary will take you north and south of bustling Marsh Harbour to explore the nearby islands and cays on an adventure ideal for the entire family in the sheltered Sea of Abaco. Highlights include swimming with the pigs of Abacos, shipwreck diving, forest-like coral reefs, colonial towns and stunning remote beaches. Josie Tucci, vice president of sales and marketing said: “The Abacos have long been one of our most popular charter destinations. Hurricane Dorian in 2019 truly devastated the region, and our business and many of our employees were severely impacted. That makes this return to operations such a rewarding and exciting development, and we very much look forward to welcoming guests aboard again soon.” To give clients peace of mind, Sunsail has updated its booking terms and conditions to offer flexible rebooking terms. The company also has a comprehensive set of health and safety measures and protocols, to make guests feel safe so they can travel with confidence. www.sunsail.co.uk/destinations/caribbean/bahamas/abacos

TRAVELLING ABROAD IN 2022?

Travel rules up-date

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PlainSailing.com officially launched its 2022 sailing season last month with just under 200 new boats added across both the Med and the Caribbean. According to the charter company, the British Virgin Islands are the most popular sailing destination in the Caribbean thanks to their beauty, easy-going seas, plentiful sunshine, reliable trade winds and vast array of anchorages and ports to overnight. This collection of more than 60 idyllic islands with white beaches, palm trees and clear turquoise seas is a true sailing paradise. The season runs from now until June, so it is time to get planning. Or, if popular European destinations like Croatia, Greece, Italy, Turkey, France, Spain and Malta sound tempting, get in touch with the PlainSailing team to find out the latest availability. PlainSailing.com

on your dream holiday this year with the latest news an o ers

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Winter Escapades

Kraken Travel have a number of interesting winter getaways to brighten up the cold weeks ahead. Arctic Adventure Photography (21 - 27 February / £1,400) Master how to take amazing pictures during the coldest time of the year in northern Norway. You will be learning with adventure photographer Thomas Eckhoff, who will share his top tips for capturing the incredible winter light in Norway. Northern Lights & Whale Adventure (10 - 16 January / £1,435) Sail under the dancing Northern Lights as you venture from Bodø to Tromsø. This is a trip for those who want to kickstart the year with a sail along the alpine coastline of Norway during the harshest time of year, looking for whales and northern lights. Icelandic Winter Explorer (various dates / £2,040) Explore a winter wonderland as you stargaze, float past icebergs and watch arctic foxes play in the snow. This trip starts in Ísafjörour and goes to the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve and the stunning fjords. kraken.travel

England’s rules for international travel will be reviewed in January, the aviation minister, Robert Courts, has said. The minister added he wants the aviation industry to “bounce back” from the pandemic. January is traditionally an important month for the UK’s travel industry with many booking their holidays for the coming year. Travellers are also being reminded to use the more than £130m worth of unspent holiday vouchers which have been issued during the pandemic, before they lose financial protection. The Civil Aviation Authority approved the use of travel vouchers and confirmed they would be ATOL protected, but has now said this will end from 19 December. From then tour operators and airlines must offer refunds instead and new vouchers issued will not be ATOL protected. So, credit vouchers issued between 10 March 2020 and 19 December 2021 will need to be used by next summer.

The CAA said: “All Refund Credit Notes will need to be redeemed with the issuing ATOL holder for either cash or against a new booking by 30 September 2022. In the event of an ATOL holder failure, the ATT, subject to the terms of the Payment Policy, will only consider claims for payment of the unredeemed RCNs if the failure occurs on or before 30 September 2022. After this date, all RCNs will cease to be ATOL protected.” In further travel news, British travellers will have to pay a fee to enter much of the EU from next year. EITAS, expected to be operational by the end of 2022, is a visa waiver programme in which travellers will be required to complete an online application and pay €7 (£5.89) in order to enter the 26 countries in the Schengen Area. Most EU countries are within the Schengen Area, apart from Ireland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Cyprus.

For international travel to England there is now a single red list of countries on which South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia were added in late November. Due to the Omicron variant of Covid every person entering the UK (apart from arriving from Ireland) now needs to take a PCR test within two days. The PCR test must be booked before travel, and bought privately from a governmentapproved list of providers. Even if you have been vaccinated you must also self-isolate until you receive a negative result. For those over 18 who are not fully vaccinated a PCR or lateral flow/ antigen test (not a free NHS test) in

the three days before you travel to the UK is required along with a test on or before day two and on or after day eight after returning. These travellers must also selfisolate at home for 10 days after arrival in the UK. Test to Release remains an option for unvaccinated passengers to England to shorten the quarantine. All passengers will need to fill in a passenger locator form ahead of travel. Remember, though, to also check the entry requirements of the country you are visiting as they will vary and may require testing on arrival. Passengers should continue to check gov.uk travel guidance including FCDO travel advice before, during and after travel to keep up-to-date with entry requirements and ensure compliance with the latest regulations for the country being visited. If the FCDO advises against nonessential travel to a country, it could invalidate your insurance. If in doubt contact your insurance provider. Travel guidance varies across the UK and so check the rules for your area.

FURTHER INFORMATION IMPORTANT The outbreak of COVID-19 continues to evolve. Please check FCO travel advice pages for the latest travel information: www. gov.uk/foreigntravel-advice.

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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.

A CLASS ACT

With much talk these days about what is happening under water, it is a good time to remember Herbert aylor, an unsung hero ho had an in uential career based on under ater ar

s the diplomatic row between France and the US/UK alliance over the provision of submarines simmers on, our timing is perfect, for our topic is how some of the most popular yachting destinations also have a close connection to that arm of the Navy where ships become boats – the Submarine Service. Our nuclear deterrent, the mighty missile carrying submarines have long been based in Scotland at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, at Faslane on the Gare Loch, with the rest of the underwater fleet based at Devonport. However, until the 1990s home to the ‘Silent Service’ had been HMS Dolphin at Gosport, just across the harbour from the main Naval Dockyards. Many of the wags from days past suggested that the location was far from an accident, as in the early days the ‘big ship’ Navy wanted little to do with the development of underwater fighting ships that were so ‘unsporting’.

Shaping a weapon

Although Great Britain cannot claim the ownership of the first submarines, it was very much an English development that turned the idea of an underwater fighting ship into a potent weapon. In 1871 the Royal Navy had bought the manufacturing rights to the rapidly evolving Whitehead torpedo, a weapon that without which one English Admiral declared “the submarine would remain an interesting toy and little more”. At the start of the First World War submarines, armed with torpedoes, were at first considered a coastal defence asset, but as the Germans turned them into a force that was so potent that the UK could have been cut-off Top: Herbert Taylor. Image: RN Museum In both WWI and WWII, the U-Boat campaign threatened to cut off the UK’s vital supply routes. Depth charges, that created a controlled explosion deep under water, were one of the few weapons that were readily available to lead the fight back against the submarines. Image: Everett Collection/Shutterstock

A tiny submarine that packed a lethal punch, the boats that Herbert Taylor helped develop were used to attack one of the biggest and most dangerous ships found in Northern waters - the dreaded Tirpitz. Image: Submarine Museum, Gosport

from the rest of the world, the need for countermeasures against an enemy that cannot be seen were needed. As so often happens, in an hour of need a brilliant mind will arise with an innovative solution. Herbert Taylor was yet another of our amazing, albeit unsung, innovating heroes, indeed one who many feel should be standing alongside the likes of Barnes Wallis. Once the real menace of the threat posed by the German U-Boats had been

The placid and peaceful waters of the Hamble River would see many strange craft, but none as strange as the midget submarines that Herbert Taylor worked on in a shed at what is now Universal Shipyards

“As so often happens, in an hour of need a brilliant mind will arise with an innovative solution.”

fully understood, the search was on for a weapon that could attack and destroy a submarine even when it was submerged. In this respect the physics of creating explosions underwater could help, as the force of the blast would be transmitted by the water to cause damage, even without the need for a direct hit. There was, though, far more to the problem than just dropping a bomb off the back of the boat, as there needed to be some degree of control over how deep the charge should go before it was detonated. It would be Taylor and his colleague Alban Gwynne who developed what they called the hydrostatic pistol, a device that allowed the calibration, in 50ft increments, of the depth that a charge would drop through the water before the pressure detonated it.

Leading the eld

Taylor was so far advanced compared to other work in this field that he was asked to join the Admiralty, where he was able to focus his efforts on perfecting the new weapon. The larger of the two operational versions included some 300lb of high explosive in a barrel shaped casing, which could be dropped from the stern of a warship. Taylor’s depth charges soon proved to be highly effective against submerged submarines and, by 1916, the first German U-Boats were being sunk by the new development. As the battle against the U-Boats raged, there would be an unpleasant outcome for Herbet Taylor and Alban Gywnne, as when America entered the war one of their early requests was for the details of the increasingly effective depth charges. There was a problem, as Taylor had patented his development, but with the war in the Atlantic threatening the supply route to the UK, the British Government passed on Taylor’s design. This in turn was patented in the US by a pair of Naval Officers, which many saw as a blatant ploy to avoid paying any royalties. By the time the Armistice was signed in 1918, Taylor’s depth charges had either directly sunk or been involved in the sinking of nearly 200 submarines, but

the battle for recognition and royalties would drag on into the 1930s and though Taylor would eventually win his case in Court, he never received the financial rewards due to him.

Back to work

When war broke out in 1939 Taylor, who by now was in his late 60s, had retired, but the need for new solutions saw him back at work, based on a site on the Hamble River, close to where the Universal shipyard and marina is now located. The concept of a small, difficult to detect submarine had been explored back in the 1920s, only for the work to have been shelved. Now, as the world again descended into war, development of both ‘Chariots’ (where two frogmen would sit astride a torpedo) and mini or ‘midget’ submarines would accelerate. It is easy to forget that the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbour was led by a number of midget submarines, with one believed to have made it right into the supposedly secure anchorage. From what was little more than a shed at the bottom of the Salterns, Taylor would lay the foundations for a new breed of midget submarine that in time would, as the X Class, go on to successfully attack the German battleship Tirpitz. Taylor’s plans for a small submarine powered by the same engine as found in a London bus would be tested on the Hamble, which at the confluence of Badnam Creek had some hollows that were plenty deep enough for these early trials. Herbert Taylor may have been an unsung hero, one that was deprived of the rightful rewards from his work, but his contribution to the UK’s war efforts, across both World Wars was finally recognised with the award of an MBE in 1945. Despite this, he remained a quiet and private man, an unsung hero who lived into his mid-80s before dying in Emsworth in 1959. There is no memorial to him and few of the thousands of yachts that grace the Hamble today have any idea of the darker secrets that the river once held!

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TURNING THE TIDE?

Nicola Bridge, Head of Ocean Advocacy and Engagement at Ocean Conservation Trust, was in Glasgow at COP26 as a delegate in t Blu on o cial t rritor or t duration o t global con r nc r icola s ar s t i portanc o t oc an in balancing t art s cli at s st

here is undeniable evidence that the climate is changing due to human activity. Burning fossil fuels in power stations to make electricity, releasing chemicals into the atmosphere, removing forests for the rapid expansion of farming, as well as development and industrial activities, are releasing carbon dioxide, plus other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and changing the balance of the Earth’s climate system. All of Earth’s systems and cycles exist in a fine balance, in continual feedback with each other. The interconnectedness of earth’s systems means that changes in one cycle can influence the equilibrium of the entire earth system. As the ocean is such a dominant force in the water and carbon cycles, it has mitigated many of the impacts of the changing climate already, but how much longer it can go on doing so is hanging in the balance. For example, when oceanic conditions are just right, a type of phytoplankton called a coccolithophore blooms at the ocean’s surface. Coccolithophores have white shells, which reflect the sun’s heat away from the earth, helping to cool the atmosphere. However, as ocean chemistry and temperature changes due to climate change, the coccolithophores do not bloom as often, and therefore there is less reflectivity at the ocean surface.

This means that there are less opportunities for heat to be reflected away, and the heat from the sun is absorbed instead. As this heat is absorbed the ocean warms further, decreasing the likelihood of these important plankton blooms, which act as a coolant. This creates a feedback loop that drives these negative changes in the ecosystem and climate.

Life started in the ocean and now we must protect it for future generations

Warming oceans

Furthermore, as the atmosphere around us gradually warms, we are seeing glaciers melt and ice sheets retreat – sea level rise is happening right now. The top layers of the ocean’s surface waters are warming, meaning that some species are moving out of their normal range, breeding at different times and potentially affecting whole food webs. Weather patterns are directly linked with the ocean as the air above the water cools or warms and moves around the globe. Since the 1950s there is now a greater frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation events, as well as a shift in tropical cyclones in a northerly direction. Due to the ocean and land absorbing an estimated 56 per cent of the carbon dioxide we have released by burning fossil fuels, oceanic waters are becoming more acidic. In some areas oxygen depletion is also a big problem. Low oxygen levels and lower pH are two factors that can greatly

The changes affecting the oceans are having an impact on many of the species that live in them

What the ocean does for us ● 50 per cent of life-giving oxygen comes from the ocean. Tiny plankton and the ocean’s plants absorb CO2 through a process called otos nt esis an release bac into t e atmos ere er time ou breat e al o t e o gen ou ta e in as come rom t e ocean ● The ocean drives our weather and climate. In fact, 98 per cent of the eat rom t e sun s ra s are absorbe b t e ocean is eat is t en mo e aroun t e eart ia currents so t e warm water at t e e uator is mo e aroun t e art u to t e oles ● The ocean plays a key part of the water cycle. When the sun shines an t e warm currents eat t e ocean water e a orates is not onl orms clou s but also increases t e air tem erature an t e umi it creating weat er e clou s t en get blown bac o er t e lan t en it rains an t is water is use b e er li ing t ing on t e lanet be ore ma ing its wa bac to t e ocean Wit out t is rocess most o our lanet woul be esert ● The ocean provides protein to nearly three billion humans and every plant, vegetable and animal has grown though access to water produced through the water cycle driven by the ocean. Thus, e er t ing ou eat is connecte to t e ocean ome scientists belie e t at u to one t ir o all fis ar este rom t e ocean is turne into oo or arme animals ● The ocean gives us life – that is undeniable. But it also im acts our ualit o li e tu ies s ow t at being in on near or un er t e ocean can ma e us a ier ealt ier more connecte an better at w at we o

inhibit normal daily life functioning of marine animals and plants. If we compare the ocean to the human body, our bodies are adapted to function at a self-regulated internal temperature of 37°C. Even a 1°C change can make us feel very ill, and anything over a 2°C change can be deadly.

Where it all began

All life on earth started in the ocean. We must take care of it, because it is us. If we compare the human body with the ocean once more, we see that the salt content of our blood is remarkably like that of the ocean.

When our Neanderthal relatives started to eat fish and shellfish, the addition of Omega 3 into their diets helped to increase their brain function, thus directly affecting our evolution as a species. When our global ocean can function efficiently it can: ● Absorb or reflect large amounts of solar energy; ● Create predictable annual weather patterns by pushing the warmth it absorbs from the sun, along with water vapour (which makes clouds and precipitation), all around the globe; ● Absorb and ‘lock away’ CO2.

All around you

It does not matter where you live – whether you are near a beach, in the countryside or in the middle of a big city – the ocean still has a profound effect on your life. When you turn on your tap in the morning to brush your teeth, the water you use, as well as the algae in your toothpaste, comes from the ocean. When you watch TV or use the internet, some of the materials used in the hardware have come from the ocean. When you buy your favourite foods at the supermarket, many of those have been shipped via the ocean. It was vital during the COP 26 Climate Change Conference, that the ocean was part of the conversation – an unhealthy ocean means unhealthy people. We must reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and we must ensure that global temperatures rise no more than the already predicted 1.5C. We wish to see joined up working where our human activities are in a state of net zero – when the amount of greenhouse gas being produced is balanced by the amount removed from the atmosphere naturally. The ocean plays a key role in regulating the natural cycles that keep our planet balanced, which means it is deeply affected by a warming atmosphere and the absorption of excess CO2 produced by our activities. oceanconservationtrust.org As well as the key role oceans play in life, they are proven to improve our quality of life

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MARINA FOCUS

NOSS ON DART

Premier Noss on Dart Bridge Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth TQ6 0EA Marina Reception: VHF Channel 80 / 01803 839. 087

This month we head to the beautiful county of Devon and Premier Marina’s impressive Noss on Dart Marina. Set on the sunny eastern bank of the River Dart, in a secluded area of outstanding natural beauty and just minutes from Dartmouth, Noss on Dart Marina offers easy access to some of the most beautiful anchorages and ports in Devon. With amazing woodland walks along the Dart Valley Trail, an array of wildlife and a busy calendar of local festivals and regattas there is a huge amount to do on land too. This 37-acre site has a rich history of shipbuilding, dating back to the 1880s. It is best known for manufacturing Trinity Light vessels and minesweepers, as well as Chay Blyth’s British Steel round-the-world yacht, which was launched there in the 1970s.

Premier Marinas acquired the site in 2016 with a vision to make it the UK’s finest marina and a destination in its own right, bringing visitors, employment and investment opportunities to the area. Continuing to successfully implement its £75 million redevelopment vision, the new floating marina, boatyard and the first of two commercial buildings have been built. This phase is on track to create a thriving commercial community with marine engineers, sailmakers, electricians and boat sales as part of the blend of services on offer. South Devon Marine Academy has also moved into its new premises, dedicated to training future generations to join the maritime sector with new and emerging technologies.

FACILITIES & BERTHING

Premier’s new £3.5m floating marina offers 232 fully-serviced berths for vessels from 9 to 25m. Each berth is built for single occupancy and the pontoons offered measure at least the length of the owner’s boat. Noss also offers a dedicated pontoon for visiting boats, along with a ferry berth. The brand new full-service boatyard facility includes a hoist dock and a 75 tonne hoist for boat lifts, the largest on the river, with deep water access. New boat storage areas support the yard’s activities by providing hard standing for up to 100 boats and a self-store facility provides boat kit storage for berth holders and visitors. In spring 2022 it will also be home to a 120 berth dry stack facility.

The onshore facilities at Noss on Dart include a 195 space decked car park (for visitors and berth holders) as well as a variety of marine service tenants including Stephenson Marine, which provides engineering services and offers a wide range of marine repairs, including inboard and outboard engines, props, plumbing and heating, electrical problems and antifouling. With the flexibility to pay monthly or annually – Premier’s annual berth holders enjoy a package of benefits and cost savings with Premier Advantage including: 42 free visitor nights at any of Premier’s 10 South Coast marinas, fuel at cost, eight weeks complimentary storage ashore, free Wi-Fi, savings on boatyard services and loyalty rewards.

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ACCESS

Premier Noss on Dart is situated on the eastern bank of the River Dart above the Dartmouth Higher Ferry, approximately two miles upriver of the harbour entrance. The river is managed by the Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority. It is popular and busy and should be navigated with care - there is a strict 6 knot through the water speed limit and wash should be minimised by all vessels whilst within the river’s harbour limits, which extend just seaward of the Castle Ledge starboard hand light buoy, 3/4 mile SE of Kingswear Castle to Totnes Weir. Whilst secluded, Noss on Dart Marina is within easy reach of the town either by water taxi (summer season only), dinghy or foot and ferry.

LOCAL EATERIES

In the future Noss on Dart will have an on-site restaurant as part of the boutique hotel, spa complex, which will commence construction next year. For now though, there are a few eateries in Kingswear for those who want to stretch their legs. Moor at 13 is a small independent café overlooking the River Dart, renowned for its coffee and baked goods. For a hearty meal the family-run Ship Inn serves British classics, while the Steam Packet Inn specialises in artisan pizzas.

THINGS TO DO

Nearby attractions include the National Trust’s Greenway, holiday home of the famous and much-loved author Agatha Christie and her family or there is English Heritage’s Dartmouth Castle with its breath-taking views across the Dart Estuary. The beauty of the River Dart can also be experienced on a river cruise, by taking the steam train along the coast, or by kayak or paddleboard.

FURTHER INFORMATION

www.premiermarinas.com www.nossmarina.co.uk moorat13.business.site www.theshipinnkingswear.co.uk steampacketinnkingswear.co.uk

For navigational information refer to the latest Admiralty Chart 2253 or the Dart Harbour website. Harbour dues are payable in addition to berthing charges for all visiting vessels. All power-driven vessels are to exhibit navigation lights appropriate for their length and, as a minimum, at least one allround white light when under way at night.

CRUISING

The West Country is packed with enticing boating spots and hidden gems - whether you choose to head east or west from Noss on Dart you are guaranteed a scenic adventure. The beautiful coastal town of Salcombe is just a day’s sail (approximately 20 miles) and is

renowned for its outstanding views, pretty coves and sandy beaches. If you are heading east to the Torbay region of South Devon, commonly referred to as ‘The English Riviera’, you can stop off at the delightful towns of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham. Brixham Harbour is home to one of the largest fishing fleets in the UK and nearby Berry Head, the UK’s shortest lighthouse, stands 5m high, but with an elevation of 58m from the clifftop. Sailing up the River Dart, you will also pass several beautiful creeks, villages and towns, including Dittisham and Totnes; be sure to stop by Sharpham Estate, which produces the wonderful Sharpham cheese and wine range. If you wish to extend your trip you can continue along the coast to Cellar Bay (6 miles SE from

Plymouth) tucked just inside the mouth of the River Yealm. It is a peaceful anchorage and an ideal spot for a picnic with its sheltered and secluded sandy beach. On a rising tide, follow a stop here with a meander up the creek to the pretty fishing village of Noss Mayo, where you can tie up alongside the Ship Inn and enjoy a drink in this tranquil hideaway. Further afield Fowey, with its impressive harbour, welcomes visiting boats and is a fun place to explore with its winding streets and alleys lined with independent shops, pubs and bistros near Albert Quay landing. Premier’s Falmouth Marina also makes a great stop-over with its on-site UpperDeck restaurant, plus Premier’s annual berth holders can make use of their 42 complimentary visitor nights.

Dartmouth Harbour. Image: Visit South Devon

RECOMMENDATION

“When we decided to move our beautiful boat to Dartmouth we spent some time viewing our options and meeting marina people at each location. It is more than fair to say that we chose Noss on Dart for a few reasons. Firstly the marina team were so informative and helpful that we immediately felt like part of a family. When we committed to Noss the pontoons were not even built, but we were continuously updated on progress. Andy and Gill in the office are great points of reference and are always willing to help. "Having stayed at other marinas, in our experience Premier are best of breed in the marina world – it is a pleasure to be here! A favourite local destination is Salcombe as we like the local fishmongers and it is easy in and out. Falmouth is another favourite as we get a lot of shelter from the wind, and a trip to Brixham is always good fun. Next year we plan to visit the Channel Islands and south of France.” Sealine SC 47, Stephen Jones

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MARINA GUIDE DECEMBER 2021

SOUTH WEST

PREMIER MARINAS FALMOUTH North Parade, Falmouth, Cornwall. TR11 2TD T: 01326 316620 E: falmouth@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

PORT PENDENNIS MARINA Manager: Mark Webster Challenger Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3YL T: 01326 211211 E: marina@portpendennis.com W: www.portpendennis.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 FALMOUTH HAVEN Contact: Barry Buist 44 Arwenack Street, Falmouth TR11 3JQ T: 01326 310990 E: welcome@falmouthhaven.co.uk W: www.falmouthhaven.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 PLYMOUTH YACHT HAVEN Manager: Steve Kitchen Shaw Way, Mount Batten, Devon, PL9 9XH T: 01752 404231 E: plymouth@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com YACHT HAVEN QUAY, PLYMOUTH Manager: Will Rahder Breakwater Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 7FE T: 01752 481190 E: boatyard@yachthavenquay.com W: www.yachthavens.com MDL QUEEN ANNE’S BATTERY Manager: Chris Price Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth Devon. PL4 0LP T: 01752 671142 E: qab@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.queenannesbattery.co.uk SUTTON HARBOUR MARINA 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, Milbay, 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: Alex Warner Galmpton Creek, Galmpton, Brixham, Devon. TQ5 0EH T: 01803 845445 W: www.dartsidequay.co.uk

MDL BRIXHAM MARINA Manager: Martyn Sherratt Berry Head Road, Devon. TQ5 9BW T: 01803 882929 E: brixham@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.brixhammarina.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 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 WEYMOUTH HARBOUR Manager/contact - Jamie Joyce 13 Custom House Quay, Weymouth T: 01305 838423 E: weymouthharbour@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk W: www.weymouth-harbour.co.uk PORTLAND MARINA Manager: Paul Swain Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset. DT5 1DX T: 01305 866190 E: berths@portlandmarina.co.uk W: www.portlandmarina.co.uk LAKE YARD MARINA Manager/contact - Jenny Burrows Lake Yard Marina, Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset. BH15 4DT T - 01202 674531 E: office@lakeyard.com W: www.lakeyard.com POOLE QUAY BOAT HAVEN Manager: Kerrie Gray Poole Quay Boat Haven, Poole Town Quay, Poole, Dorset. BH15 1HJ T/F: 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 T/F: 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: Daniel Lewis 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: harbour.office@beaulieu.co.uk W: www.beaulieuriver.co.uk HAVEN QUAY, LYMINGTON Haven Quay Dry Stack Mill Lane, Lymington Hampshire SO41 9AZ T: 01590 677072 E: havenquay@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com DEACONS MARINA Manager/Contact name: Rachael Foster Bursledon Bridge, Southampton SO31 8AZ T 023 80 402253 E:berths@deaconsmarina.co.uk W: www.deaconsmarina.co.uk MDL HYTHE MARINA VILLAGE Manager: Richard Godwin 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: Paul Atkins Marina Office, 2 Channel Way Southampton, Hampshire. SO14 3TG T: 023 8022 9385 E: oceanvillage@mdlmarinas.co.u W: www.oceanvillagemarina.co.uk

Gosport Marina Upgrade

A planning application for a multimillion regeneration of Premier Marinas’ Gosport Marina has been approved by Gosport Borough Council. The approved plan, which incorporates the whole site, includes a facilities building that will house a marina reception and office, luxury shower rooms and a new berth holder’s lounge. This new building, overlooking Portsmouth Harbour, will also provide a new home for the on-site food and beverage restaurant.

Marina manager at Gosport Marina, Jonathan Walcroft said: “The new building will be an incredible asset to the marina and demonstrates our focus on providing the very best facilities for our berth holders and visitors. The plans also reflect Premier’s ongoing commitment to investing in the regeneration of Gosport – the development will bring significant benefits to the local community including supporting the creation of new jobs. I am excited we are creating a marina fit for the future!”

MDL SHAMROCK QUAY Manager: Barry Radband William Street, Northam, Southampton Hampshire. SO14 5QL T: 023 8022 9461 E: shamrockquay@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.shamrockquay.co.uk

PREMIER MARINAS SWANWICK Manager: Graham Bristowe Swanwick (on the Hamble) Southampton, Hants. SO31 1ZL T: 01489 884081 E: swanwick@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

MDL SAXON WHARF Manager: David Walters Lower York Street, Northam, Southampton. SO14 5QF T: 023 8033 9490 E: saxonwharf@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.saxonwharf.co.uk

HAMBLE YACHT SERVICES Port Hamble, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire, SO31 4NN T: 02380 201501 E: info@hysgroup.co.uk www.hysgroup.co.uk

MDL HAMBLE POINT MARINA Manager: Debbie Burns School Lane, Hamble, Southampton Hampshire. SO31 4NB T: 023 8045 2464 E: hamblepoint@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.hamblepointmarina.co.uk

UNIVERSAL MARINA Crableck Lane, Sarisbury Green Southampton, SO31 7ZN T: 01489 574272 W: www.universalmarina.co.uk

MDL PORT HAMBLE MARINA Manager: Bertie Marsh 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: Dominic Brown Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire. SO31 4HQ T: 023 8045 5994 E: mercury@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.mercuryyachtharbour.co.uk

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 Manager: Jonathan Walcroft 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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Sail Training Awards

Image: Jenna Foxton

Millions invested at Haslar A total of £3.5 million has been invested by boatfolk in a development plan to improve Haslar Marina, Portsmouth Harbour. Works are currently underway and are due to be completed within the next 18 months. The details and timings of the plans to enhance the marina include: · A new on-site restaurant, situated in an area that overlooks the marina giving visitors a fantastic vista as they enjoy hospitality throughout the day. Construction will start in early 2022, subject to planning. · Creation of nine premium hotel rooms, available from spring 2022, subject to planning. · Installing an enlarged and revamped galley on board Haslar’s famous green Lightship, allowing it to cater for a larger number of guests at peak periods following its reopening in spring 2022. · Installation of a new floating events space adjoining the Lightship, subject to planning.

· A new enlarged boatyard with a newly created waiting pontoon at the bottom of the slipway. · Complete renovation of the G pontoon washrooms. The front of the existing facility will be cleared to create space for a new veranda, which will be built to accommodate nine new unisex family pods. · Lifting and refurbishment of Haslar Marina’s Sealift has been underway and was ready to accept customers again last month. · Dredging throughout October and November 2021 will help maintain existing marina berths and make way for an extension in due course. Michael Prideaux, managing director at boatfolk, said: “This is a major investment in the future of Haslar Marina and the local community. The development plan aligns with our ethos that everyone is welcome to enjoy the marina, and we hope it will attract a wider range of people, not exclusively boat owners or those interested in marine activities.”

Around the marinas... National boating business, boatfolk, has installed a new Seabin in Penarth Marina, Cardiff Bay Barrage. The Seabin forms part of boatfolk’s wider environmental program, Coastline Deadline, designed to back projects which have a positive and measurable impact on the coastline. The popularity of UK staycations is set to continue into 2022, which means even more boaters have the chance to discover Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight’s northwest coast. Yarmouth welcomes visiting yachts and motorboats throughout the year and has over 150 berths available daily. A limited number of berths can also be booked in advance. www.yarmouth-harbour.co.uk Delivering on its commitment to tackle air pollution and reduce carbon emissions, MDL Marinas has partnered with Aqua superPower to install electric boat chargers at five of its marinas: Cobb’s Quay, Hamble Point, Sparkes, Windsor and Ocean Village. Horning Pleasurecraft has acquired Cove Marina in Brundall near Norwich. It includes two acres and provides two basins with 75 moorings and two private moorings.

Weather has caused delays at Bembridge Harbour, but dredging is ccomplete along the Duver pontoon and the approach channel to Fishermans. Power and water have been reinstated and they are fully open to visitors. Visitor berthing is open on the online self-service portal. www.bembridgeharbour.co.uk Luke Machin, marina manager at Berthon Lymington Marina, has been chosen to be part of The Tour 21 cycling team for 2022. Ahead of the Tour de France, The Tour 21 team will take on the same route with the aim of raising over £1m for Cure Leukaemia. ww.justgiving.com/fundraising/ luke-machin6 Electronics distributor, SMG were hosts for the Legend Owners rally held at Trafalgar Wharf, Portsmouth. 10 Legend yachts made their way to the boatyard/marina facility in Portsmouth Harbour to take part in a weekend of activities. Scotland’s Oban Marina has become Kerrera Marina and has new full-time managers in Tim and Gill Vollum. Catch up with the latest marina news at www.allatsea.co.uk.

MDL Marinas is seeking nominations for its 2022 Sail Training Awards. The awards offer 12 inspirational young people the opportunity to enjoy a sailing experience with the Ocean Youth Trust South on board its sail training vessel, Prolific. MDL is looking for nominations for young people aged between 12 and 18 who have overcome adverse personal circumstances, shown exceptional accomplishments and achievements or who have supported those around them. The voyage will take place 9 – 14 April 2022, with the winners becoming involved in all aspects of life on board, ROYAL CLARENCE MARINA The Bridgehead, Weevil Lane, Gosport, Hampshire. PO12 1AX T: 023 9252 3523 F: 023 9252 3523 E: info@royalclarencemarina.org W: www.royalclarencemarina.org PREMIER MARINAS PORT SOLENT Manager: Mark Phillp South Lockside, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO6 4TJ T: 023 9221 0765 F: 023 9232 4241 E: portsolent@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com PREMIER MARINAS SOUTHSEA Manager: Peter Pring Fort Cumberland Road Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO4 9RJ T: 023 9282 2719 F: 023 9282 2220 E: southsea@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com GUNWHARF QUAYS MARINA Manager: Carl Jarmaine Gunwharf Quays, Marina Office Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3TZ T: 02392 836732 E: gwqmarina@incentive-fm.com W: www.gunwharf-quays.com/marina

ISLE OF WIGHT

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

including hoisting sails, helping with maintenance, sailing the boat at night, and cooking and cleaning with the rest of the crew. To make a nomination online you will need to provide contact details and write a couple of paragraphs (no more than 200 words) on why you are making the nomination. Nominations close on 14 January 2022. The winners will be selected from the regions in which MDL Marinas are located; South West, Dorset, Hampshire, Thames Valley and East Coast. www.sailtrainingawards.co.uk COWES HARBOUR SHEPARDS MARINA Manager: Jock Rafferty Medina Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7HT T: 01983 297821 E: shepards.chc@cowes.co.uk W: cowesharbourshepardsmarina.co.uk ISLAND HARBOUR MARINA Manager: Danie Erasmus Mill Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2LA T: 01983 539994 E: info@island-harbour.co.uk W:www.island-harbour.co.uk BEMBRIDGE HARBOUR Manager/Contact - Gordon Wight The Duver, St Helens, PO33 1YB T: 01983 872828 E : mail@bembridgeharbour.co.uk W: www.bembridgeharbour.co.uk

PREMIER MARINAS CHICHESTER Manager: Paul Cook Birdham (Chichester Harbour) West Sussex. PO20 7EJ T: 01243 512731 E: chichester@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com SMALL BOATS WELCOME LITTLEHAMPTON MARINA Berthing Manager: Darren Humphries Ferry Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DS T: 01903 713553 F: 01903 732264 E: sales@littlehamptonmarina.co.uk W: www.littlehamptonmarina.co.uk LITTLEHAMPTON YACHT CLUB (LYC) Rope House, Rope Walk Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 5DH Office: Fiona Boyce: 01903 713 996 Berthing Master: Bill Kellett T: 01903 732 926 F: 01903 725 911 E: fiona@littlehamptonyachtclub.co.uk W: www.littlehamptonyachtclub.co.uk

YARMOUTH HARBOUR Harbour Office, The Quay, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, PO41 0NT T: 01983 760321 E: info@yarmouth-harbour.co.uk W: www.yarmouth-harbour.co.uk VHF: Ch 68 (harbour), Ch 15 (water taxi)

PREMIER MARINAS BRIGHTON Manager: Mike Hatch West Jetty, Brighton, East Sussex. BN2 5UP T: 01273 819919 F: 01273 675082 E: brighton@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

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THE CHANGING FACE OF MARINAS Acting as a gateway into the fragile marine ecosystem, marinas are taking their responsibility to minimise their impact on the environment very seriously, with many changing the way in which they operate.

e talk to MDL Marinas about its commitment to sustainability and how it is focusing on the prevention of environmental issues through education and innovative eco initiatives. Demonstrating its commitment to protecting the natural beauty of its marina locations and the marine ecosystem, MDL is aiming to becoming the UK’s most sustainable marina group, developing a culture of environmental awareness and care amongst its customers and teams. “We have committed to navigating to #greenermarinas,” said Tim Mayer, sales and marketing director at MDL. “Through the use of our hashtag, we want to help educate anyone who comes to our marinas on best environmental practices, both ashore and while out boating. “Prevention is always better than cure, and a massive part of this is making it as easy as possible for people to do the right thing, such as ensuring recycling facilities are on hand and clearly labelled, or that people have access to the right information on marine related issues.”

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Working with berth holders, on-site businesses and its supply chain, MDL has made many positive changes enabling it to operate as sustainably as possible. Harnessing Solar Energy: Since 2018, MDL has been investing in solar panels to efficiently convert the sun’s energy to be used on-site. It has now got close to

1,000 solar panels on buildings at five of its marinas, which in 2020 generated 120,346 Kwh of electricity. Renewable Energy: All the electricity MDL does not produce and needs to purchase comes from 100 per cent renewable sources. This means MDL’s customers benefit from clean, green energy that is produced in harmony with the environment, without depleting the earth’s natural resources or producing harmful greenhouse gases. Electric Vehicle Charging Points: More than 40 electric car charging points have been installed at MDL’s marinas, to support its customers’ switch to cleaner, greener vehicles. MDL is also currently upgrading its electric vehicle charging point facilities to provide

additional charging points at each of its locations. Rapid Charging for Electric Boats: For the electric boat market to evolve, it is essential to develop a charging network offering rapid charging for smaller vessels, such as RIBs and sports boats. With this in mind, and wanting to support its customers wishing to make their boating more sustainable and as environmentally friendly as possible, MDL has partnered with AQUA superPower to install electric boat chargers at five of its marinas. Waste Management and Recycling: Full recycling and waste management facilities are available at all MDL marinas, where there is a 100 per cent zero waste to landfill policy. MDL is increasing the

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amount and type of waste it can recycle, from food to ferrous metals, which can then be transformed into new products or used to generate electricity. Green Gyms: MDL has launched MDL Fitness, a new range of green gyms where the gym equipment harnesses up to 74 per cent of a user’s energy spent exercising before converting it to utility grade electricity. Reducing Ocean Plastics: Much publicised in the media, plastics and micro-plastics continue to be of huge environmental concern. Helping to Here is a Seabin installed on River Soar reduce plastic and waste emanating

from its marinas, MDL has installed Seabins at three of its marinas to collect litter from the water and improve water quality. Sustainable Staff Uniform: Working with its uniform supplier, an alternative uniform for the marina teams produced from 100 per cent recycled plastic is being trialled. Beneficial Disposal of Dredge Material: As with many marinas globally, MDL’s marinas are subject to ongoing siltation and require regular dredging to maintain water depths. Working with harbour authorities and councils local to its marinas to re-distribute the dredge from its sites, MDL is helping to build mudflat levels where needed, encouraging saltmarshes to re-establish and increasing flora and fauna. “We are proud of everything we have achieved so far, but we know there is more to do as a marina group, and as part of the leisure marine industry,” added Tim. “We are investing long term in our own journey towards sustainability, tackling environmental issues and helping protect the planet. We are committed to the marine ecosystem, ensuring it is in great shape for years to come for the enjoyment of all, and we would like to invite everyone to join us.” To find out more about MDL’s Green Strategy and commitment to the environment visit: www.mdlmarinas. co.uk/greener-marinas #greenermarinas

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