Panama Canal in 1min 52sec

See this time lapse of the Radiance of the Seas in 2003 as she made her way through the Panama

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A genuine red letter day

Memories of Howard Jones, my crew for a rare one-tide motorboat passage between Gloucester and Bristol Floating

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Wallpaper with a difference

Wallpaper* magazine is celebrating its 100th issue by asking readers to vote on which of its iconic covers is the

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The challenge of simple proposition websites

Paul Lomax’s latest blog, 10 tactics for Web 2.0 success, reminds me of many a late night spent conversing with him over some of the key issues surrounding internet development in the current age.

Of all of the points he makes his second, which points out the ideal of sites with a “strong, simple and compelling

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20 years of Motor Boats Monthly

Motor Boats Monthly’s May 87 edition

Doesn’t seem, ummm…10 years since I wrote a horribly long 10-year celebration in the magazine itself.

I joined the mag just in time to see the very first edition arrive in the office. Kirton’s Farm Country Club (now the Copthorne Hotel) in Pingewood was our base…took me 10 minutes

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InStyle site launched in the UK

After a lot of transatlantic effort we launched InStyle’s UK website last night.

On the surface it looks like a close cousin of the parent InStyle.com site in the US but there have been many changes to make it more suitable for a predominantly UK audience. The site editor is Maria Milano, who flew out to

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Back to my boat owning roots

An announcement went out today that formally cut my last direct links with the marine industry.

IBI news announcement of new DAME Awards chairman.

I’ve worked in some capacity with boating since 1985 when I joined Motor Cruiser magazine. What happened next was 15 fabulous and extremely busy years, most of them on Motor Boats Monthly magazine,

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Putting Twitter on the map

Okay, this is probably about the last blog of many to highlight it but finally…a fun use for Twitter.

Twittervision – the place where Twitter meets Google Maps.

Must admit, quite addictive, even if most of the comments are, predictably, very twitteresque.