Archive for the 'Motor boating' Category
Surface pressure synoptic charts and swell charts by email
0 Comments Published August 30th, 2008 in Marine weather, Motor boatingSynoptic charts and wave swell charts for the Atlantic and UK can be obtained by email
Olympic exploits on the water 100 years ago belonged to the powerboat brigade
Container ship feeling the force
0 Comments Published August 22nd, 2008 in Marine weather, Motor boatingShip visibly bending in heavy weather
Lighthouses - the French build them well
0 Comments Published March 8th, 2008 in Marine weather, Motor boatingJust seen this video - there are some well known pictures of French lighthouses in storms but seeing those waves move is something else again.
See this time lapse of the Radiance of the Seas in 2003 as she made her way through the Panama Canal.
A genuine red letter day
0 Comments Published May 12th, 2007 in Grand Tour motorboat UK circumnavigation, Motor boatingMemories of Howard Jones, my crew for a rare one-tide motorboat passage between Gloucester and Bristol Floating Dock.
20 years of Motor Boats Monthly
0 Comments Published May 6th, 2007 in IPC Media, Magazine publishing, Motor boating20 years of Motor Boats Monthly gallery
Doesn’t seem, ummm…10 years since I wrote a horribly long 10-year celebration in the magazine itself. Fun to see a reminder of past days and good to see they’ve found a more succinct way of celebrating the 20th!
I joined the mag just in time to see the very first [...]
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, [...]
HFL Marriner 2 generator overheating and maintenance problems
When we bought Formanda last year we knew we would want a decent set of warps onboard. The plan was to buy in bulk, then cut to required lengths and splice and whip the ends (well if I’m being honest I’d do the chopping and measuring and Michelle would do the splicing, the art of [...]
