Lighthouses – the French build them well

Just seen this video – there are some well known pictures of French lighthouses in storms but seeing those waves move is something else again.

Subsequent to posting this also found some interesting reading on Rick’s Lighthouse Page.

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 Canal.

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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 Dock.

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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

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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

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Generator problems

HFL Marriner 2 generator overheating and maintenance problems

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Rope – you get what you pay for?

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

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Grand Tour Day 50: Liverpool to Whitehaven Marina

An afternoon passage in one tide from Liverpool Marina on the Mersey to Whitehaven Marina in Cumbria

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Grand Tour Day 49: Liverpool

Aboard the Woodchurch, the 1959-built Mersey ferry, with Captain James Vass

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Grand Tour Day 48: Liverpool

A day spent in Liverpool visiting Canning Half-Tide Dock, the Maritime Museum and the city centre

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