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Skippers’ Tips: Pilotage with Google and rope sleeves

Read here: How to stop anchor chain damage, and other top tips Ever worried about your topsides being damaged by the anchor chain? We’ve got a neat solution for that, as well as a smart idea for a lighter companionway, and how to use Google for satellite navigation Information provided by : www.yachtingmonthly.com

Club Night Guest Speaker

Hopefully you all got intrigued enough to open the poster and look at the yellow, also noticing the actual event, a club night guest speaker talking about the history of the Brayford pool and Mary Gordon.  These are special evenings so we make them open to the general public and you can invite guests. Do […]

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First Friday Social Evening – location change

 Due to the recent refurbishment of Woodcocks, future First Friday Club Nights will be held in the Conservatory & not the Function Room. Come and join us to get involved in the exciting year coming up, meeting is on Friday 7th Feb starting at 1930 in the Woodcocks Click here for more information

My solo cruise ended in a life raft

There is something oddly fascinating in reading other people’s tales of misfortune. Not out of any sense of schadenfreude, but rather out of a mixture of horrified pity, relief that it wasn’t us, and an instinct to wonder what we would have done were we to find ourselves in the same predicament. Would we have […]

Runaway Large Craft

There is currently a large craft on the River Trent that has become loose from Hazelford Lock and is making it’s way down the river in the direction of Newark The Police and Fire Brigade are aware

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Win your Dream Yacht Charter in paradise!

Sailing Today, Yachts & Yachting and Classic Boat magazines together offer a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime holiday afloat, courtesy of our partner Dream Yacht Charter. The winner of our free-to-enter prize draw will be offered a six-berth three-cabin yacht for a week’s charter in one of over 60 destinations worldwide. Entries close on 28 […]

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8 safety lessons from 2019

A good sailor learns from experience, or better, from the experiences of others. Theo Stocker looks back to see what seamanship and safety lessons we can take from this year’s events Read the Article Here