Sailing Terms and their Origins. As a follow on to our Nautical Terms article, we have compiled another list of interesting sailing terms and their origins. It’s not always clear as to the exact origin of the saying, some have several,…
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Round the Island Race
Round the Island Race, 1st June 2013, Cowes, Isle of Wight The Round the Island Race has been scheduled a little earlier this year on 1st June 2013. You still have a few days to enter, but standard entries will…
Sailing Quotes
Sailing Quotes – Part I There are a great many sailing quotes from a great many great writers. So lets start with a very popular sailing quote and one that gets posted on many a Lovesail profile. Twenty years from…
Beaulieu Boat Jumble
Beaulieu Boat Jumble at the National Motor Museum The annual Beaulieu Boat Jumble is taking place this Sunday 28th April 2013 at the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu. Situated in the beautiful New Forest National Park, the Beaulieu Estate has…
Longest Honeymoon in History?
Ian and Wendy’s Story….will this be the longest honeymoon in history? Last weekend I attended a wedding in Devon. Not unusual I hear you say. According to the Office of National Statistics there were 277,740 marriages in the Uk in…
Tall Ships
Tall Ships Today Tall ships, by nature, conjure up images of beautiful examples of historic, traditionally rigged sailing vessels from bygone days that sailed the seven seas in all their grandeur. In those days however there were many outside influences…
Go Sailing!
Go Sailing Once you have caught the sailing bug it’s a very hard one to shake off. But what do you do if you don’t have a yacht or a sailboat? How do you go sailing and quench that insatiable…
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Annapolis Sailboat Show
Annapolis Sailboat Show, Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis Sailboat Show Spring edition, will be held from Friday 26th April through to Sunday 28th April, 2013 and will cover a number of locations including the Annapolis City Dock, Ego Alley and Susan Campbell…
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Nautical Terms
We use numerous well-known terms and phrases in everyday conversation but did you know just how many actually originate from nautical terms? Well here’s a small selection of words and phrases originating from nautical terms – for your interest and…
Lovesail Testimonials
Comments from some of the Lovesail members about the site. Here are just a few of the comments that we have received at the Lovesail office over the past year. Love this site! AH – May 2013 I’m…
