Block Island is situated about 13 miles south of the Rhode Island coast in New England. It is protected by The Nature Conservancy and a popular Summer destination for holidaymakers and host to Block Island Race Week,
The Old Gaffers Festival is an annual event which takes place at Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. This year it will be running from Friday 31st May 2013 until Sunday 2nd June 2013 and it will also be celebrating 50 years.
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, so as always a pinch of salt is required!
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 close at midnight on Saturday 11th May 2013.
There are a great many sailing quotes from a great many great writers. So let’s start with a very popular sailing quote and one that gets posted on many a Lovesail profile.
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 been home to the boat jumble for some 36 years now.
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 2010.
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 that made sailing in these tall ships a hazardous journey.
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