Learning Seamanship - A Family Project
How we improved the competence of a family crew to equip them for worldwide travel adventures on an explorer yacht.
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Outfitting for Arctic Yachting Adventure - 1
A recent Blog introduced Magnus Day of Eyos - High Latitudes, seasoned in high-latitude sailing adventures and a 20 year experience in...
Teaching a Soldier to Sail - Part One: Acclimatize
Working with the UK Royal Navy to teach soldiers, sailors and airmen about sailing and the sea.
1650 NM to the Baltic on an LRC-58
Artnautica designs span from the LRC58 and 65 feet to the two heavyweight XPM models at 78 and 85 feet. A total of 14 long sleek...
A Novice Crew Expands Their Limits on a Hallberg-Rassey
It's about small victories. 'It's about the journey', they say. Cliche, I know. But, whoever sat down with old sailing pals and...
Yacht Delivery - The First Hurdles.
By Jeff Leigh-Jones Halcyon Yachts Deliveries Yacht deliveries for me are fulfilling, but they are also hard graft. Getting to a stage of...
Yacht Delivery - A great way to hone your sailing skills
Jeff, a member of our crew, gained much of his experience on yacht deliveries UK and beyond with the highly regarded Halcyon Yachts. Jeff...
What Makes A Yacht, An Explorer Yacht?
The following article was written by my friend, John Johnson (yacht-buoy.com) John is ex RN and RNLI so has seen his fair share of rough...
Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter – Delivery Run
I’m in France and I feel Inclined to give them stick. I can’t help it, it’s my heritage, my wry humour and not just mine. It’s...
Geoff Abbott – Holyhead Trawler Man
I’d been a civilian for a week and was starting to have concerns for our finances. I’d been an aircraft technician in the UK Royal Air...
Storm hit ARC in 2019
Jeffrey Leigh-Jones I’ve crossed Biscay 4 times. Had I crossed more, I’d surely have some saga to plump up Biscay’s notoriety. This one...
Sailing north of “The Circle”
“North of the circle” – a trip from the UK to Norway’s Lofoten Islands 66•30N and beyond is less ominous than I perceived when I...
Designing a Boat For Our Personal Use
I will start this message with a Broker’s advice, “If you truly want to go sailing, don’t leave it too late.” Here we are, 2 years...
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