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    RNLI Shannon

    RNLI launches new lifeboat

    • September 25, 2012

    Shannon class can go 25 knots

    dartmouth ferry pirate

    Drunken ferry ‘pirate’ jailed

    • September 21, 2012

    Steals ferry after two-day bender

    Tip of the Day

    Boat fridges – keeping them organised

    • September 21, 2012

    They're often quite deep

    titanic

    Titanic captain originally failed his navigation test

    • September 20, 2012

    More than 250,000 seamanship certificates released for the first time

    Kilmore Quay lifeboat

    Summer lifeboat launches drop in 2012

    • September 19, 2012

    Two per cent fall attributed to poor weather

    Wave

    Sailor swept overboard by a wave

    • September 18, 2012

    But then swept back on his yacht by another

    green awards

    Video: PBO editor talks Green Awards and the Southampton Boat Show

    • September 17, 2012

    Sarah Norbury chats with Boat Show TV

    green awards

    PBO Green Award winners announced

    • September 14, 2012

    Four organisations triumph

    Southampton bOAT SHOW

    Southampton Boat Show opens

    • September 14, 2012

    Olympic and Paralympic stars cut the ribbon

    The perfect setting for a social gaffe

    Dave Selby podcast: ‘Mad About The Boat’

    • September 13, 2012

    October 2012: The perfect setting for a social gaffe

    Tip of the Day

    Allen/Hex Keys

    • September 12, 2012

    Check before you force it

    natasha lambert

    Disabled teen sails around Isle of Wight

    • September 11, 2012

    Now she dreams of crossing the Atlantic

    Tip of the Day

    Hoisting signal flags

    • September 10, 2012

    how not to lose a halyard

    paul and rachel chandler lynn rival

    Chandlers begin new voyage

    • September 10, 2012

    Paul and Rachel set sail in Lynn Rival again

    cornsih crabber 12

    Video: Cornish Crabber 12 on test

    • September 10, 2012

    Small on the outside, big on the inside

    Paralympics gold bronze medal

    Team GB win first Paralympic sailing medals

    • September 6, 2012

    Lack of wind cancels final race with medals awarded for previous performance

    Helena Lucas

    Helena Lucas guaranteed to win silver Paralympic sailing medal

    • September 5, 2012

    Team GB also guaranteed bronze in SKUD18 class with a strong chance of a medal in the Sonar

    Hilary Lister

    ‘Sailing Out of Grain’

    • September 5, 2012

    Paralysed sailor Hilary Lister subject of video artwork

    nova scotia

    Seven-year sailing journey ends in tragedy

    • September 4, 2012

    Retired surgeon drowns just 500km from home

    Britain's Paralympic sailing team

    The Paralympics are coming!

    • August 31, 2012

    British teams aiming for gold in every sailing class

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