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    RYA slams government over e-Borders plan

    • December 19, 2011

    'Inappropriate, disproportionate, ineffective and inefficient'

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    Mooring to become possible on Yarmouth Pier’s end

    • December 16, 2011

    Move part of £1.4m redevelopment

    Hantu Biru on a trailer

    PBO project boat

    • December 15, 2011

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    Pensioner trapped under weight of yachting books

    • December 14, 2011

    7,000 copies force ceiling's collapse

    The Wave, painting by Gustave Courbet

    Giant wave off Donegal

    • December 14, 2011

    67ft wave biggest ever recorded in Irish waters

    Storm covers sailboats

    More storms on the way

    • December 12, 2011

    Prepare your boat in good time!

    Bonita - RNLI

    Northern storm recalls incidents of 30 years ago

    • December 9, 2011

    RNLI film documents remarkable 1981 hurricane rescue

    Dehler 32

    Video: Dehler 32 on test

    • December 8, 2011

    Dehler 32 on film: where fast meets friendly

    Selby self-steering - Jan 2012

    Dave Selby podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’

    • December 8, 2011

    January 2012: The 'hands-off' approach

    Dee Caffari / Oman Sail

    Dee Caffari to lead all-women Omani crew

    • December 7, 2011

    Arab nation's first ever all-female crew gets top British skipper

    Overwater Marina moorings

    First top award to inland marina

    • December 7, 2011

    Cheshire's Overwater gains five Gold Anchors

    Hobie Tandem Island

    Video: Hobie Tandem Island

    • December 6, 2011

    The PBO team try out the Hobie Tandem Island trimaran

    Clipper 11-12 start at Southampton

    Clipper Race to finish in Southampton

    • December 2, 2011

    Grand finale five days before Olympics start

    Somali pirates

    Paris court jails Somali pirates

    • December 1, 2011

    Apologies to French couple

    Coastguard helicopter on exercise with RNLI off Dorset

    Search and Rescue helicopters next for axe

    • November 29, 2011

    Portland and Boulmer SAR to close in privatisation

    RAF Sea King rescue helicopter

    One dead, five missing in shipwreck off North Wales

    • November 27, 2011

    Prince William helps save two Russian sailors

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    Old, sticky fenders?

    • November 25, 2011

    Get them as good as new

    Red Tape Challenge

    Red Tape Challenge

    • November 24, 2011

    Government wants your views!

    Coastguard helicopter over marina

    Coastguard modernisation goes ahead

    • November 23, 2011

    Protests fail - nine stations to close

    Soling under sail

    1980 Olympic boycott sailors’ plea to RYA

    • November 22, 2011

    Lost British Olympic sailing team of 1980 seek recognition

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