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    ‘Vanity cabinets’ make great computer stations

    • July 23, 2010

    In with the new...

    RNLI Lochinver lifeboat with Coastguard helicopter

    Hi-line rescue for yacht family

    • July 22, 2010

    Helicopter evacuation in Force 6 near Stornoway

    RNLI Chowder

    Lifeboat soup!

    • July 22, 2010

    More fundraising tucker for the RNLI

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    Make your water tanks taste nicer

    • July 22, 2010

    with a squeeze of lemon juice

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    Brighten up old, stained varnishwork

    • July 21, 2010

    Paint it white...

    A UK Border Agency cutter

    RYA wins concession from UKBA

    • July 20, 2010

    Customs Form C1331 notification process resolved

    Rainbow Warrior III impression

    Greenpeace builds new eco-ship

    • July 20, 2010

    Rainbow Warrior III an environmentally-advanced world first

    Studland Bay voluntary no anchor zone

    Is Studland Bay no anchoring zone a ‘waste of time’?

    • July 20, 2010

    Vote in PBO's poll

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    Tired bunk cushions?

    • July 20, 2010

    Memory foam could be the solution.

    The RNLI Sennen Cove's Tamar class all weather lifeboat

    Hamble yachtswoman in dramatic rescue

    • July 19, 2010

    Two hours treading water 50 miles offshore

    Hull & Humber comes home

    Clipper comes home to Hull

    • July 19, 2010

    Thrilling finish to Round the World Race

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    Get those lazyjacks forward!

    • July 19, 2010

    Tip for hoisting the mainsail

    Ship at NYTC site

    200-year-old ship unearthed at Ground Zero

    • July 16, 2010

    Archaeologists excited by major 18th Century boat find

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    Reef according to apparent wind speed not true

    • July 16, 2010

    Sail handling tips

    Hebridean festival flotilla

    ‘Sail Heb’ 2010 Stornoway grand finale

    • July 15, 2010

    Traditional and modern boats in sailing festival

    Oil carrier Martina

    Yachtsman dead after tanker collision

    • July 15, 2010

    Italian coastguard still searching for missing crew after fatal crash

    River Thames ceremonial Swan Upping census

    Make way for ‘Swan Upping’ on the Thames

    • July 15, 2010

    Annual census and health check of the Queen's own population of mute swans

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    If someone’s drowning, they make a lot of noise, right?

    • July 15, 2010

    Wrong

    Youngsters with the sails at the Queen Mary OnBoard festival

    RYA backs young sail designers

    • July 14, 2010

    OnBoard programme announces competition winners

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    Preserving two-part varnish in the fridge

    • July 14, 2010

    First coat on, second coat tomorrow

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