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    Don’t overgrease your winches

    • March 18, 2010

    Avoid a gooey salty mess

    British Leisure Show floorplan

    British Leisure Show opens Friday

    • March 17, 2010

    Move over Earls' Court Boat Show

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    Tips for re-sealing your hull/keel joint

    • March 17, 2010

    Modify your scraper

    London Boat Show 2010

    London Boat Show diversifies for 2011

    • March 16, 2010

    Tullett Prebon show to combine with VOS Media's The Outdoors Show

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    Don’t drill too deep

    • March 16, 2010

    Mark the drill bit with electrical tape

    Hull and Humber Clipper race yacht 2009-10

    Humber Clipper yacht skipper suffers broken leg

    • March 15, 2010

    Casualty transferred to hopital in Japan

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    Cutting veneered ply

    • March 15, 2010

    Use a stanley knife to make your life easier

    Boat Safety Scheme logo

    Price increase for 2010 Boat Safety Scheme certificate

    • March 12, 2010

    Increase to be followed by price freeze for next four years

    PBO small craft almanac 2010

    PBO Small Craft Almanac corrections March 2010

    • March 11, 2010

    Download free pdf of corrections

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    Newquay teenager fined for running down rowing boat

    • March 10, 2010

    Pleads guilty at Bodmin Youth Court

    RYA Club of the Year winners Exe Sailing Club.  Photo attached: Sarah Treseder with Bob Horlock and Rex Frost

    Exe SC voted ‘Club of the year’ 2010

    • March 9, 2010

    Club crowned at RYA Volvo Dinghy Show

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    Inquiry launched into Craster lifeboat capsize

    • March 8, 2010

    Crew of suffer mild injuries - boat recovered

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    Deck check: 11 essential mast and deck gear checks

    • March 5, 2010

    Make sure the new season runs smoothly with these tips from Barton Marine

    Hydroptere, scale test boat and Hydroptere Maxi

    L’Hydroptere plans to circle the globe

    • March 4, 2010

    Alain Thebault and team announce exciting plans for foiling trimaran

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    Revive weathered oiled wood…

    • March 3, 2010

    with massage techniques

    Spirit of Mystery

    Spirit of Mystery prepares to return to Cornwall

    • March 2, 2010

    Pete Goss to sail back up River Tamar

    French storms

    100mph winds smash west coast of France

    • March 1, 2010

    See pictures and press reports

    Dave Selby - scared?

    Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad About the Boat’ March 2010

    • March 1, 2010

    What do the trees think? Dave ponders sailing in a gale

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    Don’t be left fuming

    • March 1, 2010

    ...when you lock out - switch off your engine

    Discovery 55 Deck

    Discovery Yachts expands production in UK

    • February 26, 2010

    Good news as annual BMF survey reports UK participation growth

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