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The Maldon paper boat race, May 2009
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NBS pleased with level of boat show interest
Discounts attract exhibitors to sign up for PSP Southampton and London International Boat Shows
Environment Agency: Thames registration reminder
First time applicants can only apply by post
Win £100 in Chichester photo competition
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Jimmy Cornell: ‘yachtsmen are safer in foreign waters’
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Three used boat shows to take place over Easter weekend
Ancasta announce Port Hamble, Mercury and Port Solent shows
Mike Perham in Southern Ocean Knockdown
Teenaged circumnavigator hit by huge wave deep in Southern Ocean
Yacht breaks 126mph barrier
Yacht sets new world record on a lake in Nevada
Shirley Robertson hosts sailing TV on CNN
Olympic medallist enjoys the comforts of superyachts and quizzes the crew of a Volvo 70
Thailand: Body of UK yachtsman found
A week after yacht was hijacked off coast of Thailand
Chichester: Four rescued from burning motorboat
Nearby vessel came to the aid of trapped crew
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Geoff Holt to sail the Atlantic
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