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    Hydroptere breaks 50knots over 1NM

    Hydroptere takes 1NM speed record at over 50knots

    • November 13, 2009

    Working towards ocean sailing

    Joint Forces sailing circumnavigation exercise begins

    • July 13, 2009

    Joint Forces sailing circumnavigation exercise begins

    Britain’s ‘Ocean Angels’ set a world record

    • July 7, 2009

    4 ordinary women, 1 extraordinary race

    Spirit of Mystery painting to be auctioned for charity

    • June 16, 2009

    Original of Padstow artist's painting being sold on eBay this week

    Sir Robin Knox-Johnston at the race finish aboard Chamois and views of the fleet as they progressed through London. Credit: Rachel Hedley/Little Ship Club

    Knox-Johnston and his proteges

    • April 23, 2009

    Eight British solo circumnavigators were in London yesterday - how many more can you name?

    Plastiki – the expedition to expose Pacific pollution

    Plastiki – the expedition to expose Pacific pollution

    • April 14, 2009

    Boat built of recycled plastic bottles to set sail on 11,000-mile journey

    Top Dogs – Knox-Johnston, Simpson and Fiennes

    • March 27, 2009

    Three part BBC series focuses on each of the old soldiers in turn starting tonight

    Tiny craft to attempt ocean crossing

    Tiny craft to attempt ocean crossing

    • January 12, 2009

    Adventurer's 3 foot ocean crossing craft on display at ExCeL

    Round Britain RIB rally launched

    Round Britain RIB rally launched

    • January 5, 2009

    2,000 mile circumnavigation

    Kite sailor sets off across the pacific

    • October 24, 2008

    Oceankite vessel sets sail from San Francisco

    Pete Goss sets date for departure to Australia

    • October 9, 2008

    Spirit of Mystery voyage down under to set off from Newlyn this month

    Single-handed young man rounds Britain

    Single-handed young man rounds Britain

    • July 30, 2008

    At 21-years-old, the youngest man to do so

    Historic Africa circumnavigation starts 1 August

    • July 11, 2008

    Adventurer to skipper Phoenician sailing vessel around the coast of Africa

    Sir Robin’s 40 years since setting off in Suhaili

    • June 17, 2008

    Celebrating the anniversary of the start of the world's first non-stop solo circumnavigation

    Wave-powered skipper chats on Ham radio

    • March 25, 2008

    Japanese adventurer has good radio reception a week into his planned 75-day voyage from Hawaii to Japan

    ‘Just another exciting day in the Southern Ocean’

    • March 20, 2008

    Russian adventurer circumnavigating Antarctica has to repair rudder in mid-ocean

    World ARC begins in St Lucia

    World ARC begins in St Lucia

    • January 23, 2008

    Enthusiastic sailors set off a 15-month cruising adventure of a lifetime

    Flanagan meets a polar bear

    • August 17, 2007

    The adventurous sailor comes face to muzzle…

    First trimaran out of Chester

    First trimaran out of Chester

    • July 31, 2007

    Stephen Walker might be the first to have sailed a trimaran out of Chester since the 1960s

    Personal Everest challenge: MOB ‘was blessing in disguise’

    • May 17, 2007

    Geoff Holt discusses what was learned from day-one disaster

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