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Getting Afloat
Marinas in the Med are full of smart-looking yachts which are used as holiday homes by their wealthy owners and which, if they ever leave harbour, never stretch an ounce of canvas. No6 Texel is not one of these, says Nic Compton. Although until recen
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Uffa Fox Play Takes A Different Course
A fresh insight to the life and times of the great Uffa Fox was played out at the recent performance of Uffa – Malcolm Turner’s new play about yachting’s eccentric genius, writes Sue Pelling. Moving on from the Trinity Theatre (Cowes) to the Hen & Ch
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Pen Duick VI And Maiden Are Conquerors Of The Globe
It was all just a bit of history repeated for the crowds in Cowes, Isle of Wight, in mid-April, as they witnessed Tabarly come home at the helm of Pen Duick VI (pictured above left) to take line honours in the Ocean Globe Race, followed, a few days l