Sam Llewellyn
Flotsam and jetsam
Sam Llewellyn writes nautical thrillers, edits The Marine Quarterly, and is perpetually patching up a 30ft ketch: samllewellyn.com
Poring over the 1871 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica the other day, we came to the entries that describe the close-quarters handling of large sailing ships. There is nothing like a description of weighing anchor in an engineless four-master off a lee shore to fill the soul with admiration for the ancestors. Tough as old boots, brave as lions, and skillful in a way that has become extinct.
Or has it? The Britannica stuff reminded us that we have not recently had a go at All Sail Week. I may have mentioned this before. It is a week of the summer, randomly chosen and characterised, with luck, by small breezes from suitable directions, during which nobody is allowed to turn on the engine. All other means of propulsion – rowing, warping, sculling, yulohs, and of course sailing – are fine. It is excellent practice for moments when the engine might not work or, as has happened, the propeller falls off 200 miles from the nearest marine engineer. It breaks down into various sections.
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7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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Shearwater sloop sailing in the 1960s
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Transatlantic first
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Going dizzy on an island sailing odyssey
Ken Fowler becomes the first sailor to circumnavigate every island in England and Wales-and all done in a 4m dinghy!
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Duncan Kent chooses a selection of the best sail and motor boats under 40ft most suitable for adventurous cruising along the coast
Industry view on HVO
The RYA, IWA and CA are working to help recreational boating transition to a Net Zero future, as the CA's
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Little ships and the wrong sort of waves
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Watching boats, saving jerseys
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Sweating the mooring asset
Sam Llewellyn looks at ways of getting top value out of his boat's swinging mooring
