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Test your COLREG's knowledge with our online quiz
Learn the Nautical Rules of the Road out now. Test your knowledge of the COLREGS with our online quiz.
What's Your Ultimate Adventure?
Choose your Ultimate Sailing inspiration or achievement from 100 sailing adventures around the world
A & B
Here's question #6 in our Ask the Rules Guy Series
18....19...?
Here's question #4 in our 'Ask the Rules Guy' series.
Learn Navigation from Tom Cunliffe. Listen to his podcasts here
Love it or loathe it, navigation is a fact of every sailor’s life. These three podcasts, inspired by his new books Inshore...
GPS, electronic revolutions and fish and chips
In the second of Tom Cunliffe's navigation podcasts, Tom talks about the revolution in navigation GPS has brought, he weighs up the comparative...
Duck or Turkey?
Here's question #3 in our 'Ask the Rules Guy' series.
The Science Bit: Basic Sailing Theory
Including why the boat moves and a bluffer's guide to the main points of sailing.
Daily Engine Check
A daily engine check is always needed - even if the engine was running well yesterday. Find out how.
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July Competition Winner
Congratulations to the winner of the July competition
RIVER DEBEN Entrance Latest Update
Janet Harber author of East Coast Rivers Cruising Companion posts a new article on the entrance to the Deben
East Coast Rivers September Blog
Jan Harber's latest East Coast Rivers blog including Barges at Snape; Orfordness Lighthouse under threat from the North Sea; smacks and classic...
Loder's Cut and Troublesome Reach
Eastcoastrivers.com has recently carried out trials of a new surveying rig in Troublesome Reach and Loder's Cut in the upper reaches of the River...
GALAXY GATHERING AT SUFFOLK YACHT HARBOUR
There was a fine collection of classic yachts to be seen on the River Orwell over the weekend of June 13 and 14, including a large number of Stellas...
Top Tips for launching your trailer boat.
Launching your boat can be the most stressful part of getting afloat. Fear not. The following tips from www.boatlaunch.co.uk will ensure a smooth...
Is this a new age for radar technology?
Broadband Radar? What's it all about? Bill Johnson explains.
MORE ON ALADDIN'S CAVES AKA CHANDLERIES
Since my previous blog, when I mentioned the purchase of bargain rope from an Essex-based chandlery at the Excel Boat Show, I have heard from another...
