The Ships Bell
Going boating is all about swapping yarns and telling tall tales, so we recruited some of the finest nautical storytellers to share some of their stories from the high seas.
Whether it's a cautionary tale on boat handling, practical pointers, or just idle musings, our regular contibutors are here for you.
- For best results read the instructions
- Jake Kavanagh asks how many of us read the instructions on the tin.
- Improvising with underwear
- As a sailing instructor, when you ask your clients wife for her bra and knickers you know it’s a strange day. By Simon Jinks, Yachtmaster Examiner and Journalist
- Receiving you five-by-five
- Is the humble VHF radio a blessing or a curse?
Jake Kavanagh, yachting journalist.
- Mysteries of the sea
- Yachting journalist Sam Llewellyn on how sad it is if we, as boaters, ignore the natural world.
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- The ingenuity of the cruising yachtsman
- There is no such thing as an ‘ordinary’ yachtsman - you only have to look at the fleet assembling in Plymouth for the 2010 Jester Challenge to know. Jake Kavanagh, yachting journalist.
- A Baltic sojourn – by accident
- Cruising News is very interested in the kind of cruising you, the RYA membership does and as part of an occasional series, we will be heading to some of the more obscure cruising grounds in search of a good yarn. This month we travel vicariously to the Finnish coastline, where journalist Jake Kavanagh kicks us off with an impromptu bit of exploration...
- GPS - get position support
- The incessant beeping of an alarm is a normal occurrence in today’s boating environment.
- Nova Scotia: Where the schooner is king
- Cruisers Corner is a place where you can travel vicariously to some of the far flung corners of the globe in search of little known gems. One such cruising ground is coast of Nova Scotia, more specifically the port of Lunenburg.
- Brambles and hooks
- We were ¾ of a mile upwind of the Bramble bank when the overheat alarm went off.