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This film in Dylan Winter’s Keep Turning Left series captures these 25ft lovelies (and Sunbeams and XoDs, I’m reminded to point out – see the comments) rather beautifully. To know more about them click here and if you want to know about Swallow racing at Itchenor Sailing Club, click here. Designed in 1946 by Tom Thorneycroft … Continue reading “Cameraman Dylan Winter captures the lovely Swallow Class keelboats”
It’s usually about this time of year that I start dreaming of sailing in good weather. Sometimes my dreams settle on faraway places, but this time my eye has been caught by this little video in which Dylan Winter of Keep Turning Left fame captures the dramatic and impressive entrance to Whitby, a place I … Continue reading “The entrance to Whitby Harbour, captured by Dylan Winter”