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Film of the original Nova Scotia schooner Bluenose sailing

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Gavin Atkin

The schooner Bluenose in flight… A celebrated racer as well as working boat fishing the Grand Banks, she was launched at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on March 26, 1921 and sank close the Haiti in 1946. Read all about her here. … Continue reading →

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Classic Yacht TV – short videos about sailing classic yachts and working craft

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Gavin Atkin

Classic Yacht TV has been set up to offer short documentaries from the classic yachting and work boat scene on a monthly basis. The folks behind it are London-based photographer and multimedia artist Emily Harris, who grew up sailing and … Continue reading →

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Alan Villiers’ essay about his first great voyaging and film-making expedition, and the death of journalist colleague, shipmate and friend Ronald Walker

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Gavin Atkin

The mizzen of the Grace Harwar with crewmen aloft photographed by Alan Villiers from the ship’s main cross trees. The photo, now in the National Maritime Museum in London, is taken from the Wikimedia Commons ‘Ronald Gregory Walker was a newspaper … Continue reading →

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