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Cooke on yachting accidents and strange harbours

Chapter XIII: ‘Among those who go cruising in small yachts, some go for years without carrying away any gear whilst others are constantly in trouble.’

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Chapter XIV: ‘Entering a strange harbour is a rather trying experience for a novice, and it is quite likely that he may lose his head.’

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Seamanship for Yachtsmen Chapter headings:

Chapter I Introduction
Chapter II Small Cruising Yachts
Chapter III Getting under Way
Chapter IV Getting under Way (continued)
Chapter V Seamanship under Way
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A fabulous day with the craftsman boatbuilders at Beale Park

Beale Park Thames Boat Show

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Early morning at Beale Park; a Wharram catamaran; Joan Jardine-Brown with a boat she designed when she was just 19; a classic Thames skiff

We’ve had a great, if tiring day today with the professional and amateur boatbuilders and boat clubs at the Beale Park Thames Boat Show. As always it was quite an event, with boatbuilders finding spare moments to socialise between visitors, and the clubs devoted to particular types of boats enjoying their own extended picnics, while the general public oohed-and-aahed over the boats themselves. We oohed and aahed quite a lot ourselves, and I discovered later that I had taken 480 photographs, and my partner Julie took a fist-full of good shots too – that’s one of hers at the top of this post.

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This weekend – the Beale Park Boat Show

Beale Park Boat Show Salmon boat Currach 3 enlarged

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Previous years at the Beale Park Boat Show

The Beale Park Boat Show held each year on the Thames near Pangbourne is a treat – a great opportunity to see some beautiful craftsman-built boats and try them out, and also to meet their builders and the people who provide designs, plywood, timber, glue, chandlery and the rest. The show starts today, and lasts all weekend.

You can bet I’ll be there, and in fact we’re planning to arrive on Sunday – let’s hope for great weather for photographs.

For information on a great day out follow this link: www.bealepark.co.uk

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