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It’s cold, it’s dark and the shops are the usual pre-Christmas nightmare. There is a solution and it starts with you putting your feet up and throwing another log on the fire (or turning up the central heating). Now - grab your laptop/iPad/smart phone and order your loved one an Amelie Rose Gift Voucher... |
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A very good friend of mine, and big Pilot Cutter fan Dora Kemp was recently diagnosed with acute Leukaemia. BOO! To cheer herself up a bit she asked all of her friends to take a selfie of themselves eating a lemon. Well she's had a good response - even including the BBC Breakfast team - but we can do better right? It's really pretty simple: Get a lemon, bite deep and take a picture of your face as you grimace. Then go to https://www.facebook.com/LemonfacesforLeukaemia and post the picture for Dora to look at and chuckle over. Go on - it'll only take a minute and it'll give her something to look forward to apart from lumbar punctures and chemo. |
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Not every tradition
that crosses the North Atlantic causes an obesity epidemic it appears.
In Annapolis it has long been a custom for sailors to meet up on the
Vernal Equinox and burn their woollen foot-bags in preparation for the
warm season of sailing ahead… |
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Don’t panic – we haven’t lost anyone
overboard, well there was this one time, but we were at anchor and,
well, that’s another story. This is actually the first in a new series
of articles bringing you the Skippers thoughts on things sailing skills
related, starting with what happens next should you ever hear the
fateful call… |
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Five
days lolling around in the St Mawes sunshine are all very well – but
where we really wanted to be during the best summer in years was out in
the Scilly. It’s magical out there even when things get frisky but with
endless high pressure in the forecast our two sojourns to the Scilly
promised great things… |
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The St Georges Trophy traditionally heralds the beginning of the lovely Spring weather that we seem to be having these days (3 out of the previous 4 regattas being held in glorious sunshine) so as St George's Day approached we peered hopefully at the weather forecasts to divine what we had in store... |
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From the Archives: First, last and aground – Amelie Rose and the St Georges Trophy 2013