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Find Out All You Need to Know to Start Dinghy Sailing
For an exhilarating sailing experience which is easy to begin and full of fun, there is no better way to enter the sport than with dinghy sailing. Where to Start You’ll find many dinghy sailing clubs around the lakes and rivers of the UK coast. Always keen to take on new members, especially families, you’ll…
Enterprise Dinghy racing at Southport in gale
Enterprise dinghy racing on the Marine lake in Southport. Wind blowing at about 30-40mph. Increased later to 66mph (force 11)! Related articles by Zemanta Saiboat Dinghy Racing Capsize — Surviving Total Inversion (boatsafetymaintenance.suite101.com)
Top 3 Ways to Go Sailing Without Breaking the Bank
In a recent post we gave you the cheapest possible way to get on the water – in an inflatable. But, knowing that a rubber dinghy is not everyone’s idea of fun and that some people may like to go sailing in a boat that has a loo, this post provides 3 ways of sailing…
A Comprehensive Database of Boats on SailBoatData.com
Image via Wikipedia I came across a great tool for all boat enthusiasts while browsing the web the other day. The Sail Boat Guide is a database that contains information on more than 5,000 production and semi-production sailing boats going back as far as 1900. The majority include photos and or drawings, mostly from their…
10 Percent Discount at Boating.com
We’ve teamed up with Boating.com to offer a 10% discount to our regular Harbour Exchange readers. All you need to do is use the code ‘SAVE10′ at checkout time and get the discount. It couldn’t be easier. Boating.com has a Marine Store targeted at the US market and sells all sorts of marine goodies, from…
How to Tow a Boat Behind a Car Safely, Reverse, Launch and Recover
Having a boat you can trail means having the best of all worlds. If you are happy to spend the time and effort putting it in the water and retrieving it again afterwards, you can have the freedom to go boating wherever you choose. It’s critical you know what you are doing though and that…
The Flying Foiling Boat with No Hull
If you like foiling boats and boards (which we do) then you’ll love this. It’s a custom built foiling skiff with no hull. It’s light and fast but needs a tow (a bit like a glider) to get going. And if the crew aren’t super brilliant and let the boat stall, it needs a tow…
The Best Sailing TV on the Web
If you scour the terrestrial and satellite TV channels hard enough you can catch a glimpse of some action on the water, but you really need to be looking for it. You are also likely to have to record it to watch at another time as it’s probably broadcast when normal people are busy sleeping…
Lost Generation – Not sailing but worth sharing
13.5m people have watched this on YouTube. If you’re one of them enjoy it all over again. If this is a 1st for you watch it all the way through. It has nothing to do with sailing but it’s something that is worth sharing. Feel good on a Thursday morning.
