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Taking your Dog Sailing

Taking your Dog Sailing

Dog Life Jackets You must make sure your dog has a lifejacket. A life jacket will keep them safe and help them conserve energy if they do go in the water, helps with visibility if they go over and tend to have a handle that make lifting smaller dogs very convenient...

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Night Sailing

Night Sailing

Night sailing has its own rewards and challenges – it can be quite disorientating, but also magical. Hands-on experience undoubtedly is the best way to embed the skills you’ll need to see you through the night.

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First Class response to Golden Vanity Crowdfunding!

First Class response to Golden Vanity Crowdfunding!

On 12th January 2021 First Class Sailing launched a crowdfunding appeal to raise money to restore Golden Vanity. In the space of five weeks, an amazing £25,405 has been donated by a total of 155 supporters to help bring back to life this historical Brixham sailing trawler.

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First Class Sailing Rescue Historic Vessel

First Class Sailing Rescue Historic Vessel

First Class Sailing has rescued a 1908 Gaff Rigger. After some restoration and a refit she will be sailed along the south coast to her new home in Southampton where she will live alongside the existing fleet of modern cruising yachts.

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The Rain Offshore of Spain

In today's blog, we find out how the crew dry their base layers (this is a watersport afterall) and cope a midnight shift on watch.     Tuesday's blog The rain has stopped, least for now. It seemed to be raining on every watch for the last two days.  Watches...

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ARC 2019 – Day 6 – Flaccid carrots

Musings for the day The free time onboard gives one ample time for self-exploration, perhaps the reason I am attracted to such endeavours. While pondering the reason that I am here, I thought it might be interesting to pose the following question to my fellow...

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