inexperienced sailor
OLAS – the man overboard location alert app which aims to save valuable time
OLAS converts your smart phone or tablet to become part of your life saving inventory, sounding the alarm when the worst happens at sea
15,000 miles in 133 days: British travel writer’s sail and cycle challenge
Simon Parker, a travel writer from Oxford, will shortly begin his epic journey by crossing the Pacific on the Clipper 2015-2016 Round the World Race yacht.
All the gear, no idea: rookie rescued on first outing in new yacht
Two lifeboats and a volunteer RNLI crew headed out from Minehead when the inexperienced sailor ran aground at Dunster beach, Somerset, after running into trouble with his rigging. The man had been heading for Watchet marina, West Somerset, and had set out from Cardiff with three other vessels. Lifeboat helmsman…