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The Transat

29/04/201629/04/2016 / Bill

A quiet morning before the pre-start jazz . . .

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Well, quiet forward, with time to please the sponsors . . . but not so quiet aft . . .

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They leave Plymouth for New York on Monday

(Images by Bill Whateley)

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maritime history

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On sailing a Folksong

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The 'Ceres' books

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  • Phantom Fleet, by Ted Ashby
  • Sailing a Thames Barge Sail-by-Sail, by Peter Hearn
  • South Eastern Sail, by Michael Bouquet
  • The Agnes, the Clara May and the Traly, by Charmian Astbury
  • The Bude Canal, by Helen Harris and Monica Ellis
  • The Ketch Ceres 1811-1936, by Charmian Astbury
  • The Last of the Sailing Coasters, by Edmund Eglinton
  • The Sailing Pilots of the Bristol Channel, by Peter Stuckey
  • The Story of the Dido C, by Charmian Astbury
  • The Thames Sailing Barge, by Dennis J.Davis
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  • Boats and Boatbuilding in West Cornwall, by A.S.Oliver
  • Fishing Boats of Cornwall, by Mike Smylie
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  • The Last Traditional Oyster Men, by Mal Stone

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  • Heavy Weather Sailing, by K Adlard Coles
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  • Sailing With Purpose, by Jerome Fitzgerald
  • Short-handed Sailing, by Alastair Buchan
  • Singlehanded Sailing, by Richard Henderson
  • Singlehanded Sailing: Thoughts, Tips, Techniques & Tactics, by Andrew Evans
  • Singlehanding, by Tony Meisel
  • Spindrift, by Peter Reason
  • The Folkboat Story, by Dieter Loibner
  • The Long Way Home, by Stuart Macdonald
  • The Seaworthy Offshore Boat, by John Vigor
  • The Self-Sufficient Sailor, by Lin and Larry Pardey
  • The Single-Handed Yachtsman, by Francis B.Cooke
  • The Voyage of Storm Petrel, by Clarissa Vincent
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  • Joys of Life, by Uffa Fox
  • Mostly About Boats, by John Howlett
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