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Close to the Edge
Jan 1997 p82
Category: Cruise account
Author: Paul McNeill
Description: Experiences / Learning from Experience
Lessons - Don't let the fuel level in your tank get too low. Basic Knowledge and skill in engine maintenance can save you calling rescue services. Be prepared incase you crisis plan fails.
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Chartering: Close-coupled!
Jan 1996 p44
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Getting close to the Edge
Jun 2009 p36-39  (4.00 pages)
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Fuel for thought
Mar 2012 p80-81  (2.00 pages)
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John relates a cautionary tale of fuel starvation - and of a sadly neglected lifejacket. Lessons learned..
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Leading Edge
Feb 2009 p49  (1.00 pages)
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Getting up close and personal with crews on the Volvo Ocean Race or the America's Cup could be possible with new smart fabrics that can record their every breath and heartbeat
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Close call in Brazil
Jan 2003 p54-56  (2.00 pages)
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Running aground and sinking
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Leading Edge
Aug 2008 p49  (1.00 pages)
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Could poo power be the future? Scientists are coming close to a breakthrough in power from pig manure and the excretions of microscopic bugs
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Rescue at sea
Oct 1994 p30
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A series of short, high seas threw the powerboat into the air - three men saved in the nick of time
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Well and truly pooped
Sep 2010 p104-105  (2.00 pages)
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Struggling in a mid-Atlantic storm, Mark Meredith and his companions had a close shave with a monster wave.
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A captive Mustang
Feb 2013 p40-41  (2.00 pages)
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Julian gets rather too close to a moored warship when the outboard motor on their yacht Mustang sputters to a standstill.
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Diver to starboard
Jun 2013 p34-35  (2.00 pages)
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Winds decreasing later
Dec 1993 p32  (2.66 pages)
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Windy weather - Lessons learned; It had been blowing a Severe Gale Force 9, there was a ferry from Guernsey to Weymouth and, it cost £40. But by then the wind had dropped, the sun was shining..
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Learning the hard way - check it out before you buy
Oct 1994 p34  (2.00 pages)
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The author's expensive dream boat... " My dreams have been somewhat shattered and my pocket severely scoured out by a string of problems, all of which stem from a lack of maintenance and poor quality of work on that which has been done"
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Keep a proper plot - and beware of flying pigs!
Sep 2000 p52  (3.00 pages)
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Fog. Roy Sallabank on the need for plenty of navigational back-up. "The overall level of vis was still poor. We were unable to see any shoreward beacons or coastline."
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Leading Edge
Jan 2007 p55  (1.00 pages)
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Could water be the fuel of the future?
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Lessons from a single-hander. Part 11 The Crossing
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Cross Channel crisis
May 1992 p46
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Cross Channel Crisis
Nov 1992 p32
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Coastguard calls a cab
Apr 2009 p90-91  (2.00 pages)
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A powerful water taxi comes to the rescue off a Greek Island when Chris finds his yacht in trouble in strong winds and stormy seas, perilously close to a lee shore
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Having to sail home
Jul 1994 p42  (2.00 pages)
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When you fit your own engine, you need to stay flexible. 'The gear box flange spun in front of my eyes and it was then I noticed that it was not connected to the flexible coupling...'
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'Creeping disaster' nipped in the bud
Nov 2011 p66-67  (2.00 pages)
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Drew recalls how a broken autopilot, engine failure, a seasick crew and faulty VHF conspired to create a potential calamity on the Irish Sea. Lifeboat rescue.
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Astinor 840 - Outside edge
Mar 2004 p100-102  (3.00 pages)
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Kevin Begley wanted a boat to cruise on the edge of Europe, on Ireland's west coast. Logically enough, he went to a boatbuilder based on the edge of Europe, on Spains's west coat. Would a 28ft flybridge Astinor fit the bill?
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DIY tank level indicator
Jan 2011 p78-79  (2.00 pages)
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You can adapt a low-cost blood pressure meter to read the level in your boat's tank. David Berry explains how it's done
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Not learning from experience!
Feb 1996 p24  (1.00 pages)
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Why do I carry on 'trusting to luck'.
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Leading edge
Mar 2013 p24  (1.00 pages)
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Too fat to fly, too old to try? Two reasons why some of us of a particular age and size might never experience the thrill of an International Moth on foils. But what about a Cup cat?
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Stripped to the bare essentials
Sep 2000 p144  (2.00 pages)
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Centre plate loss and engine failure in the Irish Sea. You don't need much in the way of gear and equipment when sailing a simple dayboat. (Drascombe Coaster). Or do you? Norman finds out the hard way.
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Leading edge
Oct 2010 p37  (1.00 pages)
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Large aircraft and even helicopters are not only expensive, but often impractical on rescue missions in very bad weather. Could and unmanned drone be the answer?
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A fraught first foray
Feb 2011 p96-97  (2.00 pages)
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Lessons learned - Robin is unprepared for a catalogue of problems. From Cobb's Quay, Poole to Portland.
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Several painful lessons
Jul 2012 p86-87  (2.00 pages)
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David Watson's first trip out to sea involved injuries to his back and forehead, damage to his boat's centreplate - and a steep learning curve. '..I was heading directly into the strong north-westerly wind.. the wind strengthened, the waves became steeper
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Dragging into danger
Mar 2010 p32-34  (3.00 pages)
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Nick Bamford describes what to do when the engine fails to start and a rocky lee shore lies over the horizon, 'we were blowing out to sea, barely slowed by the anchor'. Nick says his CQR was 'unsuitable' for the med.
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Under-prepared and overboard
Aug 2011 p50-51  (2.00 pages)
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Enthusiastic naivety and boats don't mix, as peter Ball discovered to his cost when a lump of hardwood gunwale exploded from the hull.
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