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| MALLAIG LIFEBOAT CREW RESCUE DOG IN RUNAWAY SPEEDBOAT RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews from Mallaig were today called to an unusual incident where a dog needed rescuing from a getaway speedboat..... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Aug 2010 |
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GETTING IT RIGHT Weather is a huge subject but, from a boater’s point of view, there are really only a couple of questions – can we go out and can we get back. Jon Mendez makes it simple. .... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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PRACTICAL PROJECT Peter Caplen investigates how to choose, equip and kit out a RIB for use as a tender..... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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TECH TALK Boat windows, portholes and portlights come in all shapes, sizes and materials. If they aren’t looked after they can soon look shabby and begin to let you down, especially if they become scratched or crazed. .... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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ANGLING June is busting out all over, according to the musical, and so it is at sea. Fish are everywhere, with bass at the top of the list for the next few months - and that brings me to a question raised by a reader who wanted to know if he could float fish from his boat for bass. Yes you can, I do it regularly.... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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Dinghy World Traditionally, timber is a material well suited to boats such as dinghies. In fact, many of the old clinker style versions are still in existence and used daily. You sometimes see them on the used market, shining out from the ocean of GRP - and new boats are still being built in this traditional way. .... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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CLASSIC CORNER Have you noticed how anyone with a classic boat, whether they have a motorboat, a sailing boat or a manual powered craft, never seems to be in a hurry? These owners always seem to live in a world of unshakeable contentment to which the rest of us can only aspire. It’s a mindset that comes from total enjoyment of a boat and the knowledge that getting to the destination is of secondary importance..... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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ELECTRONICS MADE EASY Chart plotter progress is suffering from the law of diminishing returns. Manufacturers constantly seek innovations to persuade us to upgrade, or to ditch the old and buy the new, but they are running out of room to manoeuvre. The basic function of the CP is to convert paper charts to an electronic version and to give a dynamic interpretation of the boat’s present position. In most cases, the navigator does not need any more than this - and it remains the CP ‘page’ we most commonly use..... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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Inshore Skipper The boat’s tender is something you either love or hate, but whichever emotion is the stronger, it is still your fault. After all, you chose it. And you probably chose the outboard too so whether it’s a marriage made in Heaven or in Hell, the reponsibility lies with you. Over the last 20 years or so, I have owned seven dinghies, so I have certainly seen the good and the bad..... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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Get Hitched Compared with the first-generation X-Trail, the latest range could be considered rather sparse. We now have just three models - the entry-level Acenta and the better-equipped Tekna models, the latter available with a choice of two power outputs. But it’s the Acenta (available only in 173bhp guise) that we have been particularly keen to investigate. This cheapest X-Trail retails at £23,445, placing it in direct competition with the Outlanders, CR-Vs and Freelanders of this world - so how does the Nissan fare against the latest competition?.... Channel: test/feature, Issue: All - Apr 2010 |
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