Cruiser Talk - The Last Sailorman
Sunday 15th January 2012
Dick Durham, news editor of Yachting Monthly, talked of his time in the late 60s and early 70s, as mate on the Thames sailing barge Cambria, the last commercial sailing vessel without an engine, in northern Europe.
Nick Craig named as Yachtsman of the Year
Wednesday 11th January 2012
Five times Endeavour Championship winner Nick Craig has won the coveted title of Yachting Journalists’ Association Pantaenius Yachtsman of the Year for 2011, beating off competition from none other than Ben Ainslie CBE and Dee Caffari MBE.
Digging to Start on Crossrail Project
9th January 2012
In March, the first of eight of these giant machines will start burrowing under central London to carve out the tunnels for Crossrail, Europe's biggest civil engineering project. Crossrail will link areas east and west of London on 118km (73 miles) of rail track. The route will descend down to 40m (130ft) under London through 21km of twin tunnels.
Ex Otter Breaks Round the World Record
Saturday 7th January 2012
Ex Corinthian Otter Brian Thompson has just broken the world record for the fastest circumnavigation of the world in any type of yacht. Brian, who is now based in Southampton, was the only British crew member on board the Banque Populaire V, which completed the lap in a staggering 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 53 seconds.
A New Look for royalcorinthian.co.uk
Friday 6th January 2012
2012 marks a decade since Mark Eagling became involved with our website, and to mark this auspicious anniversary, royalcorinthian.co.uk has had a major makeover. Here Mark gives us a run-down of what's changed and what's stayed the same.
Boat Shows 2012
Spring Season 2012
The Boat Show season will soon be upon us with the London Boat Show opening from 6th -15th January. Several members will go and we are promised their insightful comments later. Roger Taylor, however, our member who specialises in solo Arctic trips, has received a personal invitation to attend the Moscow Boat Show, March 20-25, where he is promised 'a comfortable stay at the exhibition grounds and a chance to meet Russian sailors to share his experiences in ocean sailing...' We look forward to hearing from Our Man in Moscow!'