Wiley Nautical

BOOKS BUZZING AT BOAT SHOW

Jan Harber — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:01:19 +0000

I am not sure how the sales of new boats were going at the Excel Boat Show last week, but if the number of folk thronging around the shelves and queueing at the tills on the Kelvin Hughes stand is...

DUBAI by Jon Emmett

Jon Emmett — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:53:52 +0000

The winter is the time I do most of my coaching, as this is the period when there is the least racing in the Northern hemisphere… so this is the best time to work on improving your technique! Although I...

PROGRESS by Jon Emmett

Jon Emmett — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:19:39 +0000

Well I now feel I am making excellent progress. I am now 300% stronger than I was after my injury and up to 70% of the strength before my injury. However I still have very painful physio at the Neilson...

EAST COAST RIVERS PREVIEW

Jan Harber — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:52:41 +0000

The increased number of pages in this new edition has allowed me to write more on local maritime and literary history using quotes from writers ranging from Defoe to Maurice Griffiths. On the East Coast the historic link with plough...

ISAF's DECISION by Jon Emmett

Jon Emmett — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:43:55 +0000

Well the main topic of conversation this week has been the choices of Olympic classes for 2012. While there have in the main been no surprises with the Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, Star, Men’s 470, 49er, RSX (Men and Women)...

East Coast Rivers HOT OFF THE PRESS

Jan Harber — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:43:46 +0000

An advance copy of East Coast Rivers, the 19th edition, now published as part of the Wiley Nautical series of Cruising Companions, has just arrived in the post. I am absolutely delighted with the new book which is a splendid...

JON DOES THE TREBLE by Jon Emmett

Jon Emmett — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:30:07 +0000

After the end of the 2008 Qualifiers I felt it was really important to have a holiday. Taking breaks is vital to recover both mentally and physically. Often I have not realised just how desperately I needed to relax and...

THE RADIAL LADDER By Jon Emmett

Jon Emmett — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:58:26 +0100

Well another year has come to an end and I managed to do four Qualifiers: Pwllheli and Weymouth in the spring and Lowesoft and Torbay in the Autumn. The National rankings or Radial ladder is made up of your top...

FENCED IN AT MISTLEY

Jan Harber — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:25:17 +0100

The East Coast Area Old Gaffers held an end of season rally on Sunday September 28th at Mistley on the River Stour as part of a protest against an ugly two-metre high fence which has been erected by Trent Wharfage...

Are you ready for the new racing rules?

Charlotte Tomkins — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:44:40 +0100

Put this on your christmas list. (Or better still buy your own copy today) The Rules in Practice 2009-2012 is out now. Bryan Willis' revised guide to the racing rules of sailing explains what you can and cannot do at...