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Lady Daphne’s tale retold.
Last week, prestigious sailing magazine Classic Boat featured the Lady Daphne's incredible tale from Christmas 1927, where she was abandoned off the Cornish Coast and somehow managed to navigate her way to a safe landing on the Isles of Scilly.Coincidently, at the same time, new T&W volunteer Martin sent us a message to say Lady …
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We've had an interesting couple of weeks at Shoregate, shoehorning all the ships into our little dock. The fleet now numbers 4 barges, 1 smack, a dry dock, 8 dinghies and a little yacht, which should be enough for now...There's a hell of a lot to achieve over the next few months - Edith May …
Smack That.
Last week, we cleared the beach at Shoregate of years of accumulated debris, creating space for our very own smack dock.For the uninitiated, smacks are sailing fishing boats. About half the size of a barge, gaff rigged and with a centre keel rather than flat bottom. There's no real headroom below, no electric and (usually) …