Category Archives: WEB

Teamsurv – community-sourcing comes to the boating world

New technologies often lead to developments that weren’t foreseen in their early days. One that is becoming more and more common with the growth of the Internet and mobile phone networks is  ‘community-sourcing’, where groups with a common interest pool … Continue reading

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lookat-harbours.com – a new site

Maybe I’m growing up at last. I’ve decided to try to create something useful, rather than amusing myself commenting on the boating scene whenever the fancy takes me. lookat-harbours.co.uk was born today, 24 Feb 2010. Who is lookat-harbours.co.uk for? Both … Continue reading

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UK Boat Fixers – who can fix my problem?

I’ve spent quite a while wondering what practical help I could provide for UK yachtsmen, in addition to my current self-indulgent role of commenting on the boating scene. I hope I have come up with a worthwhile idea in http://www.ukboatfixers.com … Continue reading

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From the Sailing Blogosphere

I took a look around a few sailing blogs this morning, starting off in BlogSpot.com and occasionally following links out of BlogSpot blogs. First, an editorial review from Publisher’s Weekly, appearing in a fishing blog, of the book At Sea … Continue reading

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Second Life and Sailonline – two very different worlds

The first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race at sailonline.org was invaded by a large and chatty group of folks from virtual world Second Life’s sailing fraternity. Since then, I have had an exciting ride as a passenger on a … Continue reading

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