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    200 boats to lead Paralympic Lantern through York

    • August 26, 2012

    Paralympic spirit hits the waters of York

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    Microsoft co-founder to recover bell from sunken warship

    • August 25, 2012

    Artifact to be retrieved in the coming days

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    • August 24, 2012

    Event is a huge fundraising success

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    Three rescued after engine failure

    • August 23, 2012

    Lifeboat launched to Isle of Man yacht

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    Calls for sailors’ help with dolphin protection

    • August 22, 2012

    Wanted: your dolphin pictures and videos

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    GB silver medalist to race in Extreme series

    • August 21, 2012

    Returns to the water in Cardiff

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    RNLI lifeboatman’s dream comes true

    • August 20, 2012

    Volunteering at the Paralympics

    Dave Selby cartoon

    Dave Selby podcast: ‘Mad About The Boat’

    • August 16, 2012

    September 2012: Marlin runs rings around a gaffer

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    Video: Yarmouth 22 on test

    • August 16, 2012

    A long-keeler with modern fractional rig and a blister coachroof

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    Ben Ainslie sails his Olympic-winning Finn down the Thames

    • August 16, 2012

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    Olympians appear at Cowes Week tomorrow

    • August 15, 2012

    And Ben Ainslie will sail his Finn down the Thames

    Somali pirates

    Pirate given 12 life sentences over sailors’ killings

    • August 14, 2012

    'Most senior pirate ever captured'

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    Silvers for Britain in men and women’s 470

    • August 10, 2012

    Neither team able to leapfrog Antipodean rivals

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    Olympic sailing abandoned for the day

    • August 9, 2012

    Men's 470 medal race rescheduled for tomorrow

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    Anchoring is allowed in Osborne Bay

    • August 9, 2012

    RYA: Beach's swimming area does not affect sailors

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    Morrison and Rhodes miss out on a medal

    • August 8, 2012

    But Mills and Clark guaranteed at least a silver

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    Dempsey wins windsurfing silver

    • August 7, 2012

    And at least a silver for 470 men

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    Nab Tower ready for a makeover

    • August 7, 2012

    Maintenance work commissioned

    tom slingsby

    470 men remain in gold medal hunt

    • August 6, 2012

    Golds for Australia and China

    percy simpson

    Percy & Simpson and Ainslie move nearer to gold

    • August 3, 2012

    One race left for Star and Finn classes

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