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    A motor cruiser making its way along the Devon coastline

    A labour of love: building and designing Thea

    • January 25, 2018

    Tom and Lorraine Owen built their 30ft motor cruiser completely from scratch, working together with phenomenal dedication. Nick Burnham went to meet them

    A cartoon of a man lying in a hammock

    Crowdfunding is just too crowded: Dave Selby’s Mad about the Boat podcast

    • October 31, 2017

    What is behind the East Coast red trouser invasion? Without funding, we’ll never know

    illustration of a boat

    The golden age of yachting: David Selby’s latest Mad about the Boat podcast

    • October 16, 2017

    Terylene, developed for travelling salesmen’s jackets, migrated into sail cloth

    Fire at a car workshop near the Medina Boat Yard, Cowes, Isle of Wight. Credit: Rick Tomlinson

    Major fire destroys boats at Cowes, Isle of Wight

    • January 26, 2016

    A large fire broke out in a car workshop near the Medina Boat Yard in Cowes yesterday.

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