August 2020

AN ISLAND in the village of Wight joined together to save 90 sailboats from Storm Francis yesterday. The annual Seaview Village Regatta may have had to be canceled due to the risks posed by Covid-19, but the…

18ft Skiffs: Rob Greenhalgh by Frank Quealey Aug 22, 2020 10:36 PM PDT Fat Face Team Members © Frank…

18ft single sculls: John 'Steamer' Stanley by Frank Quealey Aug 15, 2020 11:37 PM PDT John 'Steamer' Stanley is the go-to person for historical…

The reports were compelling. Broadcasters hunt down flimsy and crowded canoes, with reporters so close they might in fact yell questions at those negotiating dangerous Channel traffic. The BBC and Sky News reports have been…

Labor MP David Lammy made a passionate appeal to listeners on LBC radio to have more sympathy for migrants trying to cross the Channel.He wanted people to take a moment to contemplate those who "get into dinghies and makeshift boats and…

Selected member of Tisbury's board of directors, James Rogers, has tackled the proliferation of rubber dinghies on Owen Park beach. “There is very little beach in the city so full of canoes that no one can sit there, no…