The Log
Its Friday and things are looking up!
Firstly, bleary eyed, I log onto the Zoe Covid app to make my daily report to find that cases in my area having been dropping rapidly. Well that has to be a great start to the day! Then, warily, I...
Read more2020 certainly gave us a bumpy ride! Thanks for hanging on, we seem to have made it through to the New Year without losing our rigging. I hope you are all well and taking care of yourselves. Stran...
Read moreFirst Alex Thomson, now Ben Ainsley?
How frustrating it must be to have a boat costing £120 million and a team of the world’s top sailors yet they haven't been able to take part in all the practice races in Auckland. The risks of a f...
Read moreAlex Thomson doing 6.5 knots - Wow 6.5 knots!
When I wake each morning I tune in to the web to find out how Alex Thomson is doing in the Vendee Globe Race. This morning I found that he had slipped to third place and was doing only 6.5 knots I ...
Read moreThe Vendée Globe Race is about to start!
This has to be the greatest sporting event on earth! Around the world, single handed, non-stop, in boats that go so fast that they almost fly. It is a French race and deservedly so. The French l...
Read moreWhat will happen to Arthur Beale? – With the new lockdown it’s all in the balance
But it’s not all bad news. On the really positive side we have a brilliant BRAND NEW WEBSITE! Once Google finds us, we hope it will bring in loads more trade from all around the world, and from ot...
Read moreArthur Beale is moving into the Twentieth Century
Blimey, the Twenty First Century already - what happened to the last one! While you may have had your feet up in the relaxing furlough position, we have been beavering away on a "Moonshot" IT proj...
Read moreTentative steps - but Arthur Beale is opening up!
I hope you are all keeping well and have succeeded in getting afloat somehow this summer. It is still quiet in the West End with most of the offices still shut but we are slowly opening up. Our ...
Read moreWooden Boats Saved by the Bell! The Covers are Coming Off!
There have been quite a few anxious wooden boat owners wondering when they can dunk their precious boats in the briny to stop them drying out. Now that DEFRA has officially declared boating open, i...
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