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DIARY DATES
■ Scotland’s Boat Show,
9-11 October, Kip Marina,
http://www.scotlandsboatshow.co.uk
■ Kent Boat Jumble, 11 October,
The Hop Farm, Paddock Wood,
Tonbridge. Entry £4,
http://www.boat-jumbles.co.uk
■ East Hants Boat Jumble,
1 November, Havant Leisure
Centre. Entry £3.50,
http://www.boat-jumbles.co.uk
■ Lost rivers of London talk,
5 November, Arthur Beale Yacht
Chandlers, London SC2H 8JP,
admission £5,
http://www.arthurbeale.co.uk
■ London Boat Show,
8-17 January 2016,
http://www.londonboatshow.com
■ Irish Boat Jumble, 10 April
2016, Carrickfergus Sailing
Club, Rodger’s Quay,
Carrickfergus, Co.Antrim,
http://www.irishboatjumble.org
■ Beaulieu Boatjumble 2016,
24 April, 9am-5pm, http://www.beaulieu.
co.uk/events/boatjumble
■ The Transat 2016, Plymouth
will be hosting the race start on
8 May 2016 – The Transat is the
successor to the original solo race
across the North Atlantic that was
born as the OSTAR in 1960,
http://www.thetransat.com
■ Push The Boat Out 2016, 14-
May, UK-wide event with sailing
clubs and venues offering
discounted and free taster
sessions, email [email protected]
■ Sail Caledonia ‘raid’ 2016, 28
May to 4 June, organised by The
Great Glen Boating Club, involves
almost 70 miles of cruising and
racing through the Great Glen from
the Atlantic Ocean at Fort William
to the North Sea at Inverness,
http://www.sailcaledonia.org
■ ARC Channel Islands Rally,
20-27 August, http://www.worldcruising.
com/arcchannelislands
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http://www.pbo.co.ukVisitors step aboard the PBO Project Boat Hantu Biru at
the 2015 Southampton Boat ShowT
he PBO team will be exhibiting
the fully-restored project
boat Hantu Biru at Scotland’s
Boat Show.
At the time of going to press, the
team at Kip Marina had just taken
delivery of our Snapdragon 23.
Hantu Biru travelled up to Inverclyde
from the Southampton Boat Show
after a brief stop at Swanwick
Marina, thanks to John Shepherd
Boat Transport. Throughout
Scotland’s largest boat show
(Friday 9 October to Sunday 11
October), visitors will be invited to
step aboard Hantu Biru and to
enter a competition to win
her. The winner will be
announced shortly after
the London Boat Show in
January. You can enter
online at: http://www.pbo.co.uk/
winhantubiru.
Free PBO expert talks
Following the success of the
inaugural PBO Ask the Experts
LIVE! at Beaulieu Boatjumble, we’re
teaming up with RYA Scotland to
hold more free talks and
demonstrations. Find us in the RYA
Scotland Workshop Marquee.
In addition to RYA Scotland’s
scheduled talks, the PBO experts
line up will include:
Friday 11.30am and Saturday
4pm: Essential sealant tips and
tricks. Sika’s technical services
Navigation
lights warning
R
eplacing fi lament bulbs
with white LEDs in
tricolour navigational lights
could result in vessels not
being insured, the Cruising
Association (CA) has warned.
Coloured light fi ttings designed
to use fi lament bulbs are not
suitable for LEDs, claim the CA’s
Regulation and Technical Services
team (RATS), and could invalidate
insurance in the event of an
incident. White LEDs do not emit
the wavelengths required to
correctly illuminate the red and
green sectors, so the colours
observed are totally outside of
the IMO specifi cations. Also, a
tungsten fi lament bulb has a
single vertical wire as the light
source, whereas LEDs emit light
path angles greater than the
permitted 2° cut-off limit between
tricolour sectors. This issue does
not affect navigation light fi ttings
designed to take LED bulbs.
Win Hantu Biru at Scotland’s Boat Show
expert Gareth Ross will
demonstrate how to use
sealants for bonding and
waterproofi ng on board.
Friday 2pm: Liferaft
demonstration. Ocean Safety will
discuss the importance of getting
your safety equipment serviced,
complete with a demonstration
liferaft infl ation.
Friday 4pm and Sunday 3pm:
Hints and tips for viewing
second-hand boats. PBO expert
Colin Brown, of CB Marine Services,
will talk about common problems
that arise during surveys of
second-hand boats and discusscommon corrosion issues.
Saturday 3pm and Sunday at
11.30am: Professional paint job
made easy. International Paint’s
Kate Moss will explain how to achieve
a mirror fi nish on your paint job.
Scotland’s Boat Show is open
from 10am-6pm daily and
admission is free. Car parking is £5.
■ http://www.scotlandsboatshow.co.ukA
49-year-old paramedic has
died just days into racing on
the fi rst leg of the Clipper Round
the World Yacht Race.
Andrew Ashman, from
Orpington, Kent, was one of
the crew aboard the IchorCoal
boat CV21. He never regained
consciousness after being struck
by the mainsheet while reefi ng
the mainsail on 5 September,
approximately 120NM off the
Portuguese coast. The boat’s
skipper Darren Ladd said Andy
was involved in reefi ng the
mainsail in moderate seas in a
strong breeze building to Force 6.
Andy was knocked unconscious
by the mainsheet and possibly the
boom (although not confi rmed).
He was given immediate medical
assistance and resuscitation
was attempted, but he failed
to regain consciousness.Yachtsman dies in Clipper Round
the World Race
Andrew AshmanThe boat linked immediately by
satellite phone to the medical
team at Praxes Medical Group, the
Clipper Race remote telemedicine
support service based in Halifax,
Canada, where a doctor provided
additional advice and guidance
during the emergency. A full
investigation will be carried out.
CV21 diverted to Porto, Portugal
where the crew were met by
Clipper Race Founder Sir Robin
Knox-Johnston and members of
the race team. This is the fi rst
fatality in the history of the race.
The IchorCoal crew decided to
keep racing following the tragedy.
Skipper Darren Ladd said: ‘I think
the only way we can all deal with it
is to get back sailing and do it with
Andy in our hearts and minds at
the same time.’
■ http://www.clipperroundtheworld.
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