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...The skipper polishing the pristine navy blue and turquoise Riva moored beside me doesn’t look up — this happens a hundred times a day....
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...The introductory, general membership will give you full access to facilities, but you will need to start sailing with a skipper. Only skippers can take boats out on their own and lead a racing crew....
...There’s time built in for snorkelling and swimming in coves that will be empty even in June; there’s a skipper who dives for your dinners, and Tyrrhenian sunsets to accompany them....
...Hugo, the boat’s skipper, tells us of the rich biodiversity around the islet and its scuba diving potential....
...Manoeuvring a ship like the Dali under the best of conditions is a known challenge, although one where Baltimore tug skippers are seen to have an advantage....
...When no more fish take the bait, we travel towards the Moskstraumen, which our skipper says is safe to cross because of the weather and the moon phase. It is, but it’s unsettling....
...Original versions of the watch have fetched as much as $80,000 at auction, but Tag Heuer recently launched a £5,900 modern-day Skipper that chief executive Frédéric Arnault says will be the first of a whole...
...At 9am, like some grand regatta, we set off for the hour-long crossing in a fleet of fishing boats shaded with striped awnings, each one helmed by a skipper with a cooler-box picnic for his guests....
...“This trophy is for those who come from tough, disadvantaged areas,” said Kolisi, the team’s first ever black skipper....
...Tight profit margins have forced skippers of fishing vessels to hold down wages and few British workers want to work in cramped and tough conditions....
...Among those who sat down were a sculptor who moonlights as a nature guide and a skipper who writes French poetry....
...Skipper Hughes sold his “Mairead” in 2002, as the whitefish shoals thinned out, too many boats chasing too few fish....
...The stylist favours neat little skipper caps and trapper hats, which both tie his looks together and, more importantly, keep his head warm when it’s cold....
...But racing is very different to cruising: crews must work in slick harmony, be able to change sails in heavy weather and instantly react to the skipper’s commands....
...Skippers will also have to declare how much they have caught while at sea and ensure it tallies with what they land (with a 10 per cent margin for error)....
...That should sound bizarre, and if you’re like me your first question is, there are professional stone skippers? But give it a whirl, it is amazing!...
...“They choose what they publish very wisely, and these books will hold their value,” says Mark Skipper, owner of Cheltenham Rare Books....
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