Many of us have heard about the law of salvage which is embedded into maritime law – but what does it mean and what considerations are there for sailors? The law of salvage allows that a person who recovers another person’s ship/cargo in peril or lost at sea is entitled to a reward commensurate with the value of the property saved.
Grace Darling was the daughter of William Darling, a lighthouse keeper who was in the employ of Trinity House. Grace grew up with her family on the Northumberland coast and lived first in Brownsman Lighthouse. In 1826 the family moved to the newly build Longstone Lighthouse, and it was here she become one of Victorian Englands greatest heroines.
Book Giveaway – Rain Later, Good Originally posted February 10, 2014 A look back at one of our past Lovesail giveaways Back in 2014, we ran a giveaway for a signed copy of Rain Later, Good – Painting the Shipping Forecast by Peter Collyer. The competition is now closed, but the book remains one of … Read more
Here are some of the statistics for the Southampton Boat Show. Average visitor numbers over 120,000 over 10 days, 47,000 square meters of exhibition space, 400+ boats on the 2km of pontoons, and over £1000 average spend per head (excluding the spend on Boats) – that’s a lot of rope!
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