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General Articles
Did You Know (Origins of the LOA) ? A Lucky Find Man Overboard
Up the Creek by Jan & John Pepper Men of Kent and Kentish Men Leisure 23SL Reviewed
Portsmouth Yardstick Ratings Trimming the Headsail The Beaufort Scale
1998 Harwich Sea Festival Racing Strategy This Anchoring Business
The Early Years My New Boat Using a Boom Vang
Roller Reefing and Furling Watch Schedules and Ships Bells How to Avoid a Crash at Sea
Trimming the Mainsail Too Old ? Sailing with a baby
L27 Taniwha Sail Clinic at Bradwell Hypothermia
Views of the Nore Race The LOA Rally Jinx ! Understanding Waves
Using a Cruising Chute Life after the MET Insurance - A Cautionary Tale
Team Veritas - Journal leg 2 Meet Patricia What's in a Name
The 'Real' Sailing Glossary Starting in a Big Fleet Missing the Sea?
Weather Forecasting Marine Crime Prevention South Coast Rally
National Maritime Museum Racing Tip 1 Sailing Army style - the Baltic story
Overboard Wind Farms Fin or Twin?
Nearly drowned Reaching Changing insurance?
Inter-species assistance Yacht Insurance Man Overboard?
Burgee recognition Mackerel fishing Mackerel & PYS - Addendum Bob's Boat
A Happy Leisure owner's year S O S SOLAS
The Early years L29's Maiden sail The Pleasure of Sailing  
Better safe than sorry Beaufort wind force Theory Vs Reality
A Good Win A Medic at Sea Moving 'Serene' to Wales
Dressing ship 'Overall' Portsmouth Yardstick Drowning
Tide movement L23 rigging Distance Off
Maldon Mud Race Engine trials & tribulations Boatman's tale
Things that go bump in the night A Renaming Ceremony L17s on Donegal Bay
Sails & Boat Speed Tandorna [1984 reprint] The Knorringa question
L17 White Spark Whither the Sanderlings? Sailing Upwind
Gambling for Leisure 3 Year Mission Around the World in 40 Months
Engines and Insurance Berthing Checklist for Making an Insurance Claim
A Particular Leisure 23SL (Last Minett) Letter from Stockholm The Love Story
Marsh Samphire The Ways of the Crouch The River Crouch All Clubs Event
At Last: Leisure Time in Bavaria A Short History of the Draken Becoming a Day Skipper
Small is Beautiful - A love affair ? Spirit of Angela - a Racing Legend ? Leisure 17  Finds Treasure!

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Cruising Logs, and Articles about Sailing  (some of these can also be found in the technical library)
Shala - Sal - Sonnet The Other Side ?? Friends
A Spanish Experience The Maiden Voyage of Cloud Nine Enchanté to Eire
Storm over Tranquil Bay Mono Berthing Bringing the Boat Home !!
Fun and Games with an Engine In That ……! Cruising to Brittany
Starboard !!!!! A Good Day Out My Experience of Sailing
Across the Atlantic Mucking About on the River Summer Trip, Who's Kidding Who ?
Our First Adventure in Lazybones Re-entry to the Thames Crew Training on Windermere
Circumnavigating Anglesey The Alternative LOA Summer Cruise Dover Disaster - Two
Cruise of 'Lady Panache' Under Sail Baptism of Fire
East Coast - Summer Cruise 1999 Limehouse in the Sunshine The Travels of Lady N
Panache - The Story West Highlands Holiday Cruise Disco Imp - Introduction
More from Stephen Fillery on 'Veritas' Up The Creek Disco Imp 'the first trips'
Crews Cruise Nore race report Disco Imp - Saga continued
Postcards from 'Lady N' Sea Maiden's Cruise Disco Imp [part 6]
My Sailing area ~ Tay My Sailing area - the Mull of Kintyre My Sailing area (Anglesey)
Cruising or Delivery My Sailing Area - Stour & Orwell Rivers Leisure' Sailing?
'C-Puppy' Solitude's summer cruise The Gorey Regatta
Kioni [part 1] Aurora's Summer Cruise A Leisurely Cruise Home
The Coast of Adventure Go to Itchenor Reach A dream of circumnavigation
Beginner’s problems in Venice Greek Holiday Holiday Log 2006
A Summer Sail (L17 Isle of Man to Perth) Different Places, Different People Leisurely Trip to Holland
Have Leisure, Will Travel, or (Wet) Postcards From The Edge Trials and Tribulations, and success at last in West Wales Aurora on the Lancaster Canal
Sanderling Abroad    
 

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Technical Articles (many of these can also be found in the technical library)
Taking care of rope Rope Needlework Fancy Rope work
Volvo Folding Propeller Those Reliable Volvo Diesels Those Bleed… Diesels
Volvo Thermostat Engine Rebuild, what Me ? Stiff Seacocks
Closure of Saildrive aperture Re-powering 'Windrush' Pelagic's new engine
Dodgers for a Leisure 23SL Tips for Winter Engine Water Inlet
Looking after Terylene Sails Fuel sight gauge More on Engines
Tiller Heads Disco Imp Engine Diesel Tank Problems
Loose Tiller New Rudders and Skegs Under the Weather [L17 rudder]
Antifouling Winterizing your boat Volvo Cheap ?
Slipway Recovery Rudder problem Diesel in a L20
L23 Sailing Seat How not to Epoxy your Boat New VHF Regulations
Leisure 23SL Cabin Conversion Replacing L23SL windows L23 Double berth conversion
Leisure 23SL restoration Chart Storage for a L23 Increasing Fore Cabin Storage on a 23SL
L23SL Front Hatch Seals L23SL New Front Hatch? Grab Rails Facelift
Removing a Leisure 23 Skeg Gas Locker Designs for a Leisure 23SL Cockpit bins for a 23SL
Electronic Tide Plotter L23SL Shelving L23SL Mid Ship Cleats
Tide predictor Power Failure Give me a break
GMDSS for Small Boat Users Navigation for Tomorrow Give me a Break (This Electricity Stuff)
Electricity - an introduction Sweet Smell of Success Electricity - Socket to you
Simple Wiring for a Leisure Tye-Raps VHF ~ Wave It All About
Leisurely Ice Cubes Mast - Back to Black E-Straighten it out
Alan's Secret The HowFarOffaMeter Mayday - VHF Radio
Leisure 27 Mast Repair Marine Gas incl. Winterising Carbon Monoxide
Bottled Gas Installation & Safety Gas locker? An Instrumental Tale
L17 Trailer modifications L17 Trailer Construction L17 Mast supports on trailer
L17 Launch & recovery L17 Sea toilet installation Modification to Leisure 17
Useful Boat Modifications Be Well - connected Installing Twin Batteries
Teak Cleaning Tips Spic & Span Restoring internal teak woodwork
Gas safety tips Overhauling Plastimo Furling kit Fitting a Tiller Pilot
Installing Shore Power Lowering L17 Mast Window Replacement L27/29
Can’t Sew won’t Sew  (Sun Shade) Volvo MB 2A/505 (notes about replacement) Boat Registration
Looking after Terylene sails Marking the Waterline Water Pump Impeller on a Mariner 4

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Regional  Information
Thames and Medway Group Leisureclub Holland Our First Thames Section Rally
East Coast Annual Report (1998)
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