Chatham has been up to their old tricks with a range of technical yet stylish boots that will knock your socks off. The Cruz II is 100 per cent waterproof with moulded in-sock for a comfortable step, while the bamboo membrane lining still allows your feet to breathe. Available in two colour options, AAS loves the detailed stitching and hot stamped logo.

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Wear around the neck and activate with a simple one-handed twist. This ultra compact 48mm length torch is designed for the marine environment, and gives a high definition, low intensity light.

Price: £44.99
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Cowes Harbour Commission has reported that the intricate operation to salvage the burnt and sunken 70 foot, 114 ton superyacht Kahu from the riverbed in East Cowes Marina, has been completed successfully after a great team effort.

CHC co-ordinated the recovery of the motor yacht, and the ensuing environmental clean-up operation, following a devastating fire onboard the yacht which resulted in the vessel foundering on the night of 5 November.

The technical and logistical challenges of safely salvaging the Kahu were considerable, necessitating a 24/7 operation from the time of the fire being first reported. With highly sensitive environmental areas of mudflats and saltmarch upstream from the scene on the River Medina, and 8,000 litres of diesel onboard the Kahu, the concern was to prevent significant pollution to the area and this has been achieved. Chair of the Solent Environment Group, Mike O’Neill said: “Thanks to the efforts of Cowes Harbour Commission team and the other responders the impact on the environment was kept to an absolute minimum.”

Thousands of onlookers watched as The Wave, Muscat clinched victory in the 2013 Extreme Sailing Series™ in Florianopolis, Brazil, presented by Land Rover, in one of the closest ever-final races in the seven-year history of the Series.

Under a brilliant Brazilian sunshine with a perfect 10 knots of breeze, Leigh McMillan, Ed Smyth, Pete Greenhalgh, Hashim Al Rashidi and Musab Al Hadi were leading the fleet as they went into the final all important double points race, but out to upset the order were the Swiss America’s Cup winners on Alinghi. A second in the final race was enough for Morgan Larson and the team to snatch the Act victory from McMillan’s grasp, and the Swiss came tantalizingly close to adding the Series to their winning haul – within four points in fact in the final race – but McMillan’s men proved unstoppable.

Nearly 50 years of volunteering have earned Colin Magee of Burbage, Leicestershire the title BBC East Midlands Sports Unsung Hero 2013, giving him the chance to win the national BBC Sport Unsung Hero Award at this month’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Colin, 71, has got thousands of young people into sailing, breaking down the pre-conceptions that it’s a sport for the affluent. He’s the driving force behind the Leicestershire and Rutland Youth Sailing Association. The 2007 RYA Lifetime Achievement Award winner is fundamental to the charity’s fundraising activities. He charges no membership fee and offers free instruction.

Colin works with special schools, including students with visual impairments, and has coached children with autism to racing standard.

Award organiser, Mark Shardlow of BBC East Midlands, said: “Colin is a fantastic example of someone who has given time and effort to help others play sport. He has clearly had a major impact on sport in the East Midlands.

“The judging panel were particularly impressed that he’s recruited so many volunteers to act as coaches, judges and committee members to ensure the club has a legacy.”