Boating-Sailing
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Tom Cunliffe Soul Starter
Another bump and the whole ship shuddered. It was now or never....
6 min |
December 2017
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A Poignant Wrack Protected
A century on, Dick Durham visits a German U-boat wreck in Kentish marshland
3 min |
December 2017
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Strange Appeal
Any yacht from the artist Albert Strange is special. Charmina, once owned by Keble Chatterton and now restored, is no exception
7 min |
August 2017
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Standing The Test Of Time
Traditional construction is easier and more satisfying, I say
3 min |
August 2017
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How Many Roads?
As founder of Fairlie Restorations, Duncan Walker has been behind more big-yacht restorations than anyone else. We ask him to reflect on the past 30 years
6 min |
August 2017
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The Question Of Authenticity
How far to go in the quest for a boat ‘as she was’? Modern know-how and seamanlike fit-out must be balanced with many other considerations.
10+ min |
August 2017
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Norfolk Classic Revived
GRP manufacturer Broom has begun restoring wooden boats from its past. Jenny Wren was the first to get the treatment
6 min |
August 2017
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Taking His Final Sail
Jan Hein witnesses a moving salute to a fellow sailor.
3 min |
August 2017
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'Wind-Driven Locomotive'
That’s how The Who guitarist Pete Townshend described the Jack Laurent Giles sloop Pazienza. After a long-term refit by her current owners, has she still got the magic?
8 min |
October 2017
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David Boyd The Fairlie Years
Known for designing British 12-Metres for the America's Cup, David Boyd also made a significant contribution to the legend of William Fife III
10 min |
October 2017
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Tom Cunliffe- Days Of Yore
Oil lamps and paper charts contribute much to the atmosphere on board a traditional boat
6 min |
October 2017
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A Shed Load Of Work
The characterful yard that will restore anything – so long as it is a woodie with soul
4 min |
October 2017
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Flying Dutchman
She transported wartime spies, she was a royal yacht and now, owned by an Italian count, she cruises out of Italy and Menorca. Not bad for a one-time Dutch pilot schooner
10 min |
November 2017
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Yacht Stylist Martha Coolidge
I’ve come to realise I don’t actually like cruising. I much prefer racing.
2 min |
November 2017
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1963 Admiral's Cup- Team Mates Afloat
They inspired a generation of yachtsmen with a famous win in the fourth Admiral’s Cup. Today, they’re still doing what they were designed to do – race!
10+ min |
November 2017
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Sternpost- Saving No1, Hope
Clare McComb had to be yachting historian and detective to save a historic dinghy
3 min |
November 2017
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Secrets of a long life
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it or, as it were, maintain it.
3 min |
April 2017
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Ultimate Planing Machine
The 328 Roadster helped to make BMW famous, but a hydroplane powered by the same motor was left to gather dust in a shed for half-a-century. Until now...
5 min |
March 2017
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Perfect Composition
The 1937 Alden sloop Sonata was found dead in a Mallorcan forest. Just look at her now
10 min |
December 2017
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Bosun's Bag
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
4 min |
December 2017
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Hamble Classics A Friendly Fleet
The second edition of the event was as successful as the first, cementing its place as a season-closer for classic boats of all shapes and sizes
3 min |
December 2017
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Racing On Thalia
Sailing en famille at Hamble Classics on an 1888 gaff cutter...with a puppy dog?
6 min |
December 2017
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Bosun's Bag
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
5 min |
August 2017
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JS Race In Bermuda
The biggest ever gathering of the class in its history and a historic return to the America’s Cup
4 min |
August 2017
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Sailing On Joshua
Bernard Moitessier’s yacht from the 1968 Golden Globe race almost perished in a Mexican hurricane. But she’s still sailing in Brittany and is coming to England next year
10 min |
August 2017
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How To Build A Boat In Japan
An ancient tradition of wooden boatbuilding is facing extinction, but one American is trying to document the craft before it disappears
8 min |