ROW YOUR BOAT

There has been a steady rise in recreational rowing over the past few years, and the choice can be bewildering. What’s the right boat for you?

Classic misuse of a word

Real classic ownership involves rot, rust and reward

BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

DOUG LEEN - Tugboat man

Vietnam vet, park ranger, dentist, small-craft conservator and tugboat skipper.... meet Ranger Doug!

CHANCE TO SAVE AN Albert Strange yawl

Chances at Albert Strange ownership don’t come up often, and Sheila II is the quintessential Strange – and one with a great history, too

AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Salcombe Yawls

A friend and I once decided that walking might make a change from sailing. So we set forth to walk from Branscombe to Bigbury, a 100-mile stretch of the south-west coastal path marked by knackering climbs and knee-wrenching descents.

Cardiff, Wales - Save The Elena Maria Barbara!

A rare, 18th-century schooner replica, restored to the tune of around £1 million, could be abandoned if a buyer is not found soon.

YARD VISIT: IRON BROTHERS - MELTING POINT

We visit a foundry that has been making keels for sailing yachts since the 1960s

TOM CUNLIFFE - A JOLLY BREEZE

Life’s a breeze on Jolie Brise, thanks to the relaxed teachings of her skipper

SCILLY SEASON

Max Campbell won our ‘Classic Boater’ award in 2018 when, aged 20, he sailed across the Atlantic in the tiny Flying Cloud. This time, the Scillies are far enough

RIFAT EDIN - Turkish collector

Rifat Edin might have grander boats in his stable, but his heart belongs to a small, clinker dinghy

Older than time, but ever hopeful

Dave Selby goes sailing with one of the acknowledged style leaders of the ‘gaff brand’

MORTISE GAUGE

Traditional Tool

GO YOUR OWN WAY

Seven years ago, carpenter Pieter van der Aa set out to build an S&S yawl by himself for himself. In September this year Scarabee set sail for the first time

BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

The joys of coarse racing

A record year for Loch Broom SC and its Flying Fifteens

MOSQUITO FIRST RULE 6 (ANKER, 1913): FROM TRIUMPH TO DISASTER AND BACK

She was designed to race hard in 1913, but 101 years later, almost sank after a calamitous collision. Today, Mosquito is back and racing again

SYDNEY HARBOUR 18 FOOTERS

The Sydney 18s were among the most radical racing dinghies in the world in their heyday. These days, they still are

F0R WHOM THE BOAT CALLS

A replica of Hemingway’s fishing boat Pilar has put to sea and will soon enter line production, bringing a legend back to life

Choose Your Project Well

A well-meaning friend nearly bites off a project too big

BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

DICK WYNNE Getting the word out

It may not be his day job, but Dick Wynne’s Lodestar has made a big impact in marine publishing in its first decade

How Civilisation Went Down The Pan

On the Origin of the Species of the Leisure Sailor

FROM GLORY TO OPPOSITION

On Morning Glory II, Ted Heath was the only British prime minister to win an international sports trophy. One wonders how he reacted when she was renamed Opposition

ILLINGWORTH & PRIMROSE DESIGN TEAM

John Illingworth and Angus Primrose enjoyed a long and fruitful partnership and between them around 1,000 of their designs were built

BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

DUTCH DUNG BARGE RACE

In a bid to revive traditional barge skills one of the most exciting sailing events in the Netherlands was born

150 years of the THAMES SAILING CLUB

The formation of TSC represented something of a social revolution in Victorian Britain as the rising middle class started to enjoy the sport of kings

TWO PACIFIC CROSSINGS

After one stress-free trip, you might find the ‘coconut milk run’ doesn’t always do what it says on the tin

SHAMROCK and Sycamore

Sometimes a captain and a boat are meant to be together – and this was never more the case than for ‘Syc’ and the Fife-built Shamrock 23-M