Classic Boat

Admire the world's most beautiful boats, brought to life through breath-taking photography. Classic Boat offers a unique blend of yacht reviews, seamanship and restoration features, history and design columns, practical advice and coverage of the leading international regattas and events. Whether your interest lies in working on restoration projects or sailing in classic regattas; whether you're a wooden boat owner or simply an admirer of traditional marine workmanship, Classic Boat will have something for you.

TAKING THE PAST TO THE FUTURE

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OLD SOUL • Roberto Olivier’s passion to share the beauty of his century-old boat Barbara runs deep into her soul

West Country favourite

Spanning 131 years of sailing

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CATCHING A WAVE • The 1930 gaffer Wave was in a state of abandonment when her current owner found her, but he took such a liking to the boat that he paid five times the asking – a full £5, no less!

Saleroom

Objects of desire

Missed opportunities • A life selling pineapples was on the table

Still winning after all these years… • Gordon Ingate, or‘Wingnut’ as he is affectionately known, has a wealth of knowledge on and off the water

BREATHLESS IN BARCELONA • Perfect conditions meant max speed for the classics at the 16th Vela Puig, as the city prepares for the America’s Cup

Tony Tio – cut from the best cloth

NORDIC TALES • In this second part of Jolie Brise’s adventures, a voyage to Norway for the Jubilee Regatta proves to be an eye-opening trip for the crew

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A MODERN FAIREY TALE • Fairey Marine back in business with a new take on the classic runabout

CHAMPAGNE AND VARNISH • CIM, the governing body for classic yacht racing in the Mediterranean is changing, with incursions into British waters, new classes, a new championship and more

A ROUND-UP OF THE LATEST BOOKS • Our regular review, this month including a treatise on fishing and a sail into the past on a three-masted, full-rigged frigate

Cooking whisky • Winters on Hamble’s riverside

Getting afloat

Yard News

BOATBUILDING IN NEW ENGLAND • Some of the yards on America’s east coast continuing a long tradition of building and restoring sailing yachts

Boatbuilder’s Notes

CANTILEVER TOOL BOX

Letters

Next month

The chemistry of sailing • Rob Peake says Sophia Haefner’s party trick was making neurons before she became a sailor