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.

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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS • The ketch Lutine of Helford was the first yacht built for Lloyd’s Yacht Club. Now restored, she lives on as a family racing yacht

Calm joy

Copa Del Rey

Tell Tales

WIN! £1,000 worth of Selden deck hardware

Faint winds brings fleet almost to a halt

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

ALL BUT THE HULL • Happy childhood memories led the owner of the modest 15ft dinghy Martlet to go for a yacht-style total hull rebuild

Saleroom

Objects of desire

It’s the way you tell it • Gripping yarns can be as dull as bilge water

Give a gift that lasts all year

SWEDISH SCENE • From the Baltic in the east to the North Sea in the west, Sweden has produced a rich array of yachts, with a revival scene today to match any other nation

GONCA, THE MYSTERIOUS • Not much is known about the 20th-century British steamship Gonca, but she’s restored and back in steam again in Istanbul

THINKING BIGGER • Walter Marks, Australia’s most famous sailor of the early 20th century, was a man who wanted to take on the world on land and at sea

The Starter Case

AY CARAMBA • After a big rebuild, Caramba is back in the Med, where she has previously spent at least half of her life

All in vane? • Tales of Percy’s sabotage

Getting afloat

Yard News

LET’S PARTY! • An upcoming re-enactment will put this refined American builder in the limelight

SOTHEBY’S Franklin’s farewell photo

STILLSON WRENCH

Letters • LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY OLD PULTENEY WHISKY

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Every day’s a school day • Learn to panic in the approved manner, and win a helicopter ride, says Dave Selby