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.
STRANGE DAYS, THEY SAY
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SCUD MISSILE • Herreshoff’s newly-restored Bar Harbor 31 Scud lit up the classic racing scene in the Med in 2020 with a double win at Cannes and Saint-Tropez
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RIVER ROGUE • She was built as a classic, lifting-lid Broads hire yacht, and more than a century on, she’s fresh from her third restoration
Saleroom
Objects of desire
Classic misuse of a word • Real classic ownerhisp involves rot, rust and reward
BOSUN’S BAG • PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
Tugboat man • Vietnam vet, park ranger, dentist, small-craft conservator and tugboat skipper…. meet Ranger Doug!
A round-up of the latest BOOKS • Once again, we face lockdown, at least this time without the agony of a perfect spring going to waste. It’s time to enjoy, and expand, the library
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
WE DIDN’T MEAN TO GO TO SEA • In a window between lockdowns, Michael and Beverly Briggs, owners of the Fife yacht Mikado, took their newly-restored Silvers motor yacht Kingfisher to explore the upper Thames. At least, that was the plan…
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?
ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON MORE LOST PHOTOS REDISCOVERED • We thought we'd seen them all – but in the dusty arhives of the Sunday Mirror, there was treasure bound for the tip
THE NEED FOR SPEED • Saving lives at sea has always been bound to the speed of rescue, from the first rowing boats to the 60-knot, all-weather motorboats of today
Getting afloat
AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Salcombe Yawls
Craftsmanship Yard News
Busy time at Harbour Marine Services
Major rebuild for Thames sailing barge Pudge
Two new motorboats and a clinker fishing dinghy
New dinghies, restored yachts
Spruce-up for the Queen’s Gloriana
Growler coming together
Wood planing stop & bench dogs
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Andrillot: how original is she? • Roger Robinson has mixed feelings about Vertue number one